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If you're a fan of the series (like me) and you've been drooling over every trailer that's been coming out recently (like me) you may have seen the latest live action commercial for Mass Effect 3 which aired last weekend. Look closely, and people who follow this blog miiiiight see something familiar: Yep!
Volpin Props
I don’t typically write in depth reviews of anything, and this time will be no exception to that rule. As always, I’d like to sum up my general thoughts on the book. Learning Curves (2011), by Klara Sjölén, Erik Olofsson, and Allan Mcdonald, is the amazing follow-up to the highly popular Design Sketching (2005) book, which I’m sure many, if not all of you reading this have heard about. if you haven’t, be sure to check them out. Learning Curves is an ambitious project. What makes it special to me is that rather than focusing on the same old, same procedural methodologies in other sketching books, Learning Curves brings together a myriad of designers and artists who contributed their work to this book. Full disclosure, some of my work is featured in Learning Curves.
Industrial Design Sketching and Drawing Video Tutorials
Other than the really artful copyright text on all their pictures, PictureSG from Singapore’s National Library has a nice collection of historic photos. Kampong Bugis today is not a kampung anymore and in fact, up to the late 90s, the old Kallang Gas Works was right next to it. From what I can remember, Kampong Bugis is now home to a scattering of factory buildings, a Hindu temple, a park and a nice cafe frequented by the cool kids .
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Smashing Magazine
This is a different take on Responsive Web design. This article discusses how we can better embrace what the Web is about by ignoring the big elephant in the room; that is, how we can rely on media queries and breakpoints without any concern for devices. 2 Let’s start our journey by looking at the online tools such as Responsive Design Testing , Responsive.is , Responsinator and BriCSS . These pages let people check websites through a set of pre-built views based on various device sizes or orientations. Bricss even goes one step further and allows you to "customize" viewports by setting any dimensions you want.
Every user interface designer is familiar with this procedure to some extent: creating a prototype and evaluating it with potential users to understand how the user interface should look and behave. Users will tell you what nags them and should therefore be improved before you code. So, at the beginning of any UI design process, you can expect your prototype to have to be modified in order to work. Because you (and your client) want the changes to be as cost-efficient as possible, you are better off adopting change-friendly prototyping methods and tools . This is especially true in the early stages of the project, when your ideas for potential solutions are rather vague.
Resurrecting User Interface Prototypes (Without Creating Zombies) - Smashing Magazine
Minimalism is achieved by reducing a design to only the most essential elements. Expressions of minimalism span multiple disciplines, as well as other art forms such as music and literature. For website designers, though, minimalism can be intimidating and difficult to master. But anyone can master minimalism .
Principles Of Minimalist Web Design, With Examples - Smashing Magazine
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At some point on Monday, December 12, 2011 I will announce a special @gmail address via twitter . The first 10 people who will email to that address will receive a free 21x16 inch print of their favorite image. How will I finish the race? Curled up on the sidewalk in Park Slope? In an oxygen tent on First Avenue?This site is an on-going collection of some of the things I've made over the years using a combination of digital and analogue technology. It's important to make a space for play, and this site is just that–a space for me to push some buttons and see what happens. Much of this thinking then goes on to inform the products released through Beep Industries . Ever since being given a Sinclair ZX81 as a Christmas present in 1981, I've been fascinated by the seemingly never ending possibilities that come from the interaction between people, code, art and design.
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These ombre Easter eggs from Sugar and Charm are beautiful. If you're dying your eggs at the last minute like I am, here's a technique worth checking out. I'm eyeing these chocolate-dipped nuts from Allison of Some the Wiser over on Good Eats as a very tasty sweet treat. I have a real sweet tooth, but lately I've been trying to curb my sugar habit. I've been looking for snacks that give me a good dose of protein and energy, without all the unhealthy sugars.
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Brendon Grimshaw was editor to some of the most important newspapers in Africa. But in 1972, he gave it all up to go and live on Moyenne Island, which he purchased for ten thousand pounds. In the thirty-six-years that he has lived on the island, Brendon and his friend, Rene Lafortune, planted sixteen-thousand trees, built 4,8 kilometres of nature paths, and brought and bred 110 giant land tortoises, creating an island of incredible beauty now worth 34 million Euros. Come with us on this journey and discover why an 82-year-old man fears his island will one day be destroyed by the ever-expanding reach of our insatiable desires...