The Do's And Don'ts Of Infographic Design. Advertisement Editor’s Note: You might want to read Nathan Yau’s article The Do’s And Don’ts Of Infographic Design: Revisited1 here on Smashing Magazine which is a response to this article. Since the dawn of the Internet, the demand for good design has continued to skyrocket. From Web 1.0 to Web 2.0 and beyond, designers have remained on their toes as they define the trends and expectations of our online universe.
The Internet is a great designer’s playground, and online businesses are growing more and more appreciative of what can be gained from a bit of well-executed eye candy. Infographics are visual representations of information, or “data viz” as the cool kids call it these days. Of course, just as Web 2.0 changed 1.0, today’s infographics are far more eye-catching than simple pie charts and bar graphs. While some design trends come and go, infographics are here to stay. Wrapping Your Mind Around Data Viz Show, Don’t Tell A rule of cinema is to show, don’t tell. Think Outside the Box. HistoryShots. Popular. Browse by color.
SWF to MOV Converter Mac Convert SWF Video to MOV on Mac. SWF was created to be small enough to publish animations and vector graphics on the Internet. We can easily play SWF files with Adobe Flash Player or as a browser plug-in in Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari or Opera. However, you may want to play and edit the SWF files with Quicktime, iTunes, iMovie, FCE, FCP etc. If so, you will need to convert the SWF video to MOV which will be well compatible with these applications. In this article, we will demonstrate how to convert SWF to MOV (QuickTime files) with SWF to MOV Converter for Mac. Tutorial about Converting SWF Movie to MOV on Mac os x Note: If you want to convert SWF video to MOV on Windows 7/8 etc, Please go to SWF to MOV Converter Download SWF to MOV Converter for Mac on your Mac, install and run it. $99.99 Get Windows Version Step1: Add or Grab SWF files Click "Select Files" to browse your computer and add the SWF video files you want to convert; or Click "Grab SWF", Paste the URL, click "Grab" to get the SWF videos from the Web.
Co.Design: business + innovation + design. Information aesthetics - Data Visualization & Information Design. 5 Lessons From The Best Interaction Designs Of 2011. Like many of you, I was delighted to find an Amazon Kindle Fire sitting on my desk a few weeks ago, when it was first released. My delight was heightened by the fact that I hadn’t actually bought it. The Fire belonged to another Robert in frog’s New York studio, Robert Curtis, who was more than happy to unbox the product with me so that we could both get a sense of the quality of that crucial "first" user experience with the product. Lest there be any doubt as to whose Fire it was, the screen immediately displayed a personal message: "Hello Robert Curtis. Welcome to Kindle Fire" (even though it was not yet connected to our Wi-Fi network).
Now, I realize that the Fire has been taking a lot of heat since its launch for some major gaffes in the design, with usability guru Jakob Nielsen condemning it as a "disappointingly poor user experience. " This may not be an Apple-quality product yet. But that initial setup experience set a new bar for me. [Behind the scenes at the judging. 1. 2. 3. Interaction Design Foundation.
The Best Of The Best: The IxDA Selects The Best Interaction Design Of 2012. A dashboard that encourages eco-friendly driving, a tiny music sequencer, and a cell phone geared toward old folks count among the winners of the Interaction Design Association’s (IxDA) first annual Interaction Awards. The awards tip a hat to the best interaction design of 2012--to the work of designers who “create meaningful relationships between people and the products and services that they use,” as the press materials say. The jury, led by V.P. of Creative at Frog and Co.Design expert blogger Robert Fabricant, selected 27 projects from an international pool of 300. Winning projects included mobile apps, web programs, car displays, and electronics, and spanned clients both big (Ford, Pepsi) and small (a science museum in Brazil). The grand-prize winner was a tiny music player for the Sifteo Cubes.
Interaction design often involves using technology in novel ways to solve old problems. That’s exemplified neatly by the winner of the Best Concept category. The full list of winners: Fontleech: The best free fonts on the web. The 60 best Tumblr blogs for designers. Whether you're a creative director on the hunt for new talent, or a dev looking for some web design inspiration, Tumblr is full of inspirational work. The micro blogging service and social network makes it mega-easy for anyone wanting to know how to start a blog. Tumblr blogs can be set up in a matter of minutes and having a Tumblr account also enables you to 'follow' other people via their Tumblr blogs. It's this ease of use, and social appeal, that's seen Tumblr serve more than 45 million sites.
This is a great number for a company publishing blogs, but for users it becomes difficult to separate the wheat from the chaff. That's certainly the case when it comes to design-related blogs, of which there are huge numbers to choose from. With that in mind, we've done all the hard work for you, and brought you the best Tumblr blogs for designers, covering graphic design, photography, illustration, typography and more. Inspiration 01. Design curation 02. 03. 04. 05. 06. 07. 08. 09. 10. 11. 12. FormFiftyFive – Design inspiration from around the world. It's Nice That : Home. Accelerator for Windows Azure | India | Microsoft Accelerator. Inside Microsoft's New Azure Accelerator in India. Hot on the heels of the launch of the Microsoft Accelerator for Windows Azure program in Israel in April this year, the Redmond giant is all set to kick off similar proceedings in India.
Having narrowed their selection from over 200 down to 11 applicants, the accelerator will incubate these startups over a period of four months, providing office space, Azure credit, technological guidance as well as mentorship from global business and technology thought leaders, with a view to help them turn their ideas and prototypes into success stories in the country’s nascent startup ecosystem. At the press conference where the final 11 startups were announced, Amit Chatterjee (MD, Microsoft India (R&D) Private Limited) mentioned that there are a couple of key trends in evolving technology businesses in India – the first being that there is a shift in focus from offering bouquets of services to becoming agile product-based development teams. He also stated the three primary aims of this program: Contents. Contents It’s all here Below you’ll find links to just about everything on ILT.
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20 Unique and Creative Logo Designs. Logo is a symbol or emblem commonly used by companies and individuals to aid and promote instant public recognition. This post features our favorite examples of unique, memorable, and creative logos designed by talented artists from all over the world. Killed Productions Logo Clever logo designed by Sean Heisler for Killed Productions. [link] Spartan Logo Brilliant logo by Richard Fonteneau designed for Spartan golf club. [link] Twins Logo Creative logo with “2″ instead of “N” designed by Action Designer. Steps Logo Jason Sanzone managed to incorporate “steps” into the actual logo. Zip Logo Zip logo designed by Mike Erickson features “zipper” instead of “I”.
Look Logo Brilliant and memorable logo designed by Zain Zayan from India. Swing Studios Logo Creative literal logo designed by struve for Swing Studios. Pause Logo Logo designed by volkan ek? Foot Logo Perfect example of creative logo design by Dalius Stuoka. B Logo Creative bee inspired logo designed by William Patino. Goodduck Logo Catch 5 Logo. Blacknegative. A List Apart: Topics: Design: Layout. Best Of 2011: 45 Photoshop Web Design Layout Tutorials.
Don't Forget to participate in a contest where you can win an amazing e-Commerce template from TemplateMonster. Photoshop is a well-liked web design instrument. With it, you can generate web design mock-ups that can later on be transformed to a practical and efficient HTML / CSS template. In today’s collection of tutorials, we are featuring some top-notch techniques on how to generate your own web design layouts by means of Photoshop. These tutorials were released in 2011. Web layouts are essential for each web design. Learn how to create a Sports Car layout in Photoshop In this tutorial you are going to learn something new and exciting.
Create a website to sell your iPhone 5 apps In this detailed tutorial we will create a website to sell your iPhone 5 apps. How to Create a 3D Portfolio Layout In this tutorial you will learn how to use simple techniques to create a sleek dark portfolio layout with a 3D look. Clean Style Business Layout How to design a trendy wordpress theme. 40 Creative Design Layouts: Getting Out Of The Box. Advertisement Over the last months we have seen a strong trend towards more individual web designs. These designs use realistic motifs from everyday life, such as hand-drawn elements, script fonts, pins, paper clips, organic textures and scrapbooks. That’s not a big surprise as they serve the function that faceless, shiny, glassy 3D-buttons completely fail to deliver: individuality and personality. “Personal” designs appear more familiar and more friendly. Used properly, such elements can give a human touch to design and communicate the content in a truly distinctive manner. However, apart from visual design elements, one can also get creative with the layout of the site – its structure and the way the information is presented and communicated.
In the showcase below we present 40 creative out-of-the-box layouts that break the boring 2- and 3-columned, boxed layouts. 20 × Getting Creative With CSS Pavel BubenPavel Buben uses a magazine cover-style layout for his one-page-site. It's done. Style: Unusual Layout websites.