14 Brilliant Minimalist Ads It’s not difficult to love minimalist ads, but to create one requires a brilliant idea. Most successful minimalist ads depend a lot on iconic brands, items, places and people. Just an image (or traces) of it would trigger a whole chain of associations and no more than that is enough to grab the attention of consumers. What advertisers need to do is to capture that one image without overdoing it. Now, that’s the difficult part isn’t it? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. fitvibe: We really know how to make you work out 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Credits to: Trendhunter, Ads of The World, Creative Bits, thedesigner.co.za
Ride The Alien A worker checks the finishing on a motorcycle made from recycled materials of spare parts from cars and bicycles at a workshop owned by Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn in Bangkok July 27, 2011. Roongrojna, 54, creates his artworks from recycled spare parts from used cars, motorcycles as well as bicycles. With four shops in Bangkok named “Ko Art Shop”, Roongrojna also exports his artworks to clients all over the world. (REUTERS/Sukree Sukplang) Artist Roongrojna Sangwongprisarn inflates air into the rear tire of a motorcycle made from recycled materials of spare parts from cars and bicycles at a workshop in Bangkok on Wednesday, July 27. Spread your love!
rolled paper flowers {tutorial Welcome to flower week – five days of simple and delightful flower projects. I could probably do three weeks of flowers because there are so many different ways to create them, but I’ve limited it to five of my current favorites. Before we get started, let me make a few disclaimers: 1. 2. 3. Okay, so let’s begin. Here’s what you’ll need: :: paper {either cover or text weight} :: florist wire :: scissors, pencil, glue gun STEP ONE: cut irregular circle This circle is approximately 8 inches, but you can do any size you wish. STEP TWO: cut spiral Start at the outside edge and cut in a spiral fashion to the center. I like a sort of bumpy shape so that the petals end up a bit irregular If you aren’t so sure about your cutting skills, feel free to draw your spiral before cutting. To add a little interest to my bouquet, I used a variety of yellow scrapbook papers {my favorite is that yellow dot} STEP THREE: roll your blossom start at the outside edge and coil tightly STEP FOUR: release coil
Top 10 Philosoraptors | Meme Pics - StumbleUpon Philosoraptor meme never gets old as there’s no shortage of fascinating and curious things in this universe to ponder. Below you will find some of the best philosoraptor musings ever made. Enjoy: Kinetic architecture (1/3) « VANGUARQ Kinetic architecture (1/3) fLUX, Binary Waves – Lab[au] Another great project by LAb[au], “fLUX binary waves” is an urban and cybernetic installation based on the measuring of infrastructural ( passengers, cars…) and communicational ( electromagnetic fields produced by mobile phones, radio…) flows and their transposition into luminous, sonic and kinetic rules. This relation between the installation and the urban activity happens in real time and sets each person as an element of the installation, as a centre of the public realm. The installation fLUX, binary waves is constituted by a network of 32 rotating and luminous panels of 3 meter-high and 60 centimetres wide, placed every 3 meters to form a kinetic wall. The panels rotate around their vertical axis, and have a black reflective surface on one side, the other being plain mat white. Shih Chieh Huang Installation artist Shih Chieh Huang transforms spaces with everyday objects. The exhibition is on till June 6th 2009 Spinning Streetlights
Muziekstudio vermomd als houtstapel Hot Froot Deel op Facebook Volgende Froot Muziekstudio vermomd als houtstapel Caberetier Hans Liberg wilde graag een muziekstudio waar hij zich kan terugtrekken om aan nieuwe stukken te werken. meer Architectuur Volgende froot Het Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore A Pylon for the Future Finalists A competition to find a new design for the British electricity pylon, launched by RIBA, DECC and National Grid, has been short listed to just six concepts, which are now on show at an exhibition. Launched to coincide with the London Design Festival, the energy secretary opened the "A Pylon for the Future" display at the V&A in London. Judges chose the finalists from 250 entries, who have been working with the National Grid to build scale models of their designs. "Britain will see the equivalent of 20 new power stations constructed by 2020, and we need to transport this new, low carbon energy to our televisions and toasters, dishwashers and DVD players," Mr Huhne said. "We must make sure that we take into account the visual impact on the landscape and also the view of the public, and this is what the Pylon Design Competition is all about. The winning team will be given a prize of £10,000 and their design could be picked up by the National Grid.
FishIE Tank fish 1024 x 1002 window size Thanks for checking out this site. This demo uses the canvas element to draw fish swimming in a fish tank. Sony Nextep Computer Concept for 2020 by Hiromi Kiriki & Yanko Design - StumbleUpon In 2020 We Can Wear Sony Computers On Our Wrist Our present need for internet connectivity is so profound that secondary devices like the Nextep Computer are bound to happen. Developed to be worn as a bracelet, this computer concept is constructed out of a flexible OLED touchscreen. Earmarked for the year 2020, features like a holographic projector (for screen), pull-out extra keyboard panels and social networking compatibility, make the concept plausible. Ten years from now is not too far away, so how many of you think we’d be buying such gadgets? Designer: Hiromi Kiriki
Tumblr Architecture With over 15 billion page views a month Tumblr has become an insanely popular blogging platform. Users may like Tumblr for its simplicity, its beauty, its strong focus on user experience, or its friendly and engaged community, but like it they do. Growing at over 30% a month has not been without challenges. Some reliability problems among them. One of the common patterns across successful startups is the perilous chasm crossing from startup to wildly successful startup. Tumblr started as a fairly typical large LAMP application. The theme at Tumblr is transition at massive scale. Site: Stats 500 million page views a day15B+ page views month~20 engineersPeak rate of ~40k requests per second1+ TB/day into Hadoop clusterMany TB/day into MySQL/HBase/Redis/MemcacheGrowing at 30% a month~1000 hardware nodes in productionBillions of page visits per month per engineerPosts are about 50GB a day. Software Hardware Architecture Old Tumblr New Tumblr Internal Firehose Team Structure
Atreides Luxury Yacht With Retractable Pool: New LifeStyle For Rich And Famous Despite the sky high luxury yacht pricing, this one comes with a neat design that offers a private retractable swimming pool. Other luxury yachts might have various ground sports blend into their yachts’ design concepts, however water sports is a neglected aspect that has triggered Vuk Dragovic, a Serbian designer over the behance network to develop such an intriguing Atreides’ concept. If you love the sea and thinking of owning a private yacht, this concept is one you might not want to miss. [ Source: Born Rich ; Luxury Issues ; Vuk Dragovic ] Tags: atreides, Authentic Models SC018 Brass Ships Wall Mounted Clock 2682036, luxury yacht, luxury-yacht-concept, retractable-swimming-pool, swimming pool, Vuk-Dragovic
Emergent Patterns: Game Wallpapers Beat Dull Wall Decor Repeating patterns are at the heart of most wallpapers, as they are part of the core of many simple, old-school, paper-and-pen games. While elementary in design (and execution), these basic black-and-white wallpaper designs feature an element of creative, unique and ultimately unpredictable emergent design that makes them grow more complex with tiime. The first layer – the original printed design – is as simple as it gets: a series of mazes, tic-tac-toe boards and crossword puzzles that naturally lend themselves to virtually infinite extension in any direction. Created by CinqCinq, these have been placed as the backdrops of art installations and waiting room interiors- perfect places to encourage spontaneous interaction. By setting out specific colors of pencil, pen, crayon or marker, the designer (or space owner) gets to exert another level of control but ultimately leaves the finished product in the hands of people who pass through a given space.