» Visual Design UX Bootcamp Visual Design UX Bootcamp with Mark Boulton An incredibly practical way to learn typography, colour and layout. Tickets on sale from midday (GMT) on 5 January 2012 and are limited to 12 participants. Optional Fireworks training: £150 + VAT Visual Design Bootcamp: £350 + VAT When? Day One (Optional): Fireworks for Beginners Thursday, 26 April, 2012 Days Two & Three: Visual Design Bootcamp Friday & Saturday, 27-28 April, 2-12] Where: TBC (Central London, UK) Trainer Mark Boulton, Creative Director, Mark Boulton Design www.markboultondesign.com Mark is not only internationally recognised as one of the web’s great designers, he’s also really experienced at playing well with User Experience people in project teams and are brilliant at sharing how he think’s about the work that they do and how it supports the creation of good User Experience. How? We’re aiming to minimise the formal ‘teaching’ and spend the majority of the time working on hands on projects. The format of Visual Design Bootcamp will be:
All Is Not Lost" by OK Go and Google From the Author: A participatory music video in multiple windows. powered by HTML5. Enter a message to be danced out within the song. A collaboration between OK Go and Google, featuring Pilobolus dancers. Technology: HTML5, Canvas Tags: Interactive Music Video Not WebGL Video Multi-Window Index — Jonas Wagner's Blog COPENHAGEN TRAINS - VANDAL TACTICS / The Movie An intense documentation of the blood red second generation S-trains which roamed through the capital of Copenhagen and her surrounding suburbs. A steel hard generation now gone. These are the final recordings... COPENHAGEN TRAINS - VANDAL TACTICS is featuring some of the key players in the Copenhagen train scene. Live actions, heavy bombing, mind blowing color productions, top to bottom throw ups, all on those infamous red steel trains that was an object of desire for generations of writers worldwide. All scenes are accompanied by an original soundtrack, composed and executed to the fullest by the Copenhagen Trains crew. The COPENHAGEN TRAINS - VANDAL TACTICS movie will be released in three versions: - A DVD with a booklet of train info and limited flicks. - A special numbered limited Collectors Item box with a rare surprise. - A free digital version available from selected file sharing networks. Release date will be announced in the Updates section.
keep it like a secret Teach Yourself Graphic Design: A Self-Study Course Outline Fortunately, it isn’t required to go to design school in order to be a graphic designer. A good foundation in graphic design history, theory, and practical application will help you hit the ground running. There are plenty of resources available in which you can learn graphic design on your own. Don’t set your expectations to high at first, as it will take enthusiastic study for years to become great. You can do it though! If you would like to learn graphic design from the ground up, through self directed study, then this article lists some great resources that will get you started with your design education. 1. There are a few graphic design principles that effect every project you’ll create. Shape, Spacing, and Rhythm I remember first learning these basic design principles , and they seamed so foreign at first. The Principles of Design by Joshua David McClurg-Genevese What is Graphic Design? Color, Texture, and Imagery Principles of Color Design by Wucius Wong Texture in Graphic Design 2.
J'affiche...! L'actualité en affiche par Geoffrey Dorne Data Visualization [infographie] Ukraine : la démocratie en dictature ! L’Ukraine, un bien beau pays qui est dans l’actualité en ce moment pour de bien tristes raisons… Malgré les vaillants efforts de l’opposition en Ukraine, le Parlement ukrainien a adopté une loi brutale qui dirige le pays en plein dans la dictature. Sont interdits en vertu de la nouvelle loi (sous peine d’emprisonnement) de conduire des voitures dans des colonnes qui dépassent cinq véhicules longs, de mettre en place un système sonore (émission ou réception) non déclaré, les « perturbations de masse » sont passibles de 10 à 15 ans d’emprisonnement, des informations sont collectés sur la police ou les juges, j’en passe… (l’image en grand format) Bref, comme souvent je vous invite à rester vigilant autant que possible sur vos droits, vos libertés et à rester informés tout en informant… et à militez avec vos propres moyens, si vous le pouvez! source Êtes-vous adepte du multitasking ? (voir l’image en grand) Et vous, êtes-vous « multitâche » ?
Court-métrage – Meet Buck Vous vous souvenez certainement du trailer de Meet Buck publié il y a quelques temps. Réalisé par une jolie bande d’étudiant, ce court-métrage déborde de dynamisme. Bref, c’est à voir absolument ! Synopsis : Buck est un jeune ordinaire. Enfin…si on exclut sa tête de cerf. Contenu relatif YOUNG-HAE CHANG HEAVY INDUSTRIES PRESENTS Sites web au look rétro et vintage | Design Retro Le style rétro et vintage est un style bien présent dans le design graphique autant que sur le web. Bien qu’utilisé depuis déjà quelques années, ce style est toujours très d’actualité dans les dernières tendances web et continue d’évoluer grâce à l’utilisation des textures, des typographies et des couleurs. Voici une liste de sites web au look rétro et vintage qui sauront vous inspirer dans ce style de création très agréable à parcourir. MailChimp 5.2 Smultron Reklama-Audio Tvornica Bannera Dollar Dreadful Tommy Silky Szeto Level 2D Simple as Milk Paper Damsels Circus.fm The Journal of Min Tran Jan Ploch R U Hot Enuf? Hipstery Forefathers Group Five Thirty Brew The New York Moon Cup Cup Cupcakes Bright Bulb Design Studio Bitfoundry Atticus Pet Design Studio Mom & Popcorn Amazee Labs
The Discipline of Content Strategy We, the people who make websites, have been talking for fifteen years about user experience, information architecture, content management systems, coding, metadata, visual design, user research, and all the other disciplines that facilitate our users’ abilities to find and consume content. Article Continues Below Weirdly, though, we haven’t been talking about the meat of the matter. We haven’t been talking about the content itself. Yeah, yeah. But who among us is asking the scary, important questions about content, such as “What’s the point?” As a community, we’re rather quiet on the matter of content. Do you think it’s a coincidence, then, that web content is, for the most part, crap? Dealing with content is messy. And yet, the web is content. And that’s where content strategy comes in. What is Content Strategy? Content strategy plans for the creation, publication, and governance of useful, usable content. At its best, a content strategy defines: But wait…there’s more#section3 BUT.
How To Design Your Own Infographics Introduction Infographics seem to be a real trend today, with new ones popping up daily on all sorts of subjects. From mortgages to ice cream, estimating software to infographics about infographics, there is very little now that hasn't been 'visualised' in some form. However, they suit the information heavy world we live in as they give an easily understandable visual snapshot of something that may otherwise be plain text, and can help to widen the audience of a subject. But do you have to be a graphic designer to design infographics? Best Practice Process But before you look at any online tools, you should have an idea of the best practice process for any kind of design, be it graphic, product or anything else: ResearchBefore you begin anything, you need to decide what your subject is going to be and do some reading. Best Online Resources For Infographic Design So now you know the rough process you can get the sketchbook out and start thinking about your first project. Lastly...
Les data en forme Cette semaine, les journalistes de données d'Owni vous parlent de couteau suisse, de police utile, d'entrecôte-béarnaise-frites, de législatives et du côté obscur des données. Mais surtout, surtout... Ils vont vous faire chanter ! Après la faille temporelle de la semaine dernière pour cause de nouveau gouvernement à visualiser, ouvrons ce nouveau numéro des data en forme en mode “boîte à outil”. Nos collègues helvètes de datavisualisation.ch ont eu la bonne idée de mettre en ligne le seul, l’unique, le véritable couteau suisse du datajournaliste. Tout comme le célèbre couteau rouge, selection.datavisualization.ch présente non seulement des outils essentiels pour toutes celles et ceux qui souhaiteraient jouer avec les données mais ils sont présentés de manière intelligente et ergonomique. Trois filtres permettent de trier ces outils en fonction de ce que vous cherchez à faire : cartes, graphiques ou traitement des données. Police et bonnes pratiques Mangez, buvez, visualisez !