An Architect’s Toolbox and Quality Management System. Bio Russell Curtis is the founder and director of London-based architectural practice RCKa, a finalist for 2011 Young Architect of the Year.
His firm employs Evernote as its main content management and collaboration tool. Animation Trends 2012: Discover the hottest new forms and styles - Feature. There’s a buzz around animation at the moment – and not simply because the most recent UK budget contained a government promise that the animation industry would be granted the same tax breaks as film companies already enjoy.
Creativity In Motion. 3D Printing and the legal system; if you think Napster was tough - Global Toy News. 3D printing has arrived.
How can you tell; because a consumer products company has filed a lawsuit against a user? What is going to happen next is a bit like what happened to the music and video industries except this one is going to involve the toy industry and anyone else who is in the consumer products business. Now You Can Become a Micro-Movie Producer and a Toy Manufacturer - Global Toy News. Common wisdom is that you create a new product and then you come up with a marketing plan.
Would You Buy a Logo From This Man? Update: In January 2013, Bill Haig will host a HOW U workshop breaking down his credibility-based logo design process.
Bill Haig, Ph.D, is not a graphic designer. But he’s been in the design field for over 50 years, initially as a “design rep,” and then as CEO of his own firm. His doctorate is in logo design and his specialty is applying “credibility principles in communication persuasion” to planning and creating solutions that work. The so-called credibility-based logo and package design theory are his own coinages. Vintage Orange Crush Soda Bottles Take a Ribbing. TEDxMuscat. PechaKucha 20x20. Building Israel Through Posters. Dan Walsh’s incredibly rich Palestine Poster Project Archives includes much in the way of protest, but it also contains a trove of rare Zionist/Israeli posters from the 1920s through the ’50s, largely before partition.
The ones excerpted here are from the Mahmoud Darwish Memorial Gallery, which includes a collection of Zionist Worker agency posters calling for increased development of Palestine. The affairs of the workers of Eretz Israel should be in the hands of the workers of Eretz Israel, 1935. An Arab World Competition. Hala A.Malak and Tarek Atrissi have announced the launch of KAFLAB Foundation, through which they will create a community and start discourse on the Arab world through design.
“Exploring sensitive and controversial topics,” they say, “will help social change and push a generation of designers to challenge the status quo and redefine identity, religion free! ” Transforming the education system by design. The intention of this article is to illustrate the importance of transforming the current secondary education system, to create impact to the future most promising industry, Design.
By Muhamad Razif Nasruddin. Being a part of the complete circle of the pre-existing framework of our national education system (primary to tertiary), one can experience not only academic learning, but also participate in co-curricular activities in enhancing their ability to become capable individuals. From Razak Report 1956 to Education Review Report 1979, re-contextualizing the purpose of education has been the sole conversational thread, rooted in nation building varied in cultural / language-centric to economic-driven purpose.
However, the current model of economic-driven alone is flawed by the recent global economic meltdown that the world has experienced for the past 20 years. To illustrate clearer, our economic demands is dependent highly to global trends. Creative briefs: Stop telling me the solution. New book lets kids learn about colours using Pantone swatches. Tattly Takes a Stand Against Ugly Temp Tattoos. There’s a new craze, and it’s one your mother would approve.
Tattly is making temp tattoos cool again by partnering with über-talented designers like Julia Rothman, James Victore, Jessi Arrington and Blanca Gómez for design goodness you can adhere to your skin, at least for a little bit. Tina Roth Eisenberg (@Swissmiss), creator of design studio and blog Swissmiss, and her talented team are freeing this world of rancid clip art, one temporary tattoo design at a time. In the words of Eisenberg: “Life is too short to drink bad wine and wear ugly temporary tattoos. Right?” We couldn’t agree more and had to dive deeper into Tattly, a collaboration that both kids and adults can appreciate. Why Interior Designers Matter. Fuel Your Product Design. DC Entertainment Reveals New Identity. Warner Bros. entertainment company, DC Entertainment—home to iconic comic brands DC Comics, Vertigo and MAD—revealed a new brand identity.
A new logo, designed by brand design firm Landor Associates, for both DC Entertainment and DC Comics were revealed. Soren Petersen: Saving the World One Art Poster at a Time. Art is a powerful emotional tool for creating awareness and fostering a commitment to change the world, even if each print makes just a small dent. TED, Known for Idea Talks, Releases Educational Videos - Wired Campus. The nonprofit group called TED, known for streaming 18-minute video lectures about big ideas, today opened a new YouTube channel designed for teachers and professors, with videos that are even shorter.
The new channel, called TED-Ed, was announced a year ago, but its leaders are only now unveiling the project’s first videos. There are only 11 as of today, but the goal is to add new ones regularly. Within three months from now, a new video could appear each day, said Chris Anderson, TED’s curator, in a conference call with reporters late last week. To produce the new videos, the group is connecting content experts with professional animators to create highly illustrated productions. The average length of these videos is about five minutes, and Mr.
Design Thinking to Disrupt Lebanese NGOs. Microsoft, Nokia will spend $24 million on university program to boost app development. Microsoft and Nokia will invest up to €18 million (US$24 million) in a new mobile application development program at Finland's Aalto University during the next three years, with the goal of helping create applications for Windows Phone, the two companies said on Monday. Who Knew.