May 10
Presentations are used to communicate, inspire or demonstrate a topic, perspective or concept. They can be one of the most effective and inspirational mediums for delivery.
Mar 10
After attending the Games Based Learning 2010 conference in London I’ve come away with a realisation of what the medium is capable of and present the case that web designers should be informed and ready to implement games as another form of digital content.
Mar 10
Games are introducing innovative UI elements that exist within the game world. After reading through a Thesis and a few articles on game interface design I examine the different types of UI elements, separating them in to categories and providing examples of their implementation.
Mar 10
A selection of lovely work — many of the creators are currently, or will be, exhibiting or publishing their work around the world. Featuring 9000 from Columbia, Mitja Miklavčič from Slovenia/UK, Christophe Szpajdel from the UK, Takeshi Kitano from Japan and Ron Arad from Israel/UK.
Mar 10
For the past six years or so I’ve been pretty obsessed with typography, among other things. I’m generally obsessed with my interests so it’s nice to find people to share the obsession with. Here is a list of my current favourite sources for all things typography related.
Mar 10
The Independent Games Festival unfortunately doesn’t get a lot of main stream media coverage but I think showcases innovative ideas in interaction, game design and art.
Dec 09
The evolution of graphic design over the past 100 years from purely aesthetics to meeting functional, cultural, social and production requirements has helped to develop the change and growth of consumerism.
Oct 09
A collection of impressive Album cover designs all created by designers based in London, UK.
Sep 09
Dancing light, transformation, distortion, animation, blending tangible with digital, all these things fascinate me about projection — I especially love projected type. Recently I’ve come across a few inspirational examples of projection and also some really lovely wallpapers. The amazing projection projects created by UrbanScreen. Hirzberger Events: Digital Wallpaper. Tobias Battenberg’s projected Akzidenz Grotesk. Watermarks Project: […]
Sep 09
One of the primary theories within design that became clearer to me as I progressed through my career was that visual rhetoric is personal to the reader, and is based on their previous experiences — with the medium, their culture, always a combination of the two and more than often includes other influences too. This […]
Aug 09
It began with a fascination with the Commodore 64, an interface in to virtual worlds, that lead to my passion for cyberpunk culture — literature, games, art and music. Over the years the interface evolved, a lot more rapidly as I got older and had money to spend on hardware. I developed a strong interest […]
Aug 09
Hell has always be a source of fascination — it exists in most cultures and religions. Many artists, designers and writers take inspiration from Dante’s Divine Comedy when referencing hell in their work — in fact it’s surprising how much influence the Italian poem has had on modern culture. I’ve been exploring visual executions of […]
Thought you might like to know I recently posted an video on an event that took place in San Francisco called “Design Lecture Series” at Zoom in Online. This part one of three episodes features renown Graphic Designer Stefan Sagmeister:
http://www.zoom-in.com/spotlights/designing_minds_stefan_sagmeister
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