Monthly Archives: May 2009

E3 2009 is ready to go

Posted on 31 May, 2009. Filed under Events. Tagged , , .
The E3 begins tomorrow in LA, this year it seems like there should be a number of interesting announcements along with all the trailers (the PSP Go has already been leaked). I’m looking forward to not only viewing the new art styles, 3d graphics and UI elements of upcoming games but also finding out release [...]

Google Wave

Posted on 29 May, 2009. Filed under Technology. Tagged .
Google have announced a new web application that’s under development called Wave. It’s being developed by the same two brothers who developed the Google Maps application and promises to revolutionise the way we communicate over the Internet with an open-source policy. For a detailed look there’s a video of the developer preview from the announcement last night [...]

Mapping New York

Posted on 28 May, 2009. Filed under Inspiration. Tagged , .
I just got back from a few days vacation in New York. It was my second time there but almost felt like exploring a new city as I guess it’s hard to take the same path through New York twice. I think the city has some amazing areas that could really inspire creativity, specifically Williamsburg, West [...]

Ban Comic Sans

Posted on 14 May, 2009. Filed under Funny, Miscellaneous. Tagged , , .
The designer of the typeface Comic Sans, Vincent Connare, was interviewed on the Australian radio show ByDesign a few days ago — you can listen to the interview here. The ban Comic Sans movement seems to have surfaced again, reminiscent of the death to Helvetica movement initiated by Letterbox (been there, got the tshirt). It’s [...]

Future home

Posted on 13 May, 2009. Filed under Technology. Tagged .
The BBC was shown around Microsoft’s home of the future in this short video. There’s nothing too different from other prediction videos that attempt to demonstrate how we will interact with digital devices, it does use some practical examples though — many others don’t. Typically the trend seems to be based more and more around [...]

OFFF Oeiras’09 Lisbon Portugal

Posted on 11 May, 2009. Filed under Events, Inspiration. Tagged , , .
I spent the last few days in Lisbon at the OFFF design festival. It was inspiring to listen to people talk about work that I have a lot of respect for, though I didn’t get as much out of it as previous design conferences I’ve been to. I think this was just because these events [...]