Jun 2009

Mrs Eaves at Typo Berlin

Gemma O'Brien

Late last year Gemma O’Brien, an Australian graphic design student, executed a popular response to a university design brief based on the themes of vandalism and graffiti. She was inspired by my favourite designer, Stefan Sagmesiter, and named herself after my favourite typeface, Mrs Eaves, by Zuzana Licko. She was interviewed abut the project on […]

Jun 2009

Microsoft unveil Project Natal

Project Natal

I just finished reading the live blog on Kotaku and watching the delayed video stream on xbox.com of the Microsoft press conference at E3. It was so much better than last year’s, one of the best I’ve seen — I think it will be hard for Sony and Nintendo to better it and they keep […]

May 2009

E3 2009

E3 2009

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 […]

May 2009

Google Wave

Google Wave

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 […]

May 2009

Mapping New York

Uptown

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 […]

May 2009

Future home

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 […]