http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOb18fFCfKQ
Micro Piglets are the new pets of the future...they have become a craze in the UK and are going for only $700. They make great pets...they are just like dogs...very loveable and smart. Apart from they are easier than dogs...they only eat twice a day and need lots of water...they dont need to be walked either..they are very content just hanging out in the house. These little micro piglets are bread so they wont be over 14 inches in height.
Monday, November 23, 2009
Mac Book Pro
-made of aluminum...it is slim, light and durable, so it can be taken anywhere.
-High-performance NVIDIA graphics combine with a vivid LED-backlit display to give you a stunning viewing experience.
-Every new MacBook Pro features an advanced built-in battery that lasts up to 7 hours (8 hours on the 17-inch model) on a single charge.
-13-inch: 2.26GHz $1199.00 as low as $28 a month
MADE IN CHINA
Imagine a future when you can learn about the origin of every product before you buy it. Would you second guess your purchase if you discovered that the bag you want was made by migrant workers in a sweatshop? US-based Baggu thinks so and they're leading the charge with an assortment of beautiful and reusable bags that are "Ethically made in China," according to the tag on each bag. Their phrasing probably seems like a smoke screen to skeptics who want to support their local economy and are dubious of Chinese imports. However, Baggu's promotion of their fair labor practices elevates the importance of knowing more about what you purchase. We hope that this kind of tag transparency, coupled with advances like Good Guide's iPhone app, continues to empower us with instant product information that will make us all more ethical consumers.
Glimmer
What first attracted me to this book was the design and color on the front. The use of rainbow streaking color across the words is very effective. "How design can transform your life, and maybe even the world"...These are the words on the front cover which are very captivating and pulls the audience in making them want to read more.
Indoor Fire
I've been dying to install a woodburning stove in my apartment, partly because it's always freezing in here, and partly to capitalize on the free fuel that will be littered all over the sidewalks of Manhattan come December 26th. Every year after Christmas, the sidewalks are covered with discarded Christmas trees for about two weeks, and them's good burnin'.While you can find plenty of woodburning stoves to buy--even on Amazon--most of the good ones start at around $1,000, and the fancy-schmancy cooking variants that have ranges and ovens, like this one below, go for around $4,000.
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Sunday, November 22, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Tea Time
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David Carson
David Carson was born on September 8th 1952 in Texas. Later in his life he and his family moved to New York City. Carson still calls New York home, however he has travelled around the world with his father. Travelling gave Carson new insights and understandings of himself and his interests and talents. It wasnt untill Carson attended the University of Arizona for a two week long graphic design program, and this is when his talents were beginning to be discovered. Carson went to San Diego State University and Oregon College of Commercial Art. In 1983, while studying in Switzerland Carson met Hans-Rudolph Lutz, who was a huge inspirational figure that helped and motivated and gave Carson confidence. He worked as a Sociology teacher as well as a professional surfer back in the 1970's. He also worked for surfing, skateboarding and music magazines throughout the 1980's. It wasnt untill the 90's that Carson became known for his work. Carson was an art director for surfing magazines and the style magazine Ray Gun from 1992 to 1995. It was through these efforts that Carson became known world wide. Today Carson owns two studios, one in California and the other in Zurich. It
Carson began his career experimenting with graphic design and becoming interested in the bohemian and artistic culture and feel of California. Carson created his own personal style, he created a style using 'dirty' type face and unique design techniques, making his work edgy and original. Later because of his new found style Carson was known as the father of grunge. Transworld Skateboarding magazine was the magazine that Carson worked for as Art Director. Aswell as working for a surfing magazine, Carson was also in fact a professional surfer and in 1989 he was named 9th best surfer in the world. Carson also designed Beach Culture which came from the annual supplement. Only six quarterly magazines were issued, it was this work by Carson that made him a well known graphic designer. Even people who didnt support his work and efforts were calling him innovative.
Carson eventaully was hired to design Ray Gun by Marvin Scott Jarrett a publisher. This magazine was aimed towards a type of lifestyle and music. Carson was not afraid to let his ideas come through, no matter what other people said, he was an individual. Being a designer for this magazine made Carson very well known. Carson was featured in May 1994 in the New York Times and in 1996 in Newsweek for his work on this magazine, this also made him more well known and increased his publicity. Eventually in 1995 Carson founded his first studio in New York City called the David Carson Design. People from all over the country were attracted to his work and between the years of 1995 and 1998 Carson worked for big name companies such as Pepsi Cola, Ray Ban, Budweiser, Giorgio Armani, American Airlines, Nike, Microsoft, NBC, Levi Jeans, Kodak, Packard, Lycra, British Airways and AT&T. Later on he worked for Dell, Toyota, Sony, Warner Bros, Cuervo Gold, CNN, Suzuki, MTV, Princo, Johnson AIDS Foundation, Fox TV, Lotus Software, Quicksilver, Nissan, Mercedes-Benz, Intel, Nine Inch Nails, and MGM studios. He was also a design consultant for the tourist magazine Blue in 1997.
In 2000 Carson opened another studio, a personal studio though in South Carolina. Four years later Carson became the Creative Director of Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston and still designed special editions for surfing magazines, as well as creating a television ad for UMPGUA bank in Seattle Washington.
Carson is known for creating and making known the style of typography and photography based graphic design. he was an inspiration in the 1990's to many young aspiring graphic designers. He is not a traditional artist, he works on his own terms and creates innovative design standards. Carson is very emotionally involved in his work, he puts his heart and soul into every project he has done and thinks very deeply and thoroughly through his ideas and become lost in the subconscious. Carson can always create the feel and idea behind all of his designs. Many people today have changed their work to be more like Carsons work. With his combinations of photography and typography he has craeted and distinguished himself as unique.
Although Carson has many followers, like any designer he has recieved criticism. Carson was a huge influence on modern graphic design within the past twenty five years. he took photography and typology as twisted them, manipulating a new kind of graphic and conveying the message in a new way that draws the viewer in and forces them to htink deeply into the image.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Winning the Lottery will NOT make you a happier person!
Winning the lottery most people would believe would make you a happier person. Yes it may make your life seem easier and less stressful and pay off debt but ultimatly money and material objects do not make us happy or improve our well being.People who win the lottery are almost always unhappy in the long run, and most of them continue to buy lottery tickets.
The phrase, "its not the destination, its the journey", This quote is very true...its true for lottery winners, true for the way you feel on a first date, blog posts, opening presents and answering a phone call from a stranger. In life the journey is half the fun. Humans enjoy working and the challenge and are truly the happiest when working on something they love.
The thrill of possibility, the chance for recognition, the chemical high of anticipation. That's what people pay for.
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Why celebrate Halloween?
I chose this blog why we celebrate halloween as halloween just passed. The reason why we celebrate halloween is because everyone else does it.
Most of what we believe is not a result of direct experience, but is rather part of our collection of truth because everyone (or at least the people we respect) around us seems to believe it as well. It is about tradition and following in the footsteps of elders.
We not only believe that some brands are better than others, we believe in social constructs, no shirt, no shoes, no service. We believe things about changing our names when we get married or what's an appropriate gift for a baby shower. When branding is involved, people will buy a brand over another because they truly believe its better...they will go with the most popular brand and buy what everyone else has.
This groupthink is the soil that marketing grows in. It's frustrating for someone who is hyper-fact-based or launching a new brand to come to the conclusion that people believe what they believe, not that people are fact-centered data processing organisms.
Sure, it would be great to have an organization that enjoys the advantage ofeveryone believing. Getting from here, to there, though, requires stories, emotion and ideas that spread. Organizations grow when they persuade a tiny cadre to be passionate, not when they touch millions with a mediocre message.
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Filter Posibilities
-filter cut out
-filter dry brush
-paint daubs
-poster edges
-smudge stick
-water color
-blur- gaussian blur
-blur-smart blur
-blur - surface blur
Steps for Memoirs of a Geisha project
1. Cropped, lighten, darken, contrast, curves, dodge and burn tools.
2. Add one filter applied selectively - try at least 3 filters to find right one (blur background)
3. texture for the background
-pen tool
-blur and smudge tools
-clone, eye dropper, magic wand
4. use any techniques or combination of techniques and other images found on the internet to make the most effective and appropriate for chosen character
Other notes
-Place word in all 4 versions
-choose - font, size, weight, placement, opacity, size, color.
-Scan book cover in lower left or right of the layout.
-scanned image 1 3/4 inches high
-below cover can - authors name and title second line. Use Helvetica Bold 9-11 pt. centered.
Class Notes 11/3/09
Graphic Designers are like:
-film directors-authors
Google - is a very interesting frame, within the frame is all different kinds of things.
Linear way of thinking - way we think as humans
Singularity - acute/abrupt break
Demographics
Demographics
Design enthusiasts from over 50 countries and practicing in multiple disciplines, with a concentration on industrial design, design management, graphic design and interactive design.
- Annual salary average: US$52k
- 67% between the ages of 22 and 34
- 50% have 6 years or more of work experience
- 90% have college degrees
- 15% have postgraduate degrees
- 56% from United States and Canada
- 66% Corporate, 22% Consultancies, 12% Independent/Freelance
Traffic
- 10 million+ monthly page views
- Over 450 thousand monthly unique visitors
- Over 100 thousand designers' portfolios
- Over 7 thousand registered design firms
- Over 16 thousand newsletter subscribers
these are some numbers showing statistics of people working in the design field. It is interesting to study these demographics and comparing salaries. As htis is something that i might want to do someday looking over these facts such as the age group of people who are working in the industry (which are very young) is very interesting. Almost all have college degrees which means its a competitative field.
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2010 Car Calendar
The new Mini's MINIMALISM Calendar for 2010, challenged designers--roughly 4,000 of them--to produce "creative interpretations of the topic of efficiency and CO2 reduction." The only visual design guideline was that a profile of the iconic car had to be somehow integrated.
Twelve finalists were chosen from the thousands of submissions, and the resultant calendar is now on sale. The calendar is creative and innovative. My favorite image is the one of the too hands being held up to it look like the front view of a car. Reminds me of how kids always make shapes with their hands and the show on the wall makes it look like an animal or object etc
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High Tech High Chair
The Scoop High Chair, designed by British firm Seymourpowell, brings design to the table--from a toddler's position. Looking rather like the customer throne from a hair salon, the Scoop's rounded surfaces leave no place for dirt to accumulate and can be height-adjusted, from sofa to table height, by means of a foot pedal that drives the pneumatic lift.
Unlike its brethren barber shop chair, the Scoop isn't mounted to the floor; the round base conceals castors, so it can be wheeled out of the way for cleaning. And the adjustable integrated table acts something like the safety bars on an amusement park ride, keeping the child in place and obviating the need for a harness. When it's time for the kid to come out, the table can be slid forward for easier access.
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Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Panic Room
Looks like it could be a panic room right in your kitchen...a robber comes and you just pull up the hatchet and run down the spiral stairs. However these are actaully wine cellars...the wine bottles surround the spiral stair case all the way down the tunnel. Imagine the look on guests faces when you open up part of your kitchen or living room floor and have a mini wine cellar.
In order to install them a van full of a team of men come and install the wine cellar and even do the paper work for the government. The secret wine cellars cost alot of money but are very very cool...and if a robber does break into your house... you also have a mini panic room.
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