Hue Visualab

Computerlove | 2 minutes ago

Congratulations to our buddy Julian and the rest of HueVisualab for grabbing their first Promax/BDA gold for their music video work with SPE/Animax theme song "Set Me Apart" featuring Filipino band Pupil. Check out Hue's new site (packed with outstanding work) and also don't forget to watch the video below

Last Appeal Against Construction Ergonomics Standard Denied

Usability In The News | 2 minutes ago

Voluntary standard for MSD upheld ..."A final effort to have the ANSI/ASSE A10.40-2007 American National Standard, Reduction of Musculoskeletal Problems in Construction withdrawn has been dismissed by the American National Standards Institute Appeals Board Panel. The appeal had been brought by the Construction Industry Employer Coalition, a group of five construction trade associations, which has been trying to block the standard since it was approved by the ANSI/ASSE A10 Accredited Standards Committee on Construction and Demolition Operations in 2006.The board upheld [...]

Best of the Week #22

abducted by design | 17 minutes ago

The past week was full of tips, tutorials, and excellent references for graphic and web design. Plus some really interesting articles, with a special attention to a spectacular skate video using the red camera. So enjoy our best of the week! FRIDAY - 18/07 Red Camera Skate 21 Brilliant AudioJungle Wallpapers Winners Announced R.E.M. Man-Sized Wreath Last.fm Re-Design Goes Live, With New Lick of Paint (Literally) New York Times iPhone app iconography The New iGoogle Gets Full Screen Gmail THURSDAY - [...]

Free Full-Length Documentaries At Snagfilms

Basement.org | 1 hour ago

"At Snagfilms.com, you can watch full-length documentary films for free." And we're not just talking about second-rate homemade films. Supersize Me and Dig are available for example. You can even embed and share them Youtube-style. Very cool.

PingMag: Japanese Package Design #7

jeansnow.net | 1 hour ago

The always delightful — and fellow PauseTalker — Bianca Beuttel returns to PingMag with a new package design piece, this time with a focus on sustainable or eco-friendly packaging in Japan time savedtime saved

Daily Digest

GetANewBrowser | 2 hours ago

5 Twitter Tactics for Building a Stellar Brand Assuming that you’ve already matched your Twitter username to your personal or company brand, here are some suggestions for using Twitter to build your online reputation: (tags: twitter branding) The Story of the Fail Whale - ReadWriteWeb Twitter users are very familiar with the iconic image of the Fail Whale. This social object has been latched onto by Twitter fans not just as a representation of Twitter’s downtime, but also as a [...]

Just Looking

jeansnow.net | 2 hours ago

No, that’s not an idol video, or at least it’s not sold that way. The video is from a DVD series by record label Avex called Miteru Dake (Just Looking). As you can see, it features girls — pumped-up breasts and all — just, well, looking. The idea is that it’s for shy men, to practice looking girls in the eyes. Via Japan Probe, but read more at Clast. time savedtime saved

Weekend Project: Styrofoam Plate Speaker

Eyebeam reBlog | 2 hours ago

Get surprisingly good sound from disposable picnicware with this easy to make and inexpensive Styrofoam Plate Speaker. Thanks go to José Pino for the original article in Make Magazine.To download Styrofoam Plate Speaker MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes. Check out the Styrofoam Plate Speaker article MAKE 12 "Styrofoam Plate Speaker" & You can see that in our digital edition. Read more | Permalink | Comments | Read more articles in Weekend Projects | Digg this! Originally posted by [...]

Super-sensitive controller opens Wii to music

Eyebeam reBlog | 2 hours ago

Nintendo announces a new hand-held device that allows more subtle gameplay and sports moves, as well as virtual instruments Originally from New Scientist - Latest Headlines, ReBlogged by Jamie Allen on Jul 19, 2008 at 08:01 AM

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Eyebeam reBlog | 2 hours ago

“Dust Cover”, 2008 and “Double Santa”, 2005 by Roe Ethridge. Originally posted by mail from VVORK, ReBlogged by Jamie Allen on Jul 19, 2008 at 08:01 AM

Shaped on your screen

graphito | graphic-panic-camp | 4 hours ago

Rulers allows to create on whole screen area a set of rulers, like most common graphic editors allows on their working areas only. Rulers

.ERIC B & RAKIM “PAID IN FULL”.

Kanardo | 4 hours ago

LINK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZElWBsoyvUo

GREEN EARTH International Graphic Design Competition

Inhabitat | 5 hours ago

Following the success of the 2007 ‘Love Your Earth’ Competition, Designboom.com, The Design Association Japan (DA) and TOBU department store have joined forces to launch ‘Green Earth’, a brand new international design competition. Calling all design professionals, students and enthusiasts, Green Earth is looking for graphic artwork that raises awareness of the environmental issues affecting the planet and provokes positive change. (more…)

Snow Wave

Rhizome.org | 6 hours ago

Despite its title, P.S.1's current survey of Finnish art Arctic Hysteria leans towards the cool and calculated, with moments of dotty humor. In keeping with a culture known for both outdoor saunas and Linus Torvalds, much of the work deals with nature, technology or both; the two themes come together with another Finnish national icon in Tea Mäkipää's video My Life as a Reindeer, created from antler-mounted footage obtained in a manner reminiscent of Sam Easterson. Even more heroically silly are [...]

.FILTER 017.

Kanardo | 6 hours ago

LINK: www.behance.net/Filter017

.MARK OWENS.

Kanardo | 6 hours ago

LINK: www.lifeofthemind.net

.ANDY REMENTER.

Kanardo | 7 hours ago

LINK: www.andyrementer.com

Yesterday  

Happy Weekend!

decor8 | Jul 18, 2008 11:26PM

I can't believe I nearly forgot to wish you all a happy weekend... So here I am, a bit late (it's Saturday morning) but I hope this weekend brings you a few days of joy and relaxation. And a little lovely tip to share: Add 4-6 drops of rosemary oil to the bottom of your tub just before stepping into your morning shower, you'll thank me for this tiny but wonderful pleasure! If you can, treat yourself to a small bouquet [...]

ChittahChattah Quickies

All This ChittahChattah | Jul 18, 2008 10:43PM

Ever Notice? A dialogue between Steve Portigal and Dan Soltzberg at Gain: AIGA Journal of Business and Design The importance of being aware and the advantages of tapping into your “super-noticing power” in practicing design and specifically in user research.

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Preoccupations | Jul 18, 2008 10:17PM

CIO News View: Telegraph CIO on swapping Google Apps for Microsoft — good enough "Daily messages that 'you're over your mailbox limit' were the only communication from IT to staff, so the department wasn't seen as very strategic. ... The CEO’s challenge to IT was to stop being a beat-up group." Q&A: 'Watchmen' creator Alan Moore | Entertainment Weekly "There are things that we did with Watchmen that could only work in a comic, and were indeed designed to show [...]

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urlgreyhot - michael angeles | Jul 18, 2008 10:11PM

16 Ultra Bold, Techno Style, Fonts for free | fudgegraphics

Lifesupp [design companies]

Digitalthread Newswire | Jul 18, 2008 09:12PM

Lifesupp is the online portfolio of Sebastian Tudor, an art director, designer and occasional copywriter with experience in advertising and branding. More specifically he excels at corporate id, typography & packaging. Based in Buchares

Reasons to love the iPhone over the Blackberry

Pop Wuping | Jul 18, 2008 08:42PM

Thinking about joining me in switching fruits from berry to apple? Here’s a quick look at what’s to love (and not-so-love) about being a new iPhone owner from the point of view of someone very used to the BlackBerry experience. What You Should Know Before you Switch from BlackBerry to iPhone

Vuzit - An AJAX powered Document Viewer

Sr-ultimate.com | Web 2.0 & Me | Jul 18, 2008 08:00PM

Vuzit is a new service that allows you to embed pdf’s into your site in a slick AJAX powered viewer. It allows content publishers to embed documents in their web pages, similar to how YouTube distributes video, thus maintaining consistent branding and site navigation. Vuzit provides publishers with tools to display documents alongside other web

The Glass House

Cool Hunting | Jul 18, 2008 06:15PM

In this video RISD president John Maeda narrates a visit to Philip Johnson's Glass House in New Canaan, CT. Maeda shares his impressions and talks about how it relates to his thoughts on simplicity. Meanwhile, we explore the the site (there are actually several buildings on the property in addition to the Glass House), shot over a couple picture perfect spring days.