tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-67853418475358925932024-03-13T01:31:25.840-04:00graphik naturDesign | Photography | IllustrationUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger471125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-15782508810125813352011-10-26T06:50:00.002-04:002011-10-26T06:57:37.907-04:00Robin Delisle-tousley's 4.6.2 - Exercise: Found Type<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkiIP1FrhST8omhFvivxuRxwifvtTKuEbVU3AHlwAd6EBx5Szq3EkzdX0k-Y0LSU0Mt5lph5BaSeifIMWeqaaHF1KBA-A2OZUqtrClelTaFXvv1p9iAWgQLDGFrjk7tvSaVmUelHlSELl/s1600/DeLisle_Robin-Found.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUkiIP1FrhST8omhFvivxuRxwifvtTKuEbVU3AHlwAd6EBx5Szq3EkzdX0k-Y0LSU0Mt5lph5BaSeifIMWeqaaHF1KBA-A2OZUqtrClelTaFXvv1p9iAWgQLDGFrjk7tvSaVmUelHlSELl/s320/DeLisle_Robin-Found.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667752597095680754" border="0" /></a><br />"I think it would be safe to say that my inspiration for this project would be Matisse, Marian Banjtes, my kids and my love of baking/cooking." Robin DelisleUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-56345599651738170922011-08-15T08:13:00.002-04:002011-08-15T08:18:45.533-04:00Gill’s most awkward offspring finds a home on the stage.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFowdVJSSCZjFqMkhJvEig_YdbxnHoK1jvKgegtjJaJ-qyclpvvpcCn-Dafk5ZfJvaHDdFOLnsMKlM6zb2r0Btx2C5wCtTPPiZq0GksEXpottuQeb5qA9AQfbSaPlARnSgUMLnKntK8fE/s1600/Schauspielhaus-Zu%25CC%2588rich-posters.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFowdVJSSCZjFqMkhJvEig_YdbxnHoK1jvKgegtjJaJ-qyclpvvpcCn-Dafk5ZfJvaHDdFOLnsMKlM6zb2r0Btx2C5wCtTPPiZq0GksEXpottuQeb5qA9AQfbSaPlARnSgUMLnKntK8fE/s320/Schauspielhaus-Zu%25CC%2588rich-posters.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5641056011872889106" border="0" /></a>
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<br />It can be healthy to see typefaces we hate used well. It opens our minds. <a href="http://fontsinuse.com/schauspielhaus-zurich/">Read more...</a>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-20822396004060357022010-08-01T07:40:00.004-04:002010-08-01T07:45:34.246-04:00Interview with Christopher Doyle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEd_-7_J-xAJh1bkrW3l4tPBGt6_Be88Ps54kBhoYvfaS2_LzsjSaEL6qSEA557hBrxUzngi5BqjTzP21iGvmtrT5Q8c1pQAM_Ss20RrM2oTjqm1NIWDlw97XMS2EuqRwGZ3peNLbLmZQ/s1600/image.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 241px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFEd_-7_J-xAJh1bkrW3l4tPBGt6_Be88Ps54kBhoYvfaS2_LzsjSaEL6qSEA557hBrxUzngi5BqjTzP21iGvmtrT5Q8c1pQAM_Ss20RrM2oTjqm1NIWDlw97XMS2EuqRwGZ3peNLbLmZQ/s320/image.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500405904520470674" border="0" /></a><br /><p> Check out the full version of Chris Doyle's Identity Guidelines: <a href="http://thefactory.moodboard.com/file.axd?file=2008%2f11%2fChristopher+Doyle_Guidelines.pdf" target="_blank">Christopher Doyle_Guidelines.pdf (1.04 mb)</a></p><p><strong>Chris Doyle is a Sydney based designer at <a rel="moon group, chris doyle, australia, design" href="http://www.moon.com.au/" target="_blank">Moon Group </a>and recently produced a set of identity guidelines based on himself which is an instant classic. I tracked Chris down to find out more about the project ....</strong> </p> <p> <strong>Hello Chris, I’ve seen your brilliant identity guidelines featured on numerous blogs recently, what has the public response been?</strong> </p> <p> To be honest I have been completely overwhelmed by the response. People seem to have genuinely enjoyed the piece. I have had emails and text messages from all over the world, all just people writing to say they enjoyed it. I had a phone call from a guy in New Zealand who called to say how much he enjoyed it, that he felt compelled to call. That was so satisfying for me. From the start I was far more concerned with the idea and making it funny, than I was with it being a cool or fashionable piece of design. For so many people, designers or otherwise, to find it funny or clever, that's more than I could have hoped for.<br /></p><p><a href="http://thefactory.moodboard.com/post/Interview-with-Christopher-Doyle.aspx">Read more...</a><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-38890896637650030202010-07-27T11:15:00.005-04:002010-07-27T11:33:11.194-04:00Macworld Cover Creation<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqC2xpCaG80">Click here to watch the video</a></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><br /></strong></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><strong style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; font-size: 14px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">by <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/peterbelangerphoto">peter belanger</a> - <a href="http://www.peterbelanger.com/blog">http://www.peterbelanger.com/blog</a></strong></span></div>After working on the latest cover for Macworld Magazine I wanted to show what is involved in making a cover. I focused on the three main areas: the photography, photoshop and design. I chose a time lapse format to convey lots of information in a small amount of time. The only drawback of time lapse is that since half a day goes by in 30 seconds, the whole process seam so easy! Lots of details were left out of the design process (like the cover meetings and rounds of layout options). I began to photograph the design process after the layouts had already been narrowed down to just three cover designs.<br /><br />On the technical side, for the time lapse video, I used the Canon 5D Mark II with a 24mm-70mm zoom. I chose the 5D because of its great image quality with high ISO's. Canon's sRAW1 gave me the flexibility of a RAW file with the file size of a jpeg. The actual Macworld cover was taken with a Phase One P65+ digital back attached to a 4x5 Sinar X camera with a 65mm lens.<br /><br />Many thanks to Rob Schultz for allowing me to invade his office and literally shoot over his shoulder.<br /><br />The music was used with permission by The Brokenmusicbox.</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-77439676797751580222010-07-23T08:56:00.009-04:002010-07-23T09:13:55.576-04:00Twitter Background Design How-To and Best Practices<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbgsLkxHwr7-2i4e4z01_VYaPbjcvh9UvYiUg9eyX7iiQIkil46_KcT1bEufaxV33GgC_DL7pZl47taTEMACH9sxVKxetNPHEOoSawn60G3VwhldyYb7Oqj7qFsZIDKWWIDhz0clqVnvh/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdbgsLkxHwr7-2i4e4z01_VYaPbjcvh9UvYiUg9eyX7iiQIkil46_KcT1bEufaxV33GgC_DL7pZl47taTEMACH9sxVKxetNPHEOoSawn60G3VwhldyYb7Oqj7qFsZIDKWWIDhz0clqVnvh/s320/1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5497089199795655506" /></a><br />With Twitter quickly becoming the hottest site to be seen on, everyone wants to stand out from the crowd. There has already been a range of quality designs showcased on various sites, which has shown an emergence of trends such as the ‘sidebar’. Let’s take a look at some of the best practices around Twitter background design and get to work creating our own. <a href="http://www.blog.spoongraphics.co.uk/tutorials/twitter-background-design-how-to-and-best-practices">Read more...<br /><br />Chris Spooner is a designer who has a love for creativity and enjoys experimenting with various techniques in both print and web.</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-64561911926955257842010-07-19T06:38:00.003-04:002010-07-19T06:44:33.831-04:00Putting Some Spine Into Design<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOMSGm6fASJCTanO5kHsAe79zQF0FfTwVIF7PwLQAnNDq1Qla2iL5MC352or1wrpWyQ0yaiGmtp5-SUM0ELeR7ImoES5E-0SgNuctnuSWFRva5dCZpAg-6t0k5aHZ4J3dFpL0B85ppkHq/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 87px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjOMSGm6fASJCTanO5kHsAe79zQF0FfTwVIF7PwLQAnNDq1Qla2iL5MC352or1wrpWyQ0yaiGmtp5-SUM0ELeR7ImoES5E-0SgNuctnuSWFRva5dCZpAg-6t0k5aHZ4J3dFpL0B85ppkHq/s320/1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5495566250832890578" border="0" /></a><br /><span class="small">The spine of this comprehensive Italian dictionary from 1949 is striking and easy to read when the book is standing up, and stands out even on its side.<br /><br /></span>Adapted from <a href="http://www.markbattypublisher.com/servlet/book_view?number=43"> </a>dot-font: Talking About Design (Mark Batty Publisher)<br />By John D. Berry<br />Dateline: April 2, 2007<br /><p>Maybe you can’t judge a book by its cover, but in a bookstore we judge most of them first by their spines. For most new books—not the ones lying out on tables or prominently displayed with their covers out, but the ones lining the shelves—the spine is all we see. The beautiful, dramatic cover, upon which great effort and sometimes even expense may have been lavished, never gets seen if a browsing bookbuyer doesn’t reach out and pull the book oV the shelf to take a look.</p> <p>You might expect, given this cruel dynamic of the marketplace, that book publishers, and the designers of dustjackets and paperback covers for those publishers, would devote a lot of attention to what the spine looks like. But it seems to be the rare designer who gives the question much thought at all. <a href="http://www.graphics.com/modules.php?name=Sections&op=viewarticle&artid=515">Read more...</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-7972007760905384092010-07-13T07:32:00.004-04:002010-07-13T07:46:04.803-04:00Hiring a designer? Eight things to look for<span class="month">Jul</span> <span class="day">06</span> | <span class="byline"><small>by John McWade<br /></small></span><a href="http://www.mcwade.com/DesignTalk/">Read more...</a><br /><p>1) <strong>Passion, vision and self-motivation.</strong><strong></strong> Without these, you’ll be dragging a rock. You need someone who shares your vision. Nothing’s worse than a “what-do-you-want-me-to-do-next?” kind of designer. Well, no, yes there is. One who’s touchy and confusing, too.</p> <p>2) <strong>Vocabulary. </strong><strong></strong>A creative lead should be able to articulate what’s happening and why, in language that you and your staff can understand. If you start hearing vague terms like “pop” and “impact,” make him explain what he means. Listen for, “If we do A and B, we can expect C.” This is not trivial.</p> <p>3) <strong>Inquisitive intelligence.</strong><strong> </strong>Look for someone who’s curious about almost everything and approaches life with a sense of wonder. Similarly, I want someone who’s taken the time to learn about my company and whose questions are perceptive.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-47543777823522052372010-07-08T08:02:00.002-04:002010-07-08T08:08:48.294-04:00Upsampling Photographs and Line Art"...When you ask Photoshop (or any other image manipulation software) to increase the size of the image once it has been scanned, and then increase the resolution as well, this is called upsampling. (An example of this is to take an Internet image saved at 72 dpi and then enlarge it and upsample it to 300 dpi). As Photoshop does this, it essentially makes up picture information that doesn’t exist. As the picture gets larger, Photoshop adds pixels (picture elements, essentially dots that are averages of the existing pixels) between those already there. Past a certain point of over-enlargement (beyond 105-110 percent of the original size), what you get is a blurred image and/or visible pixels...." <em style="font-size: 80%;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Written by Steve Waxman. Steven Waxman is a printing consultant. </span></em><br /><br />Read this article at <a href="http://www.pacificcitygraphics.com/upsampling-photographs-and-line-art/">Pacific City Graphics</a> <strong></strong>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-12015938288021058852010-06-24T12:48:00.003-04:002010-06-24T12:55:38.716-04:00FPO (For Print Only)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNAv7UVndiQ0nK3j4ZRDKvsCX7MhZvF1dSap1W4YUJIrhMjCtSWuII1JqBIjbZckCczHMd0mWcnOVSqoubKu9_A-cpqwpo-YsEV9gZLQkEMe08Gq1aLiMHl822_QGIB8E7pbYjhF-1Ntv/s1600/header_fpo_logo-over.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 247px; height: 103px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkNAv7UVndiQ0nK3j4ZRDKvsCX7MhZvF1dSap1W4YUJIrhMjCtSWuII1JqBIjbZckCczHMd0mWcnOVSqoubKu9_A-cpqwpo-YsEV9gZLQkEMe08Gq1aLiMHl822_QGIB8E7pbYjhF-1Ntv/s320/header_fpo_logo-over.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486384875899555794" border="0" /></a><br /><br />There is a new blog for the love of everything print. From the creators of SpeakUp and BrandNew comes a new blog FPO (For Print Only). This is a great resource for anyone interested in print. The blog not only showcases great work, but gives detailed specs on what it took to create the project.<br /><br />You can visit the site <a href="http://www.underconsideration.com/fpo/">here</a>.Bradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18084356810351925847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-56726077103990102512010-02-26T23:05:00.009-05:002010-02-26T23:14:40.443-05:00The Wired Tablet<object id="flashObj" width="404" height="436" classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,47,0"><param name="movie" value="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/1813626064?isVid=1&publisherID=1564549380" /><param name="bgcolor" value="#FFFFFF" /><param name="flashVars" value="videoId=66775419001&playerID=1813626064&domain=embed&" /><param name="base" value="http://admin.brightcove.com" /><param name="seamlesstabbing" value="false" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="swLiveConnect" value="true" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9/1813626064?isVid=1&publisherID=1564549380" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashVars="videoId=66775419001&playerID=1813626064&domain=embed&" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="404" height="436" seamlesstabbing="false" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowFullScreen="true" swLiveConnect="true" allowScriptAccess="always" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash"></embed></object><p></p><br /><br />Last week Jeremy Clark from Adobe unveiled the first glimpse of the Wired Reader at TED. Above, you’ll see a video, narrated by Jeremy and Wired Creative Director Scott Dadich that shows more. It explains why the tablet is such a groundbreaking opportunity for magazines such as Wired.<br /><br />Read more at <a href="http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/02/the-wired-ipad-app-a-video-demonstration/">Wired.com</a><br /><br>Bradhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18084356810351925847noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-34443563281447944222010-01-20T15:28:00.004-05:002010-01-20T15:38:58.861-05:00Computer Arts: 21 design books you must own<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; "><p class="strap" style="font-weight: bold; "><a href="http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/features/21_design_books_you_must_own">Computer Arts</a></p><p class="strap" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="article-introduction"><a href="http://www.computerarts.co.uk/in_depth/features/21_design_books_you_must_own">With so many new books hitting the shelves, how do you sort the library-worthy from the waste paper? These are the titles no designer should be without</a></span></p><div id="content_div_1044777"><p><strong>1. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Things-Have-Learned-Life-Far/dp/0810995298/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246622460&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far</a><br />Author:</strong> Stefan Sagmeister<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Harry N Abrams<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780810995291<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £19.99<br />Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far is a format that surprises: 15 individual pamphlets showcasing the design work to date of the seminal Sagmeister Inc. Once you get past the novelty of swapping the pamphlets around inside the die-cut, portrait-led cover, you’ll find some inspiring and touching maxims. A brilliant approach, incredibly well executed.</p><p></p><p><strong>2. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Non-format-Kjell-Ekhorn/dp/3899551850/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246622665&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Non-Format – Love Song</a><br />Authors:</strong> Kjell Ekhorn and Jon Forss<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> DGV<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9783899551853<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £35<br />The design duo behind CA 163’s cover have a truly brilliant body of work. We guarantee that on every page you’ll find something that amazes, delights or inspires. From Non-Format’s stunning type work for Nike to the slick art direction for The Wire magazine, this is a collection of work you need to have near you at all times. Our only complaint: where’s the next part? This book only covers the duo’s work from 1999 to 2003.</p><p><strong>3. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tangible-Touch-Visuals-Matthias-Hubner/dp/3899552326/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246622696&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Tangible: High Touch Visuals<br /></a>Author:</strong> Uleshka<br /><strong>Editors:</strong> R Klanten, S Ehmann and M Hübner<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> DGV<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9783899552324<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £40<br />We love the cover, the content… in fact, we love the whole idea behind Tangible. Although some of the work featured is bordering on bizarre, for the most part you’ll find a glorious exploration of a contemporary art form that’s as technically brilliant as it is thought provoking.</p><p><strong>4. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Know-all-Common-Designers/dp/3899551672/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246622721&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">The Little Know-It-All: Common Sense for Designers<br /></a>Author:</strong> Silja Bilz<br /><strong>Editors:</strong> R Klanten, M Mischler, S Bilz<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> DGV<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9783899551679<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £23.99<br />Don’t judge this by its cover or size – it’s possibly the most useful book you’ll own as a designer. Everything from light, colour and perspective to law and marketing are covered in succinct, beautifully carved chapters. It’s the kind of book that you never stop reading once you start; the kind you’ll always refer back to, making it a winner on pretty much every level.</p><p><strong>5. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Illustration-Play-Gingko-Press/dp/9889822938/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1246622741&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Illustration – Play</a><br />Author:</strong> viction:workshop ltd<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Viction:ary<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9789889822934<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £25<br />First up, Illustration – Play has one of the most beautiful, special and intriguing covers you’ll see, each one being individually stickered by hand. This is to echo the explorative approach taken by all of the illustrators featured in the book – looking at new ideas and ways to realise concepts within contemporary illustration. A lovely object.</p><p><strong>6. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Graphic-Designer-Without-Losing-Your/dp/1856694100/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625715&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">How to be a Graphic Designer, Without Losing Your Soul<br /></a>Author:</strong> Adrian Shaughnessy<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Lawrence King<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781856694100<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £17.95<br />Sound advice from Shaughnessy on gaining employment, setting up as a freelancer, forming a company, dealing with clients, pitching and loads more. It’s insightful, intelligent, accessible and simply full of great advice, with the author calling on such luminaries as Neville Brody, Natalie Hunter, John Warwicker and Andy Cruz to help pull together his ideas. A book you’ll come back to again and again.</p><p><strong>7. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Art-Looking-Sideways-Alan-Fletcher/dp/0714834491/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625744&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">The Art of Looking Sideways<br /></a>Author:</strong> Alan Fletcher<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Phaidon<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780714834498<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £24.95<br />By exploring how we think and how we understand things, the late Alan Fletcher created a tome that ultimately challenges how you think as a designer. Colour, proportion, style and aesthetic are covered in witty, entertaining nuggets that constantly whirr in the mind. You should also check out Beware Wet Paint, one of Fletcher’s other remarkable titles.</p><p><strong>8. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Left-Right-Cultural-Shift-Pictures/dp/2940373361/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625770&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Left to Right<br /></a>Author:</strong> David Crow<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> AVA Academia<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9782940373369<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £24.95<br />Visual communication rests on the power of semiotics, a concept that Crow examines in expert detail within this seminal text. Dealing with the principles of written communication and its relationship to imagery, and rounded-off with an examination of audience understanding, Left to Right is a valuable assessment of academic yet essential design theory.</p><p><strong>9. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Graphics-Alive-Victionary/dp/9889822822/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625795&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Graphics Alive</a><br />Author:</strong> viction:workshop ltd<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Viction:ary<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9789889822828<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £24<br />Exploring the omnipresent power of graphic design and illustration in today’s society, Graphics Alive is not only beautifully designed in itself, but also packed full of highly inspirational T-shirt graphics, shoes, signs, wallpaper and other everyday objects and ephemera that top designers have lent their eye to. An intense, head-hurting experience.</p><p><strong>10. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/End-Print-Grafik-Design-Graphic/dp/1856692167/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625848&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">The End of Print: The Grafik Design of David Carson<br /></a>Authors:</strong> Lewis Blackwell and David Carson<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Chronicle Books/Lawrence King<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781856692168<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £25<br />How could you not have this book in your collection? Carson’s exploration of type and visuals may feel a little dated, but there’s no denying his revolutionary approach to page design. In terms of pure eye candy and insight into the work of a groundbreaking designer, it’s one book you simply must have.</p><p><strong>11. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Designed-Peter-Saville-Emily-King/dp/0952741423/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625878&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Designed by Peter Saville</a><br />Editor:</strong> Emily King<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Frieze<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780952741428<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £19.95<br />Peter Saville is about as iconic as they come. This book, originally published in 2003, was the first to document his incredible career, with a significant focus on his Factory Records work. It’s an inspiring, nostalgic and personal discussion of Saville’s body of work.</p><p><strong>12. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stereo-Graphics-Victionary/dp/9889822903/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625929&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Stereo Graphics: Graphics in New Dimensions</a><br />Author:</strong> viction:workshop ltd<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Viction:ary<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9789889822903<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £25<br />With work from the likes of Chrissie Macdonald, Hort, Jean Jullien and Mejdej, Stereo Graphics is a stunning showcase of illustrators using construction methods in their work. From paper to wool to warehouse installations, it’s a highly organised, intelligent and fascinating tome.</p><p><strong>13. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Rookledges-Classic-International-Typefinder-Christopher/dp/1856694062/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625957&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Rookledge’s Classic International Typefinder<br /></a>Author:</strong> Christopher Perfect and Gordon Rookledge<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Lawrence King<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781856694063<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £17.95<br />The web makes it easy to find new and exciting faces, so it’s refreshing to get your head stuck in a book full of classic type. That’s what Rookledge’s definitive tome is: a reference guide to faces that you’re always going to want to use, with some clever cross-referencing so you can choose a font based on a special earmark, serif or other detail.</p><p><strong>14. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Neubau-Welt-Stefan-Gandl/dp/3899550722/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246625982&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Neubau Welt<br /></a>Authors:</strong> Stefan Gandl, Neubau<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> DGV<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9783899550726<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £35<br />Just how many designers have used Neubau’s collection of royalty-free vectors? We don’t know exactly, but we suspect it’s a lot. Crammed full of cars, planes, lamps, people and all sorts of other stuff, it acts as a great resource – particularly for mock-ups and the like when time and budget are tight. At £35, it’s something of a bargain.</p><p><strong>15. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tibor-Kalman-Perverse-Peter-Hall/dp/1861540922/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246622500&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Perverse Optimist</a><br />Author:</strong> Tibor Kalman<br /><strong>Editors:</strong> Peter Hall and Michael Bierut<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Booth-Clibborn Editions<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781861540928<br /><strong>Price:</strong> Out of print<br />If you can get your hands on a copy of this for a reasonable price, do. Colors magazine editor-in-chief and creative director of Interview, Kalman was a true visionary. In this heavy (both in form and content) book, his genius is realised. A collection of hard-hitting, powerful, awe-inspiring imagery.</p><p><strong>16. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Kelvin-Colour-Today-B-Brumnjak/dp/3899551966/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246626026&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Kelvin: Colour Today</a><br />Editors:</strong> R Klanten, S Ehmann and B Brumnjak<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> DGV<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9783899551969<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £45<br />Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best, and Kelvin is the perfect example. What do you do when you create a book looking at how colour is used in contemporary design and illustration? You section it by colours, of course. It’s a wonderfully executed idea, with the large format perfectly showcasing the colour-coded work. At £45 it’s expensive, but worth every penny.</p><p><strong>17. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Design-Form-Chaos-Paul-Rand/dp/0300055536/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246626059&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Design, Form and Chaos</a><br />Author:</strong> Paul Rand<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Yale University Press<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780300055535<br /><strong>Price:</strong> Out of print<br />Like Perverse Optimist, you may have a few problems finding this, but if you can, it’s worth the spend. Rand was the master of simplicity, and for the main part this is an insightful, often funny investigation of some big brand identities (this was published in the early 1990s, though) that rams his point home. Eye Bee M is an example of his work you may be familiar with.</p><p><strong>18. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Its-Not-How-Good-Want/dp/0714843377/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246626083&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be</a><br />Author:</strong> Paul Arden<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Phaidon<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780714843377<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £4.95<br />Okay, it’s not strictly a design book, but we just couldn’t ignore it. Ad man Paul Arden was, frankly, a genius, and this is his finest tome: a bite-sized book of advice offering simple yet inspirational ways to trigger ideas and thought processes. A classic and essential for any creative professional in any field.</p><p><strong>19. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sizes-May-Vary-Workbook-Graphic/dp/1856695433/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246626117&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Sizes May Vary<br /></a>Author:</strong> Mark Boyce<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Lawrence King<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781856695435<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £14.95<br />This book and CD (full of templates for designing stationery) isn’t as plain as it sounds. There are thumbnail illustrations for composing and visualising layouts, plain and graph paper for sketching, plus notepaper and a poster of international paper sizes. The idea is that you use it as a kind of templated sketchbook. For under £15, it’s a lovely book to have.</p><p><strong>20. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Graphic-Language-Neville-Brody-v/dp/0500274967/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246626143&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">The Graphic Language of Neville Brody</a><br />Author:</strong> Neville Brody/Jon Wozencroft<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Thames and Hudson<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9780500274965<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £24.95<br />Like Carson’s End of Print, The Graphic Language of Neville Brody is one of those books that you’re bound to be familiar with. Documenting his work for The Face and his output during the 1980s, this is a collection that continues to inspire and teach, with some of the captions giving great insight into Brody’s thought process.</p><p><strong>21. <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Designing-Pornotopia-Travels-Visual-Culture/dp/1856694895/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1246626188&sr=1-1" style="color: rgb(56, 136, 175); font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px; ">Designing Pornotopia<br /></a>Author:</strong> Rick Poynor<br /><strong>Publisher:</strong> Lawrence King<br /><strong>ISBN:</strong> 9781856694896<br /><strong>Price:</strong> £17.95<br />Eye founder Rick Poyner always has a lot to say on design, and Designing Pornotopia is no exception. Within this collection of essays – some short, some long – there are a few real gems. ‘Taste-Free Zone’ and ‘Baring It All’ are wonderfully frank, opinionated views on the mediocrity of modern design.</p><p></p></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div id="content_div_1044777"><p></p></div></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 15px; font-family:Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:11px;"><div id="content_div_1044777"><div id="content_div_1044777"></div><div align="center"></div><p></p></div></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-79927331887304994682010-01-19T18:56:00.005-05:002010-01-19T19:10:42.969-05:00Dava Newman: Space Fashion<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/dava-newman/"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjZYeGMqEbM_woaymjLfOyawpsA2MUyZqZA5ZxVkaia_y-SHL9CqFUPCMHUoV6nObPkQdTS2-7_vzE_qMGEeNq-ju6njL49S-zhH7Za00XLNHvOp8VPOgw4QVVmc3y_UpMrNWqSNaS3Q10/s320/Screen+shot+2010-01-19+at+7.02.47+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428605837981025986" border="0" /></a><br />Dava Newman<br />Aerospace Engineer / Sailor<br /><div role="article" class="post"> <div class="post-header"> <h3 class="post-title"><a href="http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/scientists/dava-newman/show/second-skin/">Second Skin</a></h3> <div class="post-byline">Posted by Secret Life Team | 08 January 2010</div> </div> <div class="post-tease"> <p><span role="wairole:img" labelledby="photosdava_in_her_suitjpg_label" class="inline medium_right"><span id="photosdava_in_her_suitjpg_label" class="label"></span> </span> The first thing we noticed when Dava Newman come into our studios wearing her spacesuit—also known as the Bio-Suit—was that it was most definitely <em>not</em> your father’s spacesuit. (And as an aside, everyone on the SLoS team loves having a job that involves people visiting us in spacesuits!) Dava explained that she and her team are building the Bio-Suit with the goal of increasing astronauts’ flexibility and mobility—a key piece of the puzzle as <span class="caps">NASA</span> plans future space exploration. Dava also told us that there have already been some completely unanticipated benefits of her suit’s innovative design:</p> <p>“Something that’s been fantastic about the Bio-Suit design—which is like a second skin contoured to the body—is that I’m not in a big 300-pound spacesuit where you don’t know whether I’m a man or a woman because it’s so big and clunky. The Bio-Suit is skin tight, so you can say, ‘Oh, hey—there’s a male astronaut, there’s a female astronaut.’ So, I’ve been really pleasantly surprised—a lot of young girls are completely turned on by the design of the Bio-Suit. And they come up to me when I give talks at schools, and they think it’s pretty neat that it might be a spacesuit for a female astronaut. And oh, by the way, they think they might want to be an astronaut.”</p> <p>As someone who was one of only two female students back in her undergraduate aerospace engineering department (there were 38 men), Dava knows more than a little about the importance of role models—and the lack thereof. So she continues to wear her Bio-Suit when she talks with children: “I want kids to know that engineering and science can be for <em>all</em> boys and girls… I’d love them <em>all</em> to be aerospace engineers and love their jobs as much as I do.”</p></div> </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-15175790518192729742010-01-11T14:12:00.006-05:002010-01-11T14:27:29.111-05:00Pentagram: What Type Are You?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oVtuvX3xER2JrB8t7OHgRtfddgfRqT1rIwAkW7o8a9ntQerseOpInijtkOjSmZu5VjtH5AWheKfvRNMJtrE99FUOCTLrUZ8wiCkjQsw2MGZaK3Xy5llgKaHTkguNyADNSeNgIMZuuBmn/s1600-h/Picture+1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 81px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2oVtuvX3xER2JrB8t7OHgRtfddgfRqT1rIwAkW7o8a9ntQerseOpInijtkOjSmZu5VjtH5AWheKfvRNMJtrE99FUOCTLrUZ8wiCkjQsw2MGZaK3Xy5llgKaHTkguNyADNSeNgIMZuuBmn/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5425566066194083442" /></a><br /><br /><div><a href="http://pentagram.com/en/new/2010/01/what-type-are-you.php">Go to the ‘What Type Are You’ test. Password: character.</a> <p></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 18.0px; font: 12.0px Verdana; min-height: 15.0px"><br /></p> <p>Why did Brian Wilson use Cooper Black on the cover of Pet Sounds? Why did Obama use Gotham for his election propaganda? It has long been apparent that typefaces reflect the character of the person using them, and that type choice, as well as the words that are typed, is a powerful conveyor of meaning.</p> <p>At <a href="http://www.pentagram.com/en/"><span style="text-decoration: underline">Pentagram</span></a>, we wanted people to be able to understand that meaning properly and use it more consciously. Hence our <a href="http://pentagram.com/what-type-are-you">‘What Type Are You’</a> application. Researched over seven years with a team of 23 academics across Eastern Europe, ‘What Type Are You’ asks the four key character questions of our day, analyses your responses in exceptional detail and recommends one of 16 typefaces as a result.</p> <p>The recommendation is sometimes controversial but always unerringly true. Said one respondent, “At first I felt angry when I was told my type is Pistilli Roman but two weeks later, I was completely reconciled to it. Now I wonder why I ever thought I was a Gill Sans.”</p> <p>Project Team: John Rushworth, partner-in-charge and designer; Kirsty Whittaker, designer. Written by Naresh Ramchandani. Produced by The Brown Studio. Web development by Nerv Interactive.</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-42883492201311165152010-01-03T12:24:00.002-05:002010-01-03T12:28:04.952-05:0020 Body Part-Covered Book Covers<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJmn6XmmDHo9EaD5y3bZVhaKyY3Ged8_Sf4CDYtG24LpHjGdTpTAa1k7vMETpwuIhsGpRSBunJ04tZx-16I9wGVXdEDxEK6ZNneWJobGrMpkUItqwN-L5l98fwYMZUSA9EezTdyxzozI5/s1600-h/down.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYJmn6XmmDHo9EaD5y3bZVhaKyY3Ged8_Sf4CDYtG24LpHjGdTpTAa1k7vMETpwuIhsGpRSBunJ04tZx-16I9wGVXdEDxEK6ZNneWJobGrMpkUItqwN-L5l98fwYMZUSA9EezTdyxzozI5/s320/down.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5422566611137794338" border="0" /></a><br /><dl class="meta"><dd class="time-date"><p><em>Design by Rob Grom</em></p> <p>Hair counts.</p></dd><dd class="time-date">2:29 pm Tuesday Dec 22, 2009 by <a href="http://flavorwire.com/author/emily/" title="Posts by Emily Temple">Emily Temple</a></dd></dl> <p>As a race, we’re totally obsessed with ourselves. Much of our art is about introspection, self-discovery, and self-expression, and we ascribe human characteristics to anything we can — cars, clocks, can openers — whenever we can. So then, to complement what may be the most stereotypically introspective art form — the written word — it makes some amount of sense that graphic designers and artists would go to the body. After all, the more easily and immediately we can subconsciously see ourselves in something, the more we love it (just ask <a href="http://www.bestbrains.dk/Blog/content/binary/understanding-comics.png" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.bestbrains.dk/Blog/content/binary/understanding-comics.png');">Scott McCloud</a>). But there’s nothing wrong with that. We’re a narcissistic species, and hey, it’s been working for us. <a href="http://flavorwire.com/58397/20-body-part-covered-book-covers">Check out our collection of gorgeously designed book covers featuring body parts and revel in your humanity for a while.</a></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-69381626051696554902009-12-28T12:58:00.001-05:002009-12-28T13:03:12.997-05:00Littlesnapper review<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VPONBnqLBd1nnWq2e7s7FvEWks7PBPYbc30WOmYpLgDSON3huK7cfPD3WOgAVEiKWwyUOE0P2G7qIOrMbVPcHX4DbvQEmY3ry3xyu7qt2sdyGhVc_nYIbkIy7PbJz4FDCj0VlzXjCi6S/s1600-h/timthumb.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VPONBnqLBd1nnWq2e7s7FvEWks7PBPYbc30WOmYpLgDSON3huK7cfPD3WOgAVEiKWwyUOE0P2G7qIOrMbVPcHX4DbvQEmY3ry3xyu7qt2sdyGhVc_nYIbkIy7PbJz4FDCj0VlzXjCi6S/s320/timthumb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5420348959331054690" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="post-info-top"> <span class="writte-by">Written By</span> <span class="author"><a href="http://applereviews.com/author/editor/" title="Posts by Ben Gribbin">Ben Gribbin</a></span> <span class="date">December 17th, 2009<br /></span><p>LittleSnapper is a screen and web capture tool for Mac OS X. Today we’re reviewing this wonderful app!</p> <p><span id="more-2005"></span></p> <p>Wow its 4p.m all ready! Today, we have Littlesnapper for Mac on review. LittleSnapper is a quick, easy to use image capture tool for the mac. You can find more information about <a href="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/littlesnapper/">LittleSnapper here</a>.</p> <p>LittleSnapper is a lovely app all-in-all. Very lightweight. Very simple. It does a limited number of functions, but does those supremely well. The app itself looks very nice. I think that’s quite important, because I note a lot of web designers use it to gather inspiration libraries - collating designs and little, well, snippets of elements they’d like to store. The beauty of the app is it’s simplicity.</p> <p><a href="http://applereviews.com/littlesnapper-review/">So lets take a quick look at the different features available.</a><br /> </p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-38361530356983244812009-12-03T16:25:00.012-05:002009-12-03T16:41:06.181-05:00Where books come to life<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://creativity-online.com/work/new-zealand-book-council-going-west/18044"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_vYYrKbS0VyxLPdzqudtID2mEzu5GPfLBhmRudkCjbNlVUblOdPu18ZMBn88SPMMQF6abX9ysVZgqzWEOqnv_-iC0fDDAlS6QjtQTpeYIoK7H1hKFSVxGEakZNzXVXNzicI6L_lF9HH-O/s320/Screen+shot+2009-12-03+at+4.31.21+PM.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5411127489125882706" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://creativity-online.com/work/new-zealand-book-council-going-west/18044"><h>New Zealand Book Council: Going West - posted by Brian Ashe: awesome in so many ways</h></a><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);font-size:85%;" ><br /><br /></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-19602930394528700562009-11-23T10:44:00.003-05:002009-11-23T10:54:01.566-05:00Art Basel Miami Beach takes place December 3 - 6, 2009<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsutCWnFHNNmOcQ8ZnQTQBauf0MGY5syCaBCMcbsMcrO8muXLYFeBEVoTXrq9pFrz7xCpcTsUU2AkdQYJzkBdtg9Ile_SwG11zoHZL83JfQAqYQT-GrIqyhcdm-XKsVp9MMvA-JUT214t/s1600/Picture+1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 41px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqsutCWnFHNNmOcQ8ZnQTQBauf0MGY5syCaBCMcbsMcrO8muXLYFeBEVoTXrq9pFrz7xCpcTsUU2AkdQYJzkBdtg9Ile_SwG11zoHZL83JfQAqYQT-GrIqyhcdm-XKsVp9MMvA-JUT214t/s320/Picture+1.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407327353833862882" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/global/show_document.asp?id=aaaaaaaaaaatfmf">Show guide</a></div>Art Basel Miami Beach is the most important art show in the United States, a cultural and social highlight for the Americas. As the sister event of Switzerland's Art Basel, the most prestigious art show worldwide for the past 40 years, Art Basel Miami Beach combines an international selection of top galleries with an exciting program of special exhibitions, parties and crossover events featuring music, film, architecture and design. Exhibition sites are located in the city's beautiful Art Deco District, within walking distance of the beach and many hotels. An exclusive selection of more than 250 leading art galleries from North America, Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa will exhibit 20th and 21st century artworks by over 2,000 artists. The exhibiting galleries are among the world's most respected art dealers, offering exceptional pieces by both renowned artists and cutting-edge newcomers. Special exhibition sections feature young galleries, performance art, public art projects and video art. The show will be a vital source for art lovers, allowing them to both discover new developments in contemporary art and experience rare museum-calibre artworks.<div><span><a href="http://www.artbaselmiamibeach.com/">Read more...</a></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-50577700091008396102009-11-19T15:12:00.002-05:002009-11-19T15:16:33.813-05:00Homage to Jeanne-Claude<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0SkneUJ9rQ7L6vUrLfL3aGn7w9O3nQKO4urPofr67fqapz5CzP9gcBVbUoXwHDiTEwUN_HcRhprpAi5KKPKuG-29wlTG8E2nM-8Qo_QZms_ve8YqRZ6UFZvwbNRoPKO_CiItHbHIEY0M/s1600/Gate65jpg-600x466.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 249px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo0SkneUJ9rQ7L6vUrLfL3aGn7w9O3nQKO4urPofr67fqapz5CzP9gcBVbUoXwHDiTEwUN_HcRhprpAi5KKPKuG-29wlTG8E2nM-8Qo_QZms_ve8YqRZ6UFZvwbNRoPKO_CiItHbHIEY0M/s320/Gate65jpg-600x466.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405911215057560898" border="0" /></a><br /><p align="left"><a href="http://flavorwire.com/51536/rip-female-half-of-art-duo-christo-and-jeanne-claude-dies-at-74">http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/</a></p><p align="left"><a href="http://flavorwire.com/51536/rip-female-half-of-art-duo-christo-and-jeanne-claude-dies-at-74">Artist Jeanne-Claude</a> (née Denat de Guillebo) died in New York Wednesday evening of complications from a brain aneurysm. Along with her husband and artistic partner Christo, whom she met in 1958, she undertook an <a href="http://www.christojeanneclaude.net/" target="_blank">international series of large-scale outdoor installations</a>, modifying landscapes with industrial strength cloth ballooned, wrapped, and tied. In a tale that legends are made of, the pair were born on the same date, <span title="1935-06-13">the 13th of June in 1935</span>, and allegedly in the same hour. Of note is the fact that all of Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s projects are self-financed — meaning a pretty significant initial outlay for, say, 1.076 million square feet of aluminum-coated fabric to cover the entire façade of the Reichstag in Berlin. In honor of Jeanne-Claude’s legacy in the realm of environmental art, we’ve compiled a visual primer of the duo’s oeuvre after the jump. <span id="more-51536"></span></p> <p align="left"> </p><p align="left"> </p><p>As reported in the LA Times arts blog <a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/11/artist-jeanne-claude-co-creator-of-the-gates-dies-at-74.html" target="_blank">Culture Monster</a>, Jeanne-Claude’s professed to keep no favorites among her many influential works: “We always say that each one of our projects is a child of ours, and a father and mother who have many children will never tell you which one is their favorite. If people insist that we have to have a favorite one, then we say, ‘Okay, you are right, we do have a favorite one and it’s always the next one.’”</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-3180703087557056042009-10-27T15:22:00.003-04:002009-10-27T15:26:32.505-04:00Emigre No. 70 - The Look Back Issue<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDF0thN4rOC00gu-7PB2uhmT8fFS8RmGVm-obJm9ndlAHLjwnpNeYkF_Oq_vEQ6H0_f6sfgs72-cvUaFeujXzQCeryt-JoWK7vwQm5c3SJOYLKmMMxXwQ4t0Tv6Mdx2TRhPZUErnt0T63/s1600-h/EmigreBook70_2.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 212px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaDF0thN4rOC00gu-7PB2uhmT8fFS8RmGVm-obJm9ndlAHLjwnpNeYkF_Oq_vEQ6H0_f6sfgs72-cvUaFeujXzQCeryt-JoWK7vwQm5c3SJOYLKmMMxXwQ4t0Tv6Mdx2TRhPZUErnt0T63/s320/EmigreBook70_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397363328308064098" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span class="ecxquest_red"><b><br /><a href="http://www.emigre.com/EB.php?id=125">Emigre No. 70 - The Look Back Issue</a></b></span><a href="http://www.emigre.com/EB.php?id=125"><br /></a><span class="ecxquest_red"><b><a href="http://www.emigre.com/EB.php?id=125">Selections from <i>Emigre</i> Magazine #1 - #69</a><br /></b></span>This 512-page book, designed and edited by Emigre co-founder and designer Rudy VanderLans, is a selection of reprints that traces Emigre’s development from its early bitmap design days in the mid 1980s through to the experimental layouts that defined the so-called “Legibility Wars” of the late 1990s, to the critical design writing of the early 2000s. Featuring interviews with, among others, The Designers Republic, Allen Hori, Rick Valicenti, Vaughan Oliver, Mr. Keedy, Ed Fella, and essays by Lorraine Wild, Anne Burdick, Zuzana Licko, Kenneth FitzGerald, Andrew Blauvelt, Kalle Lasn, Rick Poynor and many more.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-18905729517476888142009-10-22T20:50:00.004-04:002009-10-22T20:59:46.511-04:00Geza M. Tot - KEDD Animation Studio<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td rowspan="2" valign="top"><div style="width: 104px;"><img style="width: 90px; height: 125px;" src="https://ottawa.awn.com/archives/OIAF08Archive/uploads/contacts/4659123/Geza-Toth.jpg" alt="Géza M. Tóth" /></div></td><td rowspan="2"><br /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top">Born in 1970. Hungarian artist, animation filmmaker Geza M. Toth has been working also as a tutor at several animation film institutes such as the Animation Department of the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, the Royal College of Art, London, the National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad (India) and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg (Germany).<br /><br />Founder and managing director of the <a href="http://www.kedd.net/">KEDD Animation Studio</a>. In the past years has created approx. 120 animation signals, commercials and short animation films. His productions were successfully screened at different international festivals all over the world. In 2007 his short film, 'Maestro' was nominated to the American Academy Awards in the Best Animated Short Film category. </td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-66238800649656925552009-10-10T22:23:00.002-04:002009-10-10T22:26:43.292-04:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0-34WjHUBvKiekMYnSWxpGLZyoohdP_I8rcZKgTzFj8Ri3m1oBPz0BVs75NTCrNwz6Hbvslg2KkN9flUM4xV0d9K_c4KXlh8zbHqEB9_dB7IaMYEk3_gQ6zNHAtW-pyPgdz3nBKE6dsp/s1600-h/think-mobile.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 248px; height: 351px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX0-34WjHUBvKiekMYnSWxpGLZyoohdP_I8rcZKgTzFj8Ri3m1oBPz0BVs75NTCrNwz6Hbvslg2KkN9flUM4xV0d9K_c4KXlh8zbHqEB9_dB7IaMYEk3_gQ6zNHAtW-pyPgdz3nBKE6dsp/s320/think-mobile.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391162626762052306" border="0" /></a><br /><h2 style="font-weight: normal;" class="title"><a href="http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/2009/03/19/40-examples-of-beautiful-typography-in-advertising-design/"><span style="font-size:100%;"></span></a><span style="font-size:100%;"><a rel="bookmark" title="40 examples of beautiful typography in advertising design">40 examples of beautiful typography in advertising design</a></span></h2>by <a href="http://bestphotoshoptutorials.net/author/sebastiano/" title="Posts by Sebastiano">Sebastiano</a> on 19/03/09 at 4:19 pmUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-8967265407770518982009-10-07T10:36:00.002-04:002009-10-07T10:41:06.539-04:00Creative Industrial Design : Literalist Product Packaging<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0CIxM9nv6AzP3Lqh_RRkN5dnWAYK6yc8dCxUafGMLK16aZUH7TRBD_IiE6yBbWjsG2pe8VGUnIyUOWRBgF2H4Eqtn0wtjz85RwBBPLF7T0L3zNeQblSJEgQciXTOpQ1TLPgWh-EH-lLr/s1600-h/creative-fruit-styled-drink-boxes.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit0CIxM9nv6AzP3Lqh_RRkN5dnWAYK6yc8dCxUafGMLK16aZUH7TRBD_IiE6yBbWjsG2pe8VGUnIyUOWRBgF2H4Eqtn0wtjz85RwBBPLF7T0L3zNeQblSJEgQciXTOpQ1TLPgWh-EH-lLr/s320/creative-fruit-styled-drink-boxes.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389867283997287554" border="0" /></a><br />naoto fukasawa<br /><br />was born in yamanashi prefecture, japan, in1956.<br />he graduated from tama art university's product<br />design department in art and 3D design in 1980.<br />until 1988, fukasawa worked as a designer at<br />seiko-epson corp.<br />in 1989, he left japan for the united states.<br />in san francisco he joined a small office that had<br />employed 15 persons - ‘ID two’, the predecessor<br />to ‘IDEO’, which now has 450 staff in san francisco,<br />palo alto, boston, chicago, london and munich.<br />after eight years fukasawa returned home.<br />in 1996, he helped set up ‘IDEO’ in japan - a team<br />of eight designers working mainly for the japanese<br />market. he stayed with it until december 2002.<br />naoto fukasawa he went independent and in<br />january 2003 he established ‘naoto fukasawa design<br />in tokyo. fukasawa joined the advisory board of the<br />japanese company ‘MUJI’.<br /><a href="http://www.designboom.com/eng/interview/fukasawa.html">Read more...</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-86484148469819065282009-10-06T19:54:00.004-04:002009-10-06T20:23:26.236-04:00Optical Illusions in Advertising<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vWirxYsjQoAJcfwoh6NdcHfDYrJWYwDfGrJacGnwZXzBR9viK1IUNibl0xN4vtT7MVRxEahIghzRQlK_m1pDBL8NRgDMeOCs9XvLqulU4HuXSuZLdcu6X4k6Ta4DyvB7qmj1DmngyGp8/s1600-h/grass_roots_hemp_store_trippin-550x825.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1vWirxYsjQoAJcfwoh6NdcHfDYrJWYwDfGrJacGnwZXzBR9viK1IUNibl0xN4vtT7MVRxEahIghzRQlK_m1pDBL8NRgDMeOCs9XvLqulU4HuXSuZLdcu6X4k6Ta4DyvB7qmj1DmngyGp8/s320/grass_roots_hemp_store_trippin-550x825.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389646136061036130" border="0" /></a><br /><p>(c) MACLAREN MCCANN CANADA INC.<a href="http://gawno.com/2009/05/optical-illusions-in-advertising/"> - Optical Illusions in Advertising</a><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></p><p><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></p><p><a href="http://www.vasarely.net/eng/kinetic_art.html"><b><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >KINETIC ART : FROM PAINTING TO ARCHITECTONIC</span></b></a><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:78%;" ><br /> </span></p> <p align="justify"><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >Victor Vasarely is often perceived as the father of <b><a href="http://www.olats.org/OLATS/pionniers/op_art.shtml" target="_blank">Op’art</a></b>.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >The notion of cinetic art appeared for the first time in 1964. It aspires to explore simple geometric elements and the physics of shape in order to create dynamic optical phenomenon that entice a spectator’s active observations.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" >The result of artistic research carried out simultaneously by Albers and Vasarely, Op’art was born in 1955. Their initial work on this new artistic movement was furthered by subsequent generations of artists including: <b><a href="http://perso.club-internet.fr/imagoart/agam.htm" target="_blank">Agam</a></b>, <b> <a href="http://www.venezuelatuya.com/guayana/sotofra.htm" target="_blank">Soto</a></b>, <b> <a href="http://perso.club-internet.fr/imagoart/cruzdiez.htm" target="_blank">Cruz Diez</a></b>, <b><a href="http://perso.club-internet.fr/imagoart/morellet.htm" target="_blank">Morellet</a></b>, Yvaral, <b><a href="http://perso.club-internet.fr/imagoart/leparc.htm" target="_blank">Le Parc</a></b>, Sobrino…</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > A similar style had already appeared in works by <b><a href="http://www.uni-weimar.de/cms/index.php?id=116" target="_blank">Bauhaus</a></b> masters: <b><a href="http://home.nordnet.fr/jgrosse/int/personnes/moholy.html" target="_blank">Moholy-Nagy</a></b>, <b> <a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Klee" target="_blank">Klee</a></b>, <b> <a href="http://expositions.bnf.fr/utopie/cabinets/rep/bio/10.htm" target="_blank">Kandinsky</a></b> and Itten, as well as in creations by <b><a href="http://expositions.bnf.fr/utopie/cabinets/rep/bio/11.htm" target="_blank">Malevitch</a></b>, Sophie Tauber-Arp and <b><a href="http://expositions.bnf.fr/utopie/cabinets/rep/bio/13.htm" target="_blank">Mondrian</a></b>.</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">“Bauhaus” is an experimental didactic and artistic centre which was founded in Weimer in 1919 and that operated until 1933, when the Nazis took power. The adaptation of Art and Architecture to the new-born elements of the Industrial age began at the start of the 20th century. Following (aesthetic) experiments of the "Deutsche Werkbund", initiated by Muthesius in 1907, <b><a href="http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Gropius" target="_blank">Walter Gropius</a></b> establishes a new vision of teaching that is to unify artists and artisans in collective style and research projects. The main focus is the discovery of forms that facilitate the production of series’ of artwork.</span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > Bauhaus, or “the house in which we build” designates not only a particular technique in the history of art itself, but an attempt to blur the borders drawn between various aspects of culture and society.</span></p> <span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" > Its manifesto never seemed as pertinent as it does today :</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> </span> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td width="20"><br /></td> <td><span style=";font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:85%;" ><i>"This is not about teachers and students, but about masters and apprentices; this is not about artists specialised in general or applied arts, but about creators who complete each other in order to serve a common goal" <a href="http://www.vasarely.net/eng/kinetic_art.html">Read more...</a><br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-21270040114420001182009-10-04T23:00:00.009-04:002009-10-04T23:25:03.002-04:00Homage to Mercedes Sosa<span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/04/AR2009100400918.html?hpid=topnews">Grammy Winner Fused Folk Music With Social Justice</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcID17wcZHU">Volver A Los 17</a></span><br /><br />Volver a los diecisiete despues de vivir un siglo<br />es como descifrar signos sin ser sabio competente,<br />volver a ser de repente tan frágil como un segundo<br />volver a sentir profundo como un niño frente a Dios<br />eso es lo que siento yo en este instante fecundo.<br /><br />Se va enredando, enredando<br />como en el muro la hiedra<br />y va brotando, brotando<br />como el musguito en la piedra<br />como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si.<br /><br />Mi paso retrocedido cuando el de usted es avance<br />el arca de las alianzas ha penetrado en mi nido<br />con todo su colorido se ha paseado por mis venas<br />y hasta la dura cadena con que nos ata el destino<br />es como un diamante fino que alumbra mi alma serena.<br /><br />Se va enredando, enredando<br />como en el muro la hiedra<br />y va brotando, brotando<br />como el musguito en la piedra<br />como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si.<br /><br />Lo que puede el sentimiento no lo ha podido el saber<br />ni el más claro proceder, ni el más ancho pensamiento<br />todo lo cambia al momento cual mago condescendiente<br />nos aleja dulcemente de rencores y violencias<br />solo el amor con su ciencia nos vuelve tan inocentes.<br /><br />Se va enredando, enredando<br />como en el muro la hiedra<br />y va brotando, brotando<br />como el musguito en la piedra<br />como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si.<br /><br />El amor es torbellino de pureza original<br />hasta el feroz animal susurra su dulce trino<br />detiene a los peregrinos, libera a los prisioneros,<br />el amor con sus esmeros al viejo lo vuelve niño<br />y al malo sólo el cariño lo vuelve puro y sincero.<br /><br />Se va enredando, enredando<br />como en el muro la hiedra<br />y va brotando, brotando<br />como el musguito en la piedra<br />como el musguito en la piedra, ay si, si, si.<br /><br />De par en par la ventana se abrió como por encanto<br />entró el amor con su manto como una tibia mañana<br />al son de su bella diana hizo brotar el jazmÃn<br />colando cual serafÃn al cielo le puso aretes<br />mis años en diecisiete los convirtió el querubÃn.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6785341847535892593.post-379312502409786042009-10-02T14:20:00.004-04:002009-10-02T14:30:28.746-04:00Rio 2016 - Olympic Games - Master Plan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ht3kIR7egdwOqpXHGr8xmfbEICXBOjRdc7dRPvDirrkaFUsGw0YvqwlqYnMWR-dOtCaP6S-ZKKPi5DJcZnPfqWSutfvtkvUUoDj4YbzM3dLiIDEFg8O40mdhPctpEcofAA5RyMHptXs4/s1600-h/200px-Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_logo_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics.svg.png"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4ht3kIR7egdwOqpXHGr8xmfbEICXBOjRdc7dRPvDirrkaFUsGw0YvqwlqYnMWR-dOtCaP6S-ZKKPi5DJcZnPfqWSutfvtkvUUoDj4YbzM3dLiIDEFg8O40mdhPctpEcofAA5RyMHptXs4/s320/200px-Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_logo_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics.svg.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388069938135337618" border="0" /></a><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TCoqZNesnM&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5TCoqZNesnM&feature=related</a><br /><br />The visual identity of the Rio de Janeiro candidature consists of a logo and a slogan, which are being applied in marketing moves during the campaign.<sup id="cite_ref-BOC_CF_5_86-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-BOC_CF_5-86"><span>[</span>87<span>]</span></a></sup> Designed by <a href="http://www.soterdesign.com.br/">Ana Soter</a> and selected among four finalists by a special jury, the logo was unveiled during the 2007 Brazilian Olympic Awards, held at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatro_Municipal_%28Rio_de_Janeiro%29" title="Theatro Municipal (Rio de Janeiro)" class="mw-redirect">Municipal Theater of Rio de Janeiro</a>, on December 17, 2007.<sup id="cite_ref-BOC_CF_5_86-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-BOC_CF_5-86"><span>[</span>87<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_17_87-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_17-87"><span>[</span>88<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GB_25_88-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-GB_25-88"><span>[</span>89<span>]</span></a></sup> The<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugarloaf_Mountain_%28Brazil%29" title="Sugarloaf Mountain (Brazil)">Sugarloaf Mountain</a> was chosen as the symbol, representing the natural richness of Rio de Janeiro.<sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_17_87-1" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_17-87"><span>[</span>88<span>]</span></a></sup> According to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 bid committee, the design as a whole conveys a heart shape, representing Brazilian passion and enthusiasm for sports.<sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_17_87-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_17-87"><span>[</span>88<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GB_26_89-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-GB_26-89"><span>[</span>90<span>]</span></a></sup> Through its mirroring effect, the symbol also forms a stylized clover.<sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_17_87-3" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_17-87"><span>[</span>88<span>]</span></a></sup> At midnight on January 1, 2009, Rio de Janeiro's Olympic slogan "<i>Live your passion</i>" was launched as part of the New Year's celebrations.<sup id="cite_ref-BOC_CF_5_86-2" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-BOC_CF_5-86"><span>[</span>87<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_18_90-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_18-90"><span>[</span>91<span>]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GB_27_91-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-GB_27-91"><span>[</span>92<span>]</span></a></sup> The slogan reflects the Brazilian people's way of getting passionately involved in whatever they do.<sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_19_92-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_19-92"><span>[</span>93<span>]</span></a></sup> It was projected onto a Rio de Janeiro 2016-themed big wheel immediately after the ten-second countdown to the beginning of 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_20_93-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_20-93"><span>[</span>94<span>]</span></a></sup> The structure, purposedly erected at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copacabana_beach" title="Copacabana beach" class="mw-redirect">Copacabana beach</a> to promote the candidature,<sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_21_94-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_21-94"><span>[</span>95<span>]</span></a></sup> is 36 m (118 ft 1 in) high, weighs 80 tonnes (180,000 lb) and has 24 gondolas with a capacity for 144 people.<sup id="cite_ref-RJBC_22_95-0" class="reference"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro_bid_for_the_2016_Summer_Olympics#cite_note-RJBC_22-95"><span>[</span>96<span>]</span></a></sup> Approximately two million people attended the official launch of Rio de Janeiro's bid slogan.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0