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Friday, 30 April 2010
Thursday, 29 April 2010
Wednesday, 28 April 2010
iMovie and Garage Band Tutorials
Greetings All readers. There are iMovie and Garage Band Tutorials on the Server in Wayne's Public Folder. Get them while they are still hot!
Tuesday, 27 April 2010
TWO WILD GUYS
IN CASE YOU MISSED THE PREMIER, please join us for this special screening of 'Two Wild Guys', a cult western made by dave cotton. Featuring the bad guy, his gunslingers, a damsel in distress, and Two Wild Guys coming to the rescue. This entertaining short film is not to be missed...
See the attachment!
Thursday 29th April 2010 at 7.00pm
At Kink Bar - 3 Park Road, Gardens
We make words
Some great examples of location specific type, well not digital typesetting as we know it.
Go get impressed here...
Monday, 26 April 2010
Friday, 23 April 2010
Reminder: Pxl_Shft Photoshop Digital Conference
Go to http://www.creativeweek.pro/pixelshift.php to find out more about this high resolution digital photoshop conference being held on 14th May in Cape Town.
It's gonna be worth every pixel !!!!!
Thursday, 22 April 2010
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
Sunday, 18 April 2010
The Beauty of Knitting
Where does the beauty come from? It isn’t necessary to travel around the world in its most quiet places to experience it. Beauty is always near us — you just need to want to explore it. And you can of course create it with your own hands and imagination: just a couple of movements with a knitting needle and a ball of thread suddenly turns into something remarkable, something that exists nowhere else in the world. And once you’ve created it, it will remain a unique and inexhaustible source of further inspiration. Also, it will warm your heart and your spirit every time you see it, as the scarves that our moms and grand-moms knitted in good old days.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface
1. Because it works.
2. Because you like its history.
3. Because you like its name.
4. Because of who designed it.
5. Because it was there.
6. Because they made you.
7. Because it reminds you of something.
8. Because it's beautiful.
9. Because it's ugly.
10. Because it's boring.
11. Because it's special.
12. Because you believe in it.
13. Because you can't not.
Michael Bierut's article on Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Typeface expands on the 13 "ways" mentioned above. It is worth your while reading further through the comments below the article to see what others have to say.
The Vignelli Twelve: WE USE WAY TOO MANY FONTS
For any designer to claim that a half-dozen or a dozen typefaces is enough — well that’s their prerogative. However, it’s one thing to say ‘twelve typefaces is enough for me’, but to claim ‘twelve typefaces is enough’, period; extrapolating a generalisation from a personal imposition is rarely, if ever helpful.
Amazing Examples Of Architecture Photography
Some great images of architecture around the world. Many use the HDR photoshop technique. They have stepped up the capabilities for HDR in the new photoshop in CS5.
Enjoy the images with thanks to photofizz.
Puma: Clever little bag
In partnering with PUMA, a leader in sportswear, shoes and products, we looked to create a game changing packaging system that would greatly reduce their footprint and build on their initiatives toward cleaner, greener, and safer practices contributing to a better world around us.
Information thanks to fuseproject
Saturday, 17 April 2010
Long awaited 3rd in the series
Due to popular demand the third in the series of cool and experimental beer commercials has gone public. The previous two, seen in the flickr photostream, have wowed audiences over the past few days and have contributed to some of the tightest band width communication since the first use of the work naughty.
Thursday, 15 April 2010
Photoshop Guidance
New to Photoshop or just need a freshen up, go take a look at these you tube tutorials. Sit back and let the show begin from here...
Photoshop Seminar
Welcome to Creative Week's Pxl_shft seminar
The only independent Photoshop convention on the continent aimed at creative professionals in all major disciplines.
Designed to showcase some of the best talent through lecture-style how-to's, portfolio showings and showcases addressing challenges creatives face everyday.
Get to see what's hot and what's not in Photoshop CS5, learn how to make fire and water, do complex channel wizardry like selecting hair, retouching tips, take your pixels to print, web, video and much more.
Whether you're a beginner or pro, get down and dirty with us as we explore the inner workings of this phenomenal toolset - no marketing fluff, no gloss. just pure Photoshop with a bit of feather thrown in for good measure.
Miss it and you miss out.
PS: Pxl_shft is version agnostic. You do not need to be using the latest version of Photoshop.
Sign up and more info click here
CITY SLICKERS THIS FRIDAY: FINAL ARTIST LIST REVEALED!
After its successful run in Pretoria and Durban, The City Slickers poster exhibition is finally set to hit SA's Mother City on its exciting journey towards London. With Verb and one small seed as media partners in the Cape Town event, and a foot-long list of top local and international artists on the programme, the show this Friday at Wessel Snyman Creative is set to be a whirlwind of creative vigour and a veritable visual feast for all who attend. This Friday, 6pm, 17 Bree Street, Cape Town: Make a note of it and be there! Read on for the final list of artists that has just been revealed.
It's going to be an awesome show and worth going to, more info here
Tuesday, 13 April 2010
Monday, 12 April 2010
Adobe CS5 launch
The global launch will be broadcasted live
in the A studio for anyone who's interested
Cold Beers will then be served...
at the Shack(student rates) Don't miss out!
Sunday, 11 April 2010
WTF Media Conference offers a student discount.
WTF! Social Media has gone main stream. What does this mean? At WTF Media Conf we will explore social media, mobile media and cloud computing – the three big trends for 2010. According to Jesse Schell, “Facebook, a social networking site, is big, strange and terrifying or rather unexpected.” (BTW, Facebook had more hits than Google for the second week in March, 2010.)
Online or Mobile, Social Media is changing the way we live, work today and will continue to do so in the future. If you want to know more about what’s coming and how to use it, then you are in the right place. WTF Media Conf will focus on knowledge and application (case studies) and of course, life would not be complete without the crystal ball, a couple of predictions.
The conference, organised by CPUT (Cape Peninsula University of Technology), comprises two components: Boot Camp and WTF Media Conf. Boot Camp is a mixture of knowledge, skills development and practice for the novice or beginner.
With the presentation of a valid and current student /academic staff card you will be able to attend the conference, _ but with the understanding that you might not get more than a programme and food (maybe no goodie bag) we can keep the price at a little less than cost - R1000.00 per university delegate. Please note: This is on a first come, first serve basis - which means we might have to limit this offer.
The Yike Bike
YikeBike is a statement about using smart technology to solve the problems of our increasingly congested, polluted, stressful cities. It is the first commercial expression of the mini-farthing concept, created up by a bunch of successful entrepreneurs, engineers and dreamers. We sat down to try and answer:
- What is the simplest way to get from A to B with the aid of a machine?
- What is the smallest wheel you can have to get a stable, safe, comfortable ride?
- Can you make something small enough to be able to go with you anywhere in a city?
- Wonder if we could make a unicycle dramatically easier to ride and fold?
We were intrigued by creating something that could dramatically change urban transport, enabling city dwellers a fast, safe and easy way to navigate their environment.
The result was the mini-farthing concept and its first expression, the YikeBike. It employs state-of-the-art technology, engineering and industrial design to create a new class of personal transport.
More on the history of the development of the concept can be found at www.minifarthing.comSaturday, 10 April 2010
Looking for Blogger Templates
Now that you have joined the Blogosphere you may want to liven up the look of your blog. Go take a look at some of these links and see if there is something to suit your personal desire.
Here I go...
iPad Dominates the Netbook in Reader Vote
If you’re in the market for a smaller-scale computing device, which one should you get: the netbook with its physical keyboard or the iPad, which has sold more than 450,000 unitsin less than a week?
Friday, 9 April 2010
Tuesday, 6 April 2010
EDUCATION IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM: THE CASE FOR DESIGN-BASED LEARNING
Vertebrae recliner rocker by Anna Franco from the Art Center College of Design.
This feature with thanks to ICSID http://www.icsid.org/
Monday, 5 April 2010
Adobe Illustrator Tutorials For Beginners
Some really impressive tutorials for Adobe Illustrator. The more you play the more you... well play. Go play here and discover why Illustrator is the vector application of choice for graphic designers worldwide. The new Illustrator will launch mid April but fear not for earlier version tutorials - they all are worth it.
Culture on display at Spier Contemporary
The 2010 Spier Contemporary Exhibition is currently happening at the Cape Town City Hall at the Parade. On display is this (typographic) piece by Brett Murray. Make more sense of it here as well as more information on the exhibition and times. Entrance is free and for afters I headed down to the Indian Curry Mall closer to Adderly Street on the left - well worth the experience. I had the butter chicken, a generous portion served with lank rice and some lentil 'ding' for a mere R30 - smaak it spicey!
Saturday, 3 April 2010
Adobe CS5 Live Launch
On Monday April 12th at 17:00 Adobe will launch Creative Suite 5. We are hoping to setup a live viewing in the Graphic Design Department in [A]Studio. Keep your eye out for posters alerting you to this.
Go here to view what is in store in the new CS5.
Apple iPad has arrived
There has been no date given as yet for when South Africans can expect delivery of Apple's iPad. The date of late March was mentioned but, well but... perhaps Adobe is currently in the spotlight for the release of CS5 which will be launched on the April 12th - but will it be on the shelves?
Thursday, 1 April 2010
Logo Designs featuring Building Structures
A fine selection of logos involving building structures. Most of them, I would say, are done using Illustrator. Note the clean typography that promotes an icon structured identity. Many thanks to abduzeebo, once again. It is always a good idea to try and reproduce these logos for Digital Experience and practice. Go and get some inspiration here...
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