Some Lovely Packaging

As the website says here is some lovely packaging - http://lovelypackage.com

4 Loves & 1 Hate at WWDC

Apple. The name has become synonymous with good design. But it’s also had a few missteps in recent years. Skeuomorphism is taking the place of clean interfaces. At today’s WWDC, Apple shared details of new MacBook Pros, the next OSX Mountain Lion, and iOS 6, all of which will be available by July. Here’s what we loved and what we hated. Click here.

Apple WWDC 2012 Live Coverage

Watch live streaming video from applefansite at livestream.com

Inanimate Object

Inanimate Object is a solo exhibition by Gerhard Human at Searle Street Post in Woodstock, Cape Town on the 14th of June 2012.

This is the website.

IN-EI BY ISSEY MIYAKE FOR ARTEMIDE

IN-EI is a new collection of table, floor, and hanging lamps by fashion designer Issey Miyake for the Italian lighting manufacturer Artemide. Born from the 132 5. ISSEY MIYAKE project in which clothing can be folded flat but also become a three-dimensional form, Miyake and his research team Reality Lab. naturally transitioned into lighting. The fixture’s material is made from recycled PET plastic bottles and diffuses light beautifully. “IN-EI” is Japanese for shadow, and with the pleating of the material each lamp becomes a striking sculpture when lit.

Read more at Design Milk: http://design-milk.com/in-ei-by-issey-miyake-for-artemide/#ixzz1wukZH7th

Artist Creates Portraits Of Pop Culture Icons Using Barcodes

Florida-based artist Scott Blake has created various portraits of celebrities and pop culture icons using only the barcodes of items specific to the person to make up their individual portraits.

Read further here.

Top 14 announced in the TFG competition

The CPUT Graphic Design students recently entered the TFG Gift Card Competition to redesign a set of 4 gift cards for The Foschini Group shoppers. The top 14 designs were announced today and 8 of them are CPUT Graphic Design students. The top 5 designs will be announced in August.

The 8 CPUT GD students are: Andisiwe Juta, Bianca Nakan, Colin Thomas, Kayla Schoonraad, Kobie Niewoudt, Matthew Crisp, Romeo Mabuda and Stacey Knipe. The 
top 5 will be announced next month - Best of Luck!

Rethink Breast Cancer presents: Your Man Reminder

Zayd Minty - The Fringe District Developments

Adobe Muse / Refueled Magazine

Chris Brown, publisher and creative director for Refueled Magazine, collaborates with his friends, tapping into the creativity of those who surround him to fuel the shared aesthetic of the magazine. With Adobe® Muse™ software, he can focus on the soul of the content.

Go view the Refueled magazine here

Brett Murray painting defaced

Graphic Design Stand at Open day 2012 for schools

Here’s What Happens When You Force Teens to Text and Drive

Watch The World’s First Shoppable Music Video

Music videos have come a long, long way since back when The Buggles and their new wave aesthetic killed the radio star. Ssense, a luxury retail company based out of Montreal, has recently introduced what they’re billing as the “world’s first interactive shoppable music video.” And yup, it’s pretty much exactly what it sounds like. I Think She Ready features Diplo, FKi, and Iggy Azalea all decked out and styled in brands and items carried by the site, while WireWax technology, which enables users to tag videos in essentially the same way they would a Facebook post, makes the "interactive shoppable" part possible.


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Watch A Tiny Rube Goldberg Machine That Makes Postcards

Rube Goldberg Machines complete a simple task in the most inefficient way possible. They tend to be sprawling contraptions that can take days to set up for a single “run.” Not so with Melvin, the world’s smallest Rube Goldberg machine, who is currently traveling the world in a suitcase.

Melvin is smart: he geo-locates himself using GPS, documents his audience with his built-in smartphone camera, and talks about his “runs” on Facebook and Twitter. After each successful run, he spits out a stamped postcard that reads “wish you were here.”

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This Nutty iPhone & Mac UI Concept Wants To Replace iCloud With Gorilla Arm Syndrome

Transferring files from your Mac to your iPhone is supposed to be an easy process thanks to iCloud, but sometimes the lack of a physical connection between your devices can make the process feel daunting.


For more click here

Inspiring Collage Artworks

Just go and have a look at these

Typography tutorials: 50 clever ways of working with type

This round-up of typography tutorials has a central theme of experimentation. Learn how to design a headline typeface, create isometric 3D lettering and to smelt your favourite font.

Kern you way over to the creativeblog website and get going

HELSINKI: World Design Capital 2012 - NOW!

Open Helsinki: Embedding Design in Life

The news came on 25 November 2009: Helsinki had been appointed the World Design Capital for 2012. From the start, our application had emphasised openness, continuity, collaboration and the social dimensions of design. These same themes remain the basis for all our activities.

What is the World Design Capital?

While there are many awards that recognise individual accomplishments in design, the World Design Capital (WDC) designation is unique as it aims to focus on the broader essence of design’s impact on urban spaces, economies and citizens.

The Organisation

The World Design Capital initiative promotes and supports the cultural, social and financial uses of design. The title is assigned every other year by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (Icsid).

Open Helsinki - Open City

Like every city in the world, Helsinki exists for its people. An enjoyable urban culture is the result of many factors, perhaps the most important of which is openness.The concept of Open Helsinki is literal – a city where information, ideas, thoughts and people can move freely without unnecessary creativity-hampering obstacles.

Global responsibility: the new role of design

Design can be old or new; large or small. Pretty or controversial. Visible or invisible. Design often also has a social or public dimension. For example public transport, municipal and private health care, political systems or schooling would not work without proper design.

Roots of the new growth

The term 'embedded design' is one of our points of departure. It means expanding the realm of design from products to various systems and public services such as healthcare. Embedded design also focuses on taking users' needs into account from the very initial phase of design.

Go to the helsinki 2012 design ground here