Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

CustomADart provides marketplace for custom ad images

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

There's already 99designs, crowdSPRING and inkd to crowdsource graphic design.  Now there is customADart for bringing together photographers and those looking to buy the perfect image for their needs. The way it basically works is advertisers post a job on the site describing what kind of photo they want.  Photographers then ...

The Wire characters portraits by Blake Hicks

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

Here's a great set of characters portraits from the HBO show The Wire by Blake Hicks.  It's worth checking out if you're a fan of the series.  (via Laughing Squid)

Easily design WordPress templates with Artisteer

Monday, July 27th, 2009

A while back I was chatting with some folks about how somebody needs to come up with a program that easily allows you to churn out WordPress templates with little to no programing skills. It seems Artisteer now does just this. Only I can't use it now because it is ...

Blogger finally changes?

Thursday, July 9th, 2009

So Google finally decides to do something with their blogging service Blogger and I first learn of it by logging into Blogger itself and not the tech media.  I'm surprised.  Looks like it may change for the worse.   A screen shot and some commentary after the jump:

Civilization by Marco Brambilla

Friday, June 19th, 2009

This video, if you can even call it that, is jaw dropping. Maybe it should be called work from a Motionographer or something.   It's by Marco Brambilla, I believe, and at Motionographer.com there's a lager version with more apparent detail and a write up.

Make the best mortgage calculator, win $10,000

Monday, June 15th, 2009

Attention programmers: the folks at Mortgage Loan Place.com are running a contest to see who can build the most "super sexy" mortgage calculator.   By "super sexy" they mean they want the best mortgage calculator ever designed in terms of functionality, design and ease of use.  Ten grand to the winner.  ...

Art vs. Design from Artists Wanted.org

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

ArtistsWanted.org is currently running a contest pitting art vs. design.  For $25, artists and designers can submit their work up until 11:59pm Sunday, May 31st, 2009. The grand prize is "a vintage Vespa, a trip to London or a fully loaded MacBook Pro." On the site, every visitor is asked to ...