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Sites of the Week #115

On August 13, 2010 By

For this Sites of the Week we have selected some great sites such as The Com­bine 2010 and Par­tic­i­pa­tory Politics.

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Vectorealism Digital Fabrication Facility in Italy

On August 12, 2010 By

made in Italy The new Vec­to­re­al­ism site is live! You can now have your designs made in Milan by access­ing Vec­to­re­al­ism directly. The site is avail­able in Ital­ian and Eng­lish, and prices are listed in Euros. Pow­ered by Ponoko’s online mak­ing sys­tem , Vec­to­re­al­ism pro­vides fast, acces­si­ble, and user friendly laser cut­ting and engrav­ing services

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MIT SENSEable City Lab’s “Copenhagen Wheel” takes top US prize in Dyson Awards

On August 12, 2010 By

At press time their web­site had not yet been updated with this news, but the 2010 James Dyson Award has announced their US National Win­ner, along with the US Shortlist.

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90+ Brilliant Fresh WordPress Site Designs for Design Inspiration

On August 12, 2010 By

“Here in this show­case below, you’ll find a com­pre­hen­sive col­lec­tion of Fresh and Inspi­ra­tional Word­Press Web­site Designs which will give you bet­ter under­stand­ing of design capa­bil­i­ties as well as inspi­ra­tion for your site.” View Post

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Ultimate Guide for Creating High Quality Textures

On August 12, 2010 By

“There is a dif­fer­ence between a good tex­ture and a bad tex­ture and in this tuto­r­ial I’ll walk you through the steps of cre­at­ing amaz­ing tex­tures.” View Post

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7 Reasons Why I Choose Fireworks Over Photoshop

On August 12, 2010 By

“Pho­to­shop is not the only option.

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DIY is not so threatening.

On August 12, 2010 By

High­lights from the IDSA 2010 Con­fer­ence The Indus­trial Design Soci­ety of Amer­ica held it’s annual con­fer­ence in Port­land last week. I had the great for­tune to present Ponoko’s response to “DIY: Threat or Oppor­tu­nity” . Of course we love DIY here at Ponoko and we strive to bring pow­er­ful man­u­fac­tur­ing tech­nolo­gies to peo­ple of all mak­ing abilities.

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20+ New Apps and Websites for Designers

On August 11, 2010 By

“Here we’ve com­piled some of the best apps and web­sites that have come out in the past few months. Some are apps closely tied to a web designer’s daily work, while oth­ers aren’t likely to be used as often, but are still use­ful.” View Post

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3D House Icon in Adobe Illustrator

On August 11, 2010 By

“Illustrator’s CS5 Per­spec­tive Draw­ing Tools are just per­fect for cre­at­ing build­ings. From this advanced tuto­r­ial you will learn how to cre­ate a detailed 3D house icon.” View Post

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The East Anglians

On August 11, 2010 By

On Places, a port­fo­lio by pho­tog­ra­pher Justin Par­tyka, doc­u­ment­ing a deep-rooted but frag­ile agrar­ian com­mu­nity in East Anglia.

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