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2010-08-14 04:25:03

The term “tra­dig­i­tal” art refers to art that is cre­ated by com­bin­ing tra­di­tional and dig­i­tal media. Jim Leggitt’s pre­sen­ta­tion (below) shows you how he employs con­ven­tional draw­ing tech­niques to pro­duce tex­tured, warm, and visu­ally inter­est­ing archi­tec­tural draw­ings using dig­i­tal ren­der­ings from, in the case of this class, the SketchUp 3D program

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Tra­dig­i­tal think­ing in graphic design

2010-08-13 18:31:55

Sight Unseen has a nice fea­ture up this week about Juli­ette War­men­hovem who makes odd con­trap­tions and vess­esls from plas­tic, paper and fiber­glass to cel­e­brate the growth and nur­tur­ing of plant life in domes­tic space. Pic­tured top are a bon­sai incu­ba­tor, left and ger­mi­na­tion ves­sels on the right, includ­ing a plant cut­tings hold­ing tank and a water sup­ply device that helps seedlings sprout. Below, a music box that twirls a potato around on a pedestal, “high­light­ing the hid­den beauty of a potato.” Here’s an excerpt: Her father is a flower farmer.

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Every­day Grow­ing by Juli­ette Warmenhoven

2010-08-13 18:02:10

Liya Mair­son, a grad­u­ate of the Shenkar Col­lege of Engneer­ing and Design, has cre­ated a children’s play house that takes cues from pop up books, except this on is life size. As the pages are unfolded, so too do imag­i­nary domes­tic spaces for chil­dren to play in

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Liya Mairson’s Pop-Up Card­board Playhouse

2010-08-13 17:54:05

Last month I was so caught up with the World Cup games, I never caught wind of the sub­sidiary events hap­pen­ing around South Africa. Like this killer Nike instal­la­tion by Rat­cliffe Fowler Design , erected in a Jo’burg shop­ping mall: The 20-meter high fig­ure is mod­eled after Car­los Tevez, and the 5,500 “pix­els” are actual balls that were sub­se­quently donated to foot­ball pro­grams around South Africa

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The ballsi­est Nike instal­la­tion you’ve ever seen

2010-08-13 17:00:46

Over at Once Wed, we are just smit­ten over Rachel and Michael’s sim­ply mod­ern wed­ding , shot by the fab­u­lous Jose Villa . Rachel, an upcom­ing Asso­ciate Art Direc­tor for Cook­ing light mag­a­zine, exudes top notch cre­ativ­ity, so when she had the idea to put together this tablescape based off her own wed­ding, we knew it would be the per­fect event for today’s column

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beyond the big day: a french coun­try celebration

2010-08-13 17:00:34

When the Stan­ford Insti­tute of Design needed a cou­ple of inte­rior ele­ments for their facil­i­ties, they turned to Because We Can, the awe­some husband-and-wife design team we wrote about ear­lier this year . BWC made this killer built-in lounge made from cedar slats. We love how the frame, which looks to be CNC’d, makes for com­plete idiot-proof instal­la­tion of the slats: We also dig the portable-but-enormous TVs that BWC made

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Because We Can does up the Stan­ford Insti­tute of Design

2010-08-13 14:53:32

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God Smiles by Tim Crowder

2010-08-13 14:00:51

Don’t you think these col­or­ful serv­ing uten­sils would make the most fun house­warm­ing gift? By the folks at Ladies & Gentlemen .

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Supe­rior Servers

2010-08-13 14:00:23

What goes well with a black web­site? Today we’ll find out but tak­ing a look at some excel­lent exam­ples of dark web design along with their pri­mary color palettes. Each web­site will have a screen­shot along with a brief descrip­tion, a visual rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the color scheme, and a link to down­load the Pho­to­shop color swatches from Pictaculous

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Design­ing in the Dark: 10 Dark Sites and Their Color Schemes

2010-08-13 14:00:02

Grow­ing up, I moved around-a lot.

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small mea­sures with ash­ley: house­warm­ing baskets

2010-08-13 13:48:11

Sarah, one of your fel­low read­ers, emailed in ask­ing what sofa this might be. At first glance I thought it was the Tufty Time , but it’s a lit­tle bit dif­fer­ent, obviously.

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What Sofa is this?

2010-08-13 13:42:42

The idea in this series is to show beau­ti­ful and inspir­ing houses. Houses that are remark­able for its design, ele­gance, ele­ments, con­cept or sim­ply because they are beau­ti­ful. So if you like archi­tec­ture, inte­rior design and beau­ti­fully designed houses, you are at the right spot

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Beau­ti­ful Houses: House in Ubatuba, Brazil

2010-08-13 13:02:58

If you’re look­ing to add some new tex­tiles to your home, Fun­Quilts has a nice selec­tion of mod­ern designs to choose from.

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Fun­Quilts

2010-08-13 13:00:12

i think the foun­da­tion of my love for illus­tra­tion is based around the idea that i love see­ing the world through some­one else’s eyes. more so than pho­tog­ra­phy or film, i love being able to see an artist’s hand in some­thing and imag­ine how they must see the peo­ple and places in their every­day life.

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katie turner

2010-08-13 12:30:59

There are dozens of dif­fer­ences between free­lancers, small busi­nesses and busi­nesses that are large cor­po­ra­tions. But, to the blind eye,…

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Tran­si­tion­ing from Free­lanc­ing to a Large Com­pany, What’s the Next Step?

2010-08-13 12:30:02

(TrendHunter.com) The ‘Con­fer­ence Table’ by KINZO was made for its client Ernst & Young’s board­room. This table has a spe­cial design that sets it apart from other con­fer­ences tables out there.

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Spacecraft-Shaped Tables — The Min­i­mal­ist ‘Con­fer­ence Table’ by KINZO Looks Like a UFO (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 12:12:02

(TrendHunter.com) For the day of August 13th, these are the Top 20 YouTube Videos, which include “M.I.A.

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Top 20 YouTube Videos (Aug 13) — From M.I.A. — XXXO to Niña De Mi Corazón

2010-08-13 12:02:49

This origami-inspired bin is made from a sin­gle sheet of plas­tic. You might decide that bin lin­ers are unnec­es­sary, as it’s sim­ple to unfold for clean­ing with a quick wipe down.

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‘Poly­wrap’ Wastepa­per Bin

2010-08-13 12:00:48

when i was in col­lege and first dis­cov­ered inte­rior design i always thought i’d end up pur­su­ing some sort of restau­rant design career. i love the way that you get to embrace big con­cepts and some non-traditional design ideas. so i was excited to hear from chris­tia about chef brian malarkey’s new san diego restau­rant “ searsucker “

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sear­sucker restaurant

2010-08-13 11:55:01

(TrendHunter.com) For 12 years, Susan Spun­gen worked as the food edi­tor and edi­to­r­ial direc­tor for ‘Martha Stew­art Liv­ing’ mag­a­zine, but her lat­est food fiesta was on the set of the ‘Eat Pray Love’ film.

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Film Food Styling — Susan Spun­gen Made the Cui­sine in ‘Eat Pray Love’ Look Lus­cious (VIDEO)

2010-08-13 11:49:02

(TrendHunter.com) The Scriblerus Club Pocket Watch is an 18-karat gold antique time­piece that was given to John Gay by writer Jonathan Swift. Named after the lit­er­ary group, the Scriblerus Club, this piece has all the English…

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Antique Lit­er­ary Time­pieces — The Scriblerus Club Pocket Watch was Gifted by Jonathan Swift (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 11:40:02

(TrendHunter.com) Mar­tin Creed’s ‘Down Over Up’ exhi­bi­tion at Edinburgh’s Fruit­mar­ket Gallery is a lively col­lec­tion of the renowned artist’s most cun­ning col­lec­tions. With mate­ri­als rang­ing from paint, chairs, wood scraps,…

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Lively Min­i­mal­ist Exhibits — Mar­tin Creed’s ‘Down Over Up’ Exhi­bi­tion (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 11:37:33

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

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Sites of the Week #115

2010-08-13 11:34:02

(TrendHunter.com) Pho­tog­ra­pher Paul Phung delves into the unknown with his sur­real, smoke-filled shots. His sin­is­ter pho­tographs take on an oth­er­worldly qual­ity, per­haps in part due to his favorite pho­tog­ra­phy setting,…

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Smoky Super­nat­ural Pho­tog­ra­phy — The Gifted Paul Phung Delves into the Unknown (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 11:28:01

(TrendHunter.com) Born in Colom­bia, Aníbal Vallejo is a painter who explores the theme of the mun­dane of every­day life. He describe his work as “a jour­nal of my inter­ests… That tells what I can­not say with words.” Even…

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Mundane-Themed Paint­ings — Ani­bal Vallejo Looks to the Every­day for Inspi­ra­tion (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 11:23:51

If you’d like to try your hand at grow­ing some greens but lack the moti­va­tion to get all the sup­plies your­self, take a look at this kit from Star Apple Edi­ble Gar­dens in Oak­land, CA. Each kit has organic pot­ting soil, organic mixed heir­loom salad green seeds and organic fer­til­izer, all in a sal­vaged wine crate with drainage holes. from Star Apple Edi­ble Gar­dens, Oak­land, CA

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Edi­ble Greens Kit

2010-08-13 11:19:01

(TrendHunter.com) If you find your­self gaz­ing blankly at your PC screen while try­ing to do your work, the Won­der Woman Com­puter Sit­ter Bob­ble Head will keep you in check. Also avail­able in a Bat­man edi­tion, these plastic…

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PC-Perched Super­heroes — The Won­der Woman Com­puter Sit­ter Bob­ble Head is Hot

2010-08-13 11:13:01

(TrendHunter.com) ‘The Booty Bash’ is an annual char­ity event which aims to help pre­vent colon can­cer by encour­ag­ing screen­ing and aware­ness of this deadly dis­ease. ‘The Booty Bash’ is a fun-filled event that gets attendees…

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Booty-Shaking Char­i­ties — ‘The Booty Bash’ is an Annual Char­ity Which Will Appeal to All Gen­er­a­tions (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 11:03:32

PRESS RELEASE Dr Grord­bort needs your help in the fight against the moon men! Help him by using your dig­i­tal design skills to design new Ray­guns to ensure his men are bet­ter equipped for their fight. You could win a trip to New Zealand to Weta..

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Rules updated for Weta Workshop’s Ray­gun Shootout competition

2010-08-13 10:58:00

Seems to be a cycle fest on Yanko Design today, the sec­ond install­ment comes in the shape of the Lunar­tic Cycle. A bike that’s got a really unique com­bi­na­tion of dif­fer­ent wheel sizes, a toothed belt drive and hub less rear wheel! The USP being the gyro­scopic effect of a large wheel aid­ing speed and more road-surface con­tact adding stability.

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No Spokes Cycle

2010-08-13 10:27:42

For those that aren‘t already aware, NASA has a sec­tion on its web­site offer­ing free 3D mod­els. The mod­els are largely in .3ds for­mat, but oth­ers are in their orig­i­nal .lwo, .fbx, or .obj for­mats to pre­serve details. Link: NASA’s selec­tion of…

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3D resources from NASA

2010-08-13 09:52:01

(TrendHunter.com) The Poke­ball T-shirt was cre­ated by evan3 and it was show­cased on Design by Humans. Obvi­ously a hit, the shirt has con­quered a ton of votes and excited comments

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Cult Car­toon Cou­ture — The Poke­ball T-Shirt Will Make You the Hero of your Child­hood Self

2010-08-13 09:38:02

(TrendHunter.com) The Evil Twin Spring/Summer 2011 col­lec­tion is def­i­nitely one to look out for dur­ing the 2011 sum­mer sea­son. The col­lec­tion fea­tures many tight dresses with a ton of col­or­ful fab­rics, com­bined to create…

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Tech­ni­color Over­shirts — The Evil Twin Spring/Summer 2011 Col­lec­tion is Col­or­fully Vibrant (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 09:15:02

(TrendHunter.com) For the day of August 12th, these are the Top 20 YouTube Videos, which include “Dear Ryan — Makeup Guru” by nigahiga, “Jackie Evan­cho, 10 (Opera Singer) ~ America’s Got Tal­ent YouTube acts” by AmericanBestTalent…

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Top 20 YouTube Videos (Aug 12) — From Dear Ryan — Makeup Guru to Vanessa Hud­gens S#&TSTORM!

2010-08-13 08:52:02

(TrendHunter.com) Though it is unknown who built this unique wooden car, it can be deter­mined that its cre­ator is a true car enthu­si­ast. The two-seater vehi­cle is pow­ered by a Chrysler 318 engine and dri­ves with an automatic…

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Lum­ber Auto­mo­biles — The Unique Wooden Car is a Fully Func­tional Mas­ter­piece (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 08:42:02

(TrendHunter.com) Cana­dian designer Mar­tin Aubé’s Moto­mo­bile Mark IV is very dif­fer­ent from any con­ven­tional two-wheeler. The bike con­sists four wheels with a design that best suits the envi­ron­ment in main­tain­ing eco-balance.…

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Four-Wheeled Bikes — Moto­mo­bile Mark IV is a Unique Elec­tric Motorcycle

2010-08-13 08:28:01

(TrendHunter.com) Aus­tralian designer Simon Colab­u­falo has taken the clas­sic means of trans­porta­tion into his design of the ‘Metro­topia’ dock. ‘Metro­topia’ is a per­sonal vehi­cle dock, ideal for cities where trams are…

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Red-Fanned Trol­leys — The Metro­topia Per­sonal Vehi­cle Dock Offers Great Mobil­ity (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 08:17:02

(TrendHunter.com) Eco-conscious designer Michael Jantzen cre­ated the Solar Energy Field as an eco-friendly struc­ture which is capa­ble of pro­duc­ing 10,000W of elec­tric energy.

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Renew­able Energy Struc­tures — The Solar Energy Field is a Renew­able Energy-Producing Struc­ture (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 08:05:01

(TrendHunter.com) The Google ‘New Baby’ ad show­cases their new ven­ture on tar­get­ing younger crowds.

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New­born Search Engine Ads — The Google ‘New Baby’ Ad is the Cute Story of a Dad-To-Be (VIDEO)

2010-08-13 07:53:02

(TrendHunter.com) As another step towards a greener envi­ron­ment, these Biodegrad­able Corn Pens will allow its pen shells to dis­in­te­grate into the soil.

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Veg­gie Writ­ing Tools — These Biodegrad­able Corn Pens are the Greener Way to Write (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 07:42:01

(TrendHunter.com) The com­mer­cials fea­tur­ing the Star­burst “Scot­tish Kore­ans” are back, still push­ing the angle of “con­tra­dic­tion”. This time they are joined on a bus by an undead passenger

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Con­tra­dict­ing Candy Ads — The Star­bursts “Scot­tish Kore­ans” Com­mer­cials Makes Light of Con­tro­versy (VIDEO)

2010-08-13 07:30:01

(TrendHunter.com) If you’re try­ing to present some true brand loy­alty to the famous LV brand, this Louis Vuit­ton chain­saw may be the per­fect item to make you their num­ber one fan. Much to my own cha­grin, I am not much…

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Lux­ury Power Tools — The Louis Vuit­ton Chain­saw is a Pow­er­ful State­ment Piece

2010-08-13 07:18:01

(TrendHunter.com) Bring the atmos­phere of a rag­ing rave to your home with the LED Multi-Colored Serv­ing Tray. This tray glows in the dark and has five dif­fer­ent color set­tings to choose from

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Glow­ing Drink Plat­ters — The LED Multi-Colored Serv­ing Tray Turns Any Party into a Hip Hotspot (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 07:13:23

Hey all you pho­tog­ra­phers, get out of that cam­era box! Lemme show you some­thing. This is a cam­era shape I’ll bet you a dol­lar you’ve not come across before.

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One Curve for Photo

2010-08-13 07:08:02

(TrendHunter.com) Although I assumed this hair fad was long dead about a decade ago, Richard Nicholson’s ‘Ali Bar­ber’ photo series proves that I was sadly mistaken.

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Zig-Zag Hair­cuts — The ‘Ali Bar­ber’ Photo Series Cap­tures East End’s Fresh­est Styles (GALLERY)

2010-08-13 07:03:45

This is a rather unique sort of table and draw­ers sit­u­a­tion if you ask me. This is a project whipped up by designer Nenad Kostadi­nov and what it con­sists of is a curved table with rotat­ing draw­ers. Rotat­ing! No more silly pulling and shov­ing for you, nay! Now there’s lots of swooshing.

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Push and Grab

2010-08-13 07:03:20

It’s time to fold that trans­port all the way up. Get atop your bike, ride it, then store it.

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Fold Your Saddle

2010-08-13 07:00:01

Yanko Design in con­junc­tion with the awe­some folks at Col­caSac is doing an iPad Give­away. One lucky per­son gets to  WIN a 16GB WiFi iPad and A lovely Col­caSac Zagora iPad Sleeve to match it! As most con­tests go, you have to do some­thing to win it, so here is the drill: STEP 1) Pick Your Favorite Col­caSac iPad Sleeve from the list below, STEP 2) Fan Yanko Design on Face­book, STEP 3) Tag 3 Friends (using @) on Yanko Design’s Wall on Face­book and tell them which Col­caSac Sleeve you like the best, & you’re win­ning an iPad! The con­test is open World­wide! A back­ground on Col­caSac Col­caSac is a com­pany that makes many kinda sleeves for devices, but here we are focus­ing on their iPad range

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The Big iPad Give­away: WIN 16GB WiFi iPad And A Col­caSac iPad Sleeve

2010-08-13 06:54:02

(TrendHunter.com) Make a social state­ment while sip­ping your cof­fee with the BP Toi­let Mug.

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Oil-Spill Cof­fee Cups — The BP Toi­let Mug Makes a Thirst-Quenching Social Statement

2010-08-13 06:42:02

(TrendHunter.com) Fall is just around the cor­ner and I can’t think of a bet­ter way to treat my feet than with the Adair FW10 col­lec­tion. A per­fect bal­ance between prac­ti­cal­ity and fem­i­nin­ity, the Adair FW10 collection…

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Hid­den Wedge Booties — The Adair FW10 Col­lec­tion Com­bines Prac­ti­cal­ity and Fem­i­nin­ity (GALLERY)