Studio Line from l'Óreal, has a site where designers, photographers, v-jays or movie makers can contribute with their unique style sending works that reflect just that - their unique style. The site is called Your style, Your studio. Made in Flash the site already presents the works of such names like Subvitamine, Vectorbrigade, Cubadust and Hydro74, amongst many more. Realy awesome site worth a long visit.
One of the most controversial films to debut this month of June is The road to Guantanamo, a movie half documentary, half dramatization about the arrest of the three british citizens who were held in the most talked prison of the world, in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, without any formal charges being appointed to them. A movie that is sure to put people talking about the subject even more...
Here's another fine example of the great design and illustration that is done Made in Portugal. Here's the illustration portfolio of Vector Brigade, clearly influenced by an urban feeling with illustrations full of power
You got to take a look at the fine art photography works of Waclaw Wantuch. The b&ws are simply amazing. Waclaw was born in 1965 in Tuchów, has graduated of the Cracow Academy of Fine Arts and now lives and works in Cracow. He has had individual exhibitions and took part in joint presentations in Poland and abroad.
Treat your minor cuts, scrapes and scratches with the incredible healing power of a designer bandage. Let Jesus heal your cuts! Each 3-3/4" tall metal pocket tin contains fifteen 3" x 1" adhesive bandages and a small plastic trinket. Funny idea for a bandage! We liked it!
The London Design Festival was established in 2003 as an annual international event to celebrate and promote London and the UK's creativity. By dedicating the last two weeks in September to design a diverse range of individuals and organisations are able to come together, celebrate the creative diversity of London, discover new ideas, make new connections, and most importantly, have fun.
So, if you're in The London area from 15 to 30 September you know where to go
Once I've licensed an image, I own it. "Royalty-free" means "free." Licensing a "Rights-managed" (or rights-protected) image guarantees that I won't see the same image being used by my competitors.
Shufflesome creates sticker outfits for the iPod shuffle. 29 artists from 12 nations co-create Shufflesome. There you´ll find original artwork printed on high quality vinyl foils. So if you own an iPod, you would probably would want to take a look at this site. We know we did!
If you're into the Urban Vinyl, Designer Toys and Culture, you should visit My Plastic Heart. They feature some of the best limited edition collectable "art" toys from today's cutting edge artists and designers.
Secure Singles has developed a 'personal emergency notification system' for the dating world.
A tool that singles can use to protect themselves, Secure Singles allows users to store information on the people they're planning to meet. Before going on a date, they can set a text alert that will go to friends, family or the authorities, if the user doesn't check in to cancel it. The message, which is sent by email, instant message or sms, includes details on how to access stored information on the date: contact info, employer/occupation, photos, phone number, address, location of date, etc.
Users can also add a 'Secure Singles Seal' to their online profiles to ward off anyone with bad intentions, and schedule text messages to be sent to themselves during a date to offer an easy way out if they feel uncomfortable.
The service, which is currently free, was developed by Secure Networks, a team of safety-concious parents and single professionals who wanted to make it safer to meet online suitors offline. A sister service is 321notify.com, which isn't just for daters, but anyone who could use a bit of extra security.
According to a spokesperson for Secure Singles, there are more than 100 million single people living in the U.S. today and 40 million of them are using online dating and social networking communities.
Following the popularity of US-based Threadless, the ongoing t-shirt design competition that urges users to submit t-shirt designs, a European version has just sprung up.
Like Threadless, Derby is a design competition. Members of the public can send in designs, which are given 10 days to be scored by Derby's visitors. The designs with the highest scores are printed on high-quality t-shirts and sold through the site's shop, and the winner gets GBP 350 / EUR 500.
Derby was created by Spreadshirt, a large German print-on-demand company that lets users design and print their own t-shirts and other merchandise, and sell them on their own Spreadshirt pages.
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the USA devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum presents compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through active educational and curatorial programming.
The Shop at Cooper-Hewitt offers products by a range of contemporary designers, from exclusive limited editions to tableware, jewelry, accessories, and glassware. The Shop also sells items relating to the Museum's exhibitions and extensive permanent collections, and boasts a wide selection of books on design, including many rare and hard to find titles.
It is the goal of The Shop to create a true design destination for its patrons, offering a choice selection of works by established and emerging designers. All proceeds generated in The Shop help support the Museum. Now the Museum's Shop is available online here
Words just can't describe the brilliant photographic works of Julia Fullerton-Batten, a photographer now living in London, but born in Bremen, Germany. Really fine art photography worth a very, very long look. Profound and inspiring!
"Remember outsourcing? Sending jobs to India and China is so 2003. The new pool of cheap labor: everyday people using their spare cycles to create content, solve problems, even do corporate R & D."
IMFT (itsmyfreakinturn.com) / (dontbashmy.name) is an online blog where people can finally tell their side of the story, it's a place to stand up against those who love to bash people on the internet...
