Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Website Design: 50+ Photographer Portfolios
Website Design: 50+ Photographer Portfolios from designrfix.
25 Amazing Photographers You Probably Didn’t Know
25 Amazing Photographers You Probably Didn’t Know from the blog thephotoargus.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Asterix at 50
The latest episode in the pair's comic-strip adventures will be released in France on Thursday to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the first Asterix story, written by René Goscinny and illustrated by Albert Uderzo for the magazine Pilote in 1959.
Nook
The Nook, Barnes & Noble’s new ereader, has upped the ante. With a small, 3.5-inch LCD screen in the lower quadrant, the Nook adds touch capabilities that the Kindle definitely does not have.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
the artstudents league early academic drawings
Absoultely fantastic show if you are in NYC and have the time to pop by. Early academic drawings from the Permanent Collection of the Art Students League of New York. Included in the show are fifty life drawings by students of Kenyon Cox, H.S. Mowbray, Frank Vincent Dumond, George Bridgeman and others.
National Geographic's International Photography Contest
Every year, National Geographic's International Photography Contest draws thousands of spectacular photos from users around the world. This year could be your year—send in your photos for a chance to win a digital camera kit and have your image published in the magazine.
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
check out this crazy illustration
Typographic Portraits That Are Absolutely Beautiful
Typography is a very popular type of art in graphics design. In recent years when everyone want to get some innovation in their artwork, typographic portraits came up with a great concept.
Content Heavy Websites with Beautiful Structure, Layout and Hierarchy
Here are 25 content heavy websites that utilize a beautiful structure, layout and hierarchy in their design.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
10gui
10/GUI aims to bridge the interactive gap by rethinking the desktop to leverage technology in an intuitive and powerful way. Watch the video.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Berlin Reunion
Earlier this week, 1.5 million people filled the streets of Berlin, Germany to watch a several-day performance by France's Royal de Luxe street theatre company titled "The Berlin Reunion". Part of the celebrations of the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Reunion show featured two massive marionettes, the Big Giant, a deep-sea diver, and his niece, the Little Giantess.
Thoughts on Silverlight
Jamie Kosoy at www.bigspaceship.com shares his experience as a flash developer making the leap into building Victoria's Secret Fashion Show with Silverlight and shares some useful insight.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
PhotoSketch
A group of students in China have created PhotoSketch, a project that does exactly what I just described: it takes a rough, hand-drawn sketch, scours the web for photos that match, and runs them through an algorithm, stitching it all together.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Improv Everywhere
Improv Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improv Everywhere has executed over 85 missions involving thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Achille and Gian Battista Judica-Cordiglia
This was an incredibly amazing story I found via reddit, about two young Italians who were keeping tabs on Russian satellites and making some startling discoveries, in particular the last message of two cosmonauts as they disappeared into space. Originally published in the April 1965 issue of Reader’s Digest.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Similarity based image search
Charley Parker at linesandcolors.com has put together an in depth look at similarity based image search engines.
China 60 years of communism photos
China formally kicked off its mass celebrations of 60 years of communist rule. See the photos at The Big Picture, Boston.com
Thursday, October 1, 2009
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