DESIGN TUESDAY IN-DEPTH: Top 100 Breaking News & Stories Worthy to Read/Watch & Share | 7/22
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Natalie Jones, VP of marketing at Manningon, explains how pixelated designs on the walls of Mannington’s showroom represent a million ideas, from production details to a client’s customization. Lindsey Wilson, principal, Corgan Associate...
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Karim Rashid talks to Interior Design about his passion for plastic, which inspired his recent Cadeira Siamese chair made from acai fruit for A Lot of Brazil. Video produced and edited by James Eades.
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I thought this post might cheer Jo up and make her forget she's sick. It is an apartment in a converted Victorian school house in London. With alot of re-configuring to make the space more liveable and bright, and some crazy eclectic des...
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A Romanian man looking to spend a quiet weekend in the country found that his entire vacation home had been stolen—barbed-wire fence, decorative fountain, and all—and planted over with a field of corn. "My entire house has be...
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Although only usable part of the year, outdoor kitchens are something to loom forward to as soon as beautiful weather makes its presence felt. Rustic and traditional houses usually include such a feature but the recent comeback tells us ...
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Image via: stranamasterov , how to instructions To make a rose from corrugated paper first of all cut petals of white corrugated paper in different sizes as shown. After that wrap the petal cut for center around a candy with a wooden sti...
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You could change your home or you could simply change how you feel about your home. Why not try a little of both? Here are five ideas to help you tweak your space so it's more comfy, inviting and happy, plus five ways help you have a mor...
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Since our resident ex-pat, Anne Ditmeyer, gave us her insider tour of Paris today, I decided it would be the perfect time to look over some of my favorite French homes, from Paris to the countryside. Whether it’s the beautiful view...
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Love books? Litographs is launching a new line of literary temporary tattoos on Kickstarter that let you sport your favorite lines from classic books without the commitment. They're also trying to create “the world’s longest literary tat...
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Mosaics, portraits and abstract art is what you will find while walking on the most colorful stairs in the world. Some artists around the world sometimes, express their creativity in the most amazing places. Street […] The post 10 ...
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Built in 1891 and home to just two residents since then, this remarkably well maintained Atlanta manse is newly on the market for $1.5M, offering what Curbed Atlanta calls a "seamless blend of historic pomp and modern convenience." Thank...
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The design and style of the lamp can surely works as an accent in your home and provide the place with super modern and contemporary statement. Lamps tend to enhance the overall aesthtic appearance of the interior and provide the place ...
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America's long, proud history of Europhilic design is what we have to thank for this country's many Versailles knockoffs, not to mention designations like "'French Chateau via the Pacific Coast Highway." For...
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With summer comes seemingly endless days spent lounging in the sun, napping in the shade, and later hanging out by the campfire. Here are some great DIY ideas and projects to take the outdoors to a whole new level, and make you enjoy it ...
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Italian Pritzker laureate Renzo Piano has just unveiled preliminary sketches for the Jurassica Museum, an underground dinosaur exhibit that'll sit inside an old Portland, England quarry. No stranger to high-stakes (and occasionally contr...
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Last week I did a quick roundup of some great Biz Ladies posts that may help to keep you moving through the summer slowness, and today I thought I’d share another selection of articles that offer some great advice and resources on ...
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The flooring is now complete! We went for a combination of marble tile and hardwood. Name: Mike and Sandie Type of Project: Foyer renovation Location: Saskatoon; Saskatchewan, Canada Type of building: 2 1/2 story single-family home, buil...
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Name: Jocelyn Location: Tribeca, Manhattan, New York Size: 2,000 square feet indoors Years lived in: 5.5 years; owned Jocelyn and her husband purchased a loft from a long time resident artist with great creative flair, but who made desig...
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Native Trails’ new concrete sinks, made of a groundbreaking cement and jute fiber mixture called NativeStone™, are poised to spur the concrete trend in home design and energize the kitchen and bath industry. By adding jute—a natural, ren...
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Los Angeles-based starchitect Frank Gehry, creator of the Disney Concert Hall, will be designing a two-acre L.A. campus for Children's Institute, Inc., a nonprofit that provides services for abused and neglected children. CII hopes the G...
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It is already proven that furniture can be piece of art and that can completely change the interior and enhance the underline decor of your home. The chair is a great accent to the room and can surely work as a focal point or modern stat...
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I've been traveling a lot for work this summer, and truth be told, I'm not feeling all that connected to my home right now. Sometimes, in fact, after all the hotels and new experiences, it seems somewhat underwhelming upon my return. But...
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The LA Times hears from local real estate agents (who "spoke on condition of anonymity") that the First Family is in contract on a 8,200-square-foot contemporary mansion in the exclusive Rancho Mirage, Calif., neighborhood of Thunderbird...
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Photo via Dezeen Further proving that sprucing up Le Corbusier's oeuvre with bold swatches of color is all the rage, French artist Daniel Buren recently installed a dazzling, Candyland-esque series of mirrors and multi-colored sheets of ...
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After nary two weeks on the market, the politico pad of Donald H. Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense under the reign of George W. Bush, is already under contract. The seven-bedroom abode with "embassy-sized" reception rooms asked $4.5M&#...
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When she noticed a gap in the DIY market, Nicole Shariat Farb decided to take matters into her own hands. Nicole was tired of trying to piece together all of the tools and resources needed for a single DIY project. She thought that there...
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“We weren’t looking for a project,” says Londoner Nic Farhi, remembering first seeing his flat, “but when I spotted the original floorboards and brickwork in the living room, I knew I had to buy this place.” Nic and his then-girlfriend (...
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If you’re anything like me, you bring home your nursery purchases with zeal and hope, piling them nicely in the garden corner for temporary storage until you can place them where you envisioned on the drive home. But a funny thing usuall...
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Let’s say your mother-in-law has purchased a brand-new shiny sofa, and has deposited her aging original one in your front room. Or you’ve scored a once-in-a-lifetime roadside find — a Louis XVI chair with a magnificent frame but question...
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How many identical plates do I have stacked in the kitchen cabinet? Twelve. How many plates do my fiancé and I go through in the few days between dishwasher loads? Maybe eight or so. If you're doing the math, that means the four plates a...
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This nightmare renter serves as a warning to Airbnb hosts to check their state laws: A woman rented her Palm Springs condo to a man for a full month who now refuses to vacate the property. According to California state law, that makes hi...
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This gorgeous “White House” lies in La Rochelle, France and was renovated by Studio Pierre Antoine Compain. The name of this residence accurately describes its interior. The main element that defines this house is the central axis, a sep...
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Looking for some kid space inspiration? Perhaps bold patterned wallpaper? Or simply some fun rooms? This post has it all, featuring designs by Los Angeles based JAC Interior Design . Their portfolio is bound to cure the blues....with a t...
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We're nearing the end of our whole-house renovation, so I thought I'd share some of the products that have helped make our dream house dreams come true— and those that have thwarted us at every turn: READ MORE »
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Living alongside a golf course has become shorthand for luxury. This Spanish villa in the highly desirable Sotogrande neighborhood in San Roque Spain, will offer all the comforts of golf course living, plus ultimate security, comfort, an...
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The small town of Tarifa is often popular among travel enthusiasts as the southernmost point of the European mainland. Ancient Roman ruins still stand tall in this scenic part of Cadiz and often are as much a source of historic facts as ...
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Psst, we have a great secret for hosting your next dinner party: Stop fussing. The best get-togethers aren't about polishing the silver salad forks or breaking out the fancy dishes everyone's afraid to touch; they're about creating a wel...
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My head starts to spin when thinking about how I would spend a single day in one of the dreamiest cities in the world, but when we posed the task to DS contributor and five year Parisian resident, Anne S. Ditmeyer, she managed to outline...
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Image via: diy cozy home An organized space either big or small truly makes life easier. Whether it be your bathroom, kitchen, bedroom or any other space organization is always helpful. We have found 30 fantabulous organization id...
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Hey guys, its Kelly Brown and Holly asked me to stop in from time to time to post tours of beautiful spaces that I shoot professionally so you get to see them first. This is my debut post on decor8 so I hope that you enjoy it! I am so ex...
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Blending the home into landscape? Yes, please! This extraordinary Pierre house by Olson Kundig Architects is carved into stone! It merges with the landscape so well that seems a part of it. The Pierre house has an open plan kitchen, dini...
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Home technology specialist Finite Solutions has won a major international award for an £80,000 high-tech home cinema installation at a property in Chelsea, London. The prestige project won the top accolade for ‘Best Home Cinema between t...
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After last week’s Social Media Workshop in Brooklyn sold out, I got some very sweet requests for classes on the West Coast. My goal has always been to turn this into part of a larger online curriculum series (which will happen this...
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Creative and practical pieces are the best ones, especially if it’s storage. What about giving new life to old things? Let’s realize a project that incorporates all that, you’ll need metal spice tins, 1-inch ceramic disc magnets, metal m...
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Photo via Dezeen · CaSA renovates Rocha Apartment with tiles. · Mapping one year of graffiti reports across Seattle. · A building with Italian Alpine views. · Photos of the loveliest rest areas. · Jillian Michael...
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Located in Milan, Italy, Casa con Dependance is a modern residence with a casual yet sophisticated design and décor. It was a project by Disegnoinopera, completed in 2013. The living area is quite small and includes several separate zone...
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The Batea Outdoor Grill is one of the two first objects of MateriaLitica‘s foundational series entitled “Fuegos Concretos” (Concrete Fire). “Batea” is the result of an innovative work with reinforced concrete made of ma...
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Located just 10 km away from the central business district of Perth, Bicton is a posh suburb that is quickly becoming home to some of the bets private residences Down under. Built on a 557sqm narrow block by Residential Attitudes, this l...
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California wild grape is known best for its sensational fall colors, but it is much more than a one-season plant. In spring its silvery leaves and tiny buds emerge from bare vines. In summer the lush foliage with ripening fruit will conc.
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Are women’s magazines trivialized or trivializing? It’s a debate as old as third-wave feminism, and not one that another round of think-pieces is going to solve. But this week gives us an unusually illustrative example of how...
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In a novel intersection of fashion and science, New York-based Slow Factory is utilizing imagery from NASA to create lines of translucent scarves. Their most recent collection, Cities by Night, is a series scarves imprinted with imagery ...
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I love seeing this kind of nuts-and-bolts industrial design. Seattle-based designer Eric Brunt observed that what makes snowshoes work is their increased surface area, which enables the wearer to "float" atop the surface. But that increa...
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College Exhibition: Royal College of Art 2014
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Palestinian militants have poured millions of dollars into a vast and complex underground network that crosses the Gaza-Israel border. When Israel launched a ground offensive into Gaza last Thursday , one of the main stated objectives wa...
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cutting edge design built for elite level sport is pushing the boundaries of the field and what can be achieved, allowing for a new generation of innovative products that could change the face of sports. The post breaking the boundaries ...
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Sickboy’s first ever London gallery show forms a ’multimedia visual diary that seeks to outlive its creator’.
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The consultancy helped Brickworks develop a number of ‘pledges’, including offering fair fees and 2.5 per cent of profits going to charity.
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Last week Japanese botanic artist Makoto Azuma attempted to go where most artists only dream of going: to space. In a project titled Exbiotanica, last week Azuma and his crew traveled to Black Rock Desert outside Gerlach, Nevada. In the ...
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the 760 meter long elevated walkway has recently opened to pedestrians, while allowing for improved water flow around the island village. The post dietmar feichtinger architectes elevates jetty to mont saint-michel appeared first on desi...
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A backgrounder for those of you who don't live in Berkeley: Spirulina is a superfood. A superfood, for those who aren't obsessed with nutritional fads, is a food that is off-the-charts rich in vitamins, minerals and other stuff that is o...
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Think Packaging found an awesome way to package Beck's beers. Inspired by music, it seems an appropriate choice to house each genre (beer) within a boom box, a classically nostalgic music symbol. Packaging like this will no doubt be hard...
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In many countries around the world, decorating the entrance to one’s home is thought to bring luck, happiness and wealth. This list of the most beautiful doors and entrances from many corners of the world will make you look at this funda...
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God, I hope not. Airbus, one of the largest aircraft manufacturers in the world, seems to be on the path to eliminating what little comfort price-conscious travelers have left. The company has applied for a patent for a new type of plane...
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From Fallingwater to Farnsworth House, masterpieces of modern architecture get a colorful tribute. If you're trying to brush up on Architecture 101, this animation of the world's most iconic houses is far more fun a learning tool than te...
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Chen Design Associates creates Venus Spirits, a new brand of artisanal, organic, small batch, locally sourced gin from Santa Cruz, CA. Venus Spirits was started by former brewmaster Tom Venus. &#...
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Earlier this month the renown graffiti duo Pichi & Avo traveled to Werchter, Belgium to create a large, site-specific installation for the North West Walls Street Art Festival. The event was curated by Belgium artist Arne Quinze, who...
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An award-winning series of illustrations created for “The Canterbury Tales”. The book can be found at Black Cat publishing. The illustrations are the work of Anna + Elena, twin sisters from Milano in Italy. They’ve been...
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Royal Mail is issuing a postmark dedicated to designer Abram Games, launching to mark the centenary of his birth.
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Television has come a long way since the three-inch screens of the early 20th-century. The television counts among a handful of designs that most dramatically changed 20th-century society . As this illustrated poster by Reddit user Captn...
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The man. The myth. The legend. Bill Murray has played an incredible array of characters across a career spanning 74 movies and TV shows. Peter Venkman . Ernie McCracken . Herman Blume . Garfield . Bill Murray . Bill Murray . Bill Murray ...
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Published at the beginning of the summer—just in time for freshly minted design grads to take note but relevant for just about any designer these days— Breaking In: Product Design (Tuk Tuk Press, 2014) by Amina Horozic offers...
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Marx Design was tasked with creating a superior still and sparkling water brand that would be sold exclusively sold in restaurants across China and New Zealand. New Zealand Artesian Water features a premium luxury label that will surely ...
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French environmental foundation Mlinda’s brand uses a typographic solution to illustrate reduction of production and consumption.
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Weev lets users communicate in face-to-face moving-image messages.
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We all know the importance of social media; content may be king, but it’s a king without a castle if no one is visiting your site. What all website owners need is a way to encourage new traffic, and retain old users. Sure, Google can hel...
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Publicis Groupe, which operates consultancies including DigitasLBi and Poke, says its results for the first half of 2014 are ‘not satisfactory’.
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Nickish Sano Walder Architects sought to preserve elements of this Graubünden, Switzerland holiday home. From a distance Refugi Lieptgas looks like a traditional wooden hut. Taking a closer look you will actually find that this cabin is ...
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"Fool the Axis--Use Prophylaxis!" and more anti-VD graphic propaganda from the WWII Allies. During World War I, 18,000 American soldiers were infected with STDs every day. By the height of World War II, that number had decreased to 600 p...
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The CIA's collection of historical artifacts reveals hidden cameras everywhere. Real-life espionage probably bears little resemblance to the sexy, gadget-laden world of James Bond (we assume) but that doesn't mean CIA operatives don't ha...
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Designed by Bottle Packaging, Carucci’s Wine packaging is a reflection of the area where the grapes were picked from the vine. A picturesque black and white photographic view gives the product an authenticity and genuine quality bringing...
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the scheme's architecture reflects the region's characteristics, with a composition of different travertine masses merging organically with the turkish landscape. The post emre arolat architects expands turkish harbor with yalikavak palm...
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from the beach to the favelas, the photo essay documents the story of brazilians and fans from all over the world as they live the agony and ecstasy of the 2014 FIFA world cup. The post jane stockdale documents the agony and ecstasy at t...
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To celebrate the launch of the new web design fanatic website, I’ve put together 64 icons that you can use in your projects and web designs. I created these icons in Adobe Illustrator. They are in vector format, which means you can bring...
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Southern California history meets daytime disco in Beats' Culver City headquarters. Apple may have acquired Beats Music and Beats Electronics in May, but the new Beats by Dre headquarters in Culver City couldn't be farther from the all-w...
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Mary Wong is a chain of noodle bars located all-round Moscow, Russia, well known for traditional Asian recipes made with an American spirit. Fork was tasked with designing the identity, packaging and interior design of each bar. Fork's ...
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Fashion designer Zita Merényi has replaced sewing with soldering to create a collection of garments with "scar lines" rather than seams. Rather than sewing together sections of grey neoprene fabric, Zita Merényi used heat to fuse the edg...
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conceived by a design team including COX architecture, HKS architects, arup, and hassell studio, the 60,000 seat arena is set to open for the 2018 AFL season. The post winning design for new perth stadium wraps facade in bronze appeared ...
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Finally my not-so-green thumb can thrive: Paper Plants! Art We Heart comes out with the best stuff. You’ve seen the wall gardens, right? Made me smile!
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uart Tolley created the Innovative Packaging and Design: Collector’s Edition series. He brainstormed on a style that would best represent the top contemporary designs to inspire designers and non-designers alike. He fused together design...
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It used to be really difficult to find a place online where you can learn web design. To learn web design, you had to go to your local bookstore and pick up about 10 different books for $20-$30 a piece. That used to be the best way to le...
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It’s hard enough to create a font. A lot goes into the development of a typeface. Building a consistent typeface takes a lot of time and effort. The shapes and contours of each letter has to be just right. If one letter is off, it can th...
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If you have an iPad iPad mini, chances are you’ve had fantasies about being able to draw and create beautiful artwork using your device. While there are plenty of drawing apps out there, Adobe has decided to introduce their own product c...
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This is a quick guide for getting started on Vagrant, the ultimate solution for creating repeatable development environments. This article gives a brief overview over Vagrant and its use in development environments.
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With the thousands of apps being released in a short period of time, many designers strive to really create an app that stands out. In fact, mobile apps are
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Survey highlights increased consumer appetite for in-car technology
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structures around the world are brought to life through a series of animated GIFs. The post 1week1project adds movement to buildings with architecture animee appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine .
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Malware isn’t meant to be entertaining, and yet, many of the viruses that sneak their way into our computers are really just malicious displays of extreme creativity.
