Photo by Artefact Seattle is a big city, but our design community is a small, tight-knit group. So when one of us gets sick, it affects us all. Jen Shetterly, whom many of us have worked with at some point or other, was diagnosed with Stage 2 invasive breast cancer in July of 2015. But … Continue reading
Watch what happens when your resume angel and devil duke it out! Check out this video from Fast Company. Are you going to let the resume devil talk you into using Comic Sans? Aside from the humor, the angel gives some pretty darn good advice. Continue reading
Remember when there were no cell phones? Remember when TVs were square and weighed 100 pounds? Remember when you had to cut a piece of rubylith with an X-Acto knife to mask off areas of your design to prep it for print—or had to use a hot wax roller to paste down your text? Or … Continue reading
Star Trek is getting closer to reality than you think—at least when it comes to their Holodeck concept. In the TV series, the Holodeck was an enclosed room where holographic images were projected onto the walls and objects in the room, allowing the user to feel as if they were in the projected environment, and … Continue reading
In a world where cookie-cutter houses and buildings reign supreme, it sure would be more fun if fine artists took the lead. Imagine a city where famous artists designed the buildings—each one with its own flair. An article by fastcodesign highlights Barcelona-based designer Federico Babina and his illustration series called, “Archist.” In this series, Babina … Continue reading
While the rest of the country is focused on March Madness and basketball tournaments, there is another contest going on… a contest only design professionals know or care about. Yes, that’s right; it’s Co.Design’s “Bracket Madness: Who is the World’s Greatest Living Designer?” competition. The battle is fierce in Round 3, and Co.Design’s readers have … Continue reading
Fast Company is holding their annual Innovation By Design awards, and you can enter! According to their website, “The 2014 Innovation By Design Awards bestow honors on designers and businesses that have worked together to solve the problems of today and tomorrow, achieving outcomes that neither could do alone. The competition, now in its third … Continue reading
Believe it or not, the future is already here—at least for user interfaces, that is. In Fast Company’s article, “The 17 Most Amazing User Interfaces of The Year,” they listed 17 ground-breaking interfaces that have truly taken a leap ahead. We’ve highlighted a few of them here: Disney transmits sound through human touch. The system … Continue reading
In a world where competition is fierce and money talks, it’s nice to focus on other attributes that make businesses successful. Attributes like creativity, for instance. Creativity helps businesses set themselves apart from the pack, and could mean the difference between failure and success. Every year, Fast Company (http://www.fastcompany.com/) publishes their list of the 100 … Continue reading