Design Today, Build Tomorrow: Archive

May 2013

1 post

“The word “brand” is derived from the Old Norse word brandr, which means “to burn...”

– Debbie Millman on the history and psychology of branding – a fascinating read. (via explore-blog)

May 3rd

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March 2013

5 posts

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Mar 17th

“Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works…To design something really well, you have to get it. You have to really grok what it’s all about. It takes a passionate commitment to really thoroughly understand something, chew it up, not just quickly swallow it. Most people don’t take the time to do that. ...

Mar 15th

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“My inspiration to invent and redesign is fed through frustration. I spend a lot...”

– In this BBC interview, inventor James Dyson adds to other famous creative minds’ meditation on where inspiration comes from. Also see Steven Johnson on where good ideas come from. (via explore-blog)

February 2013

1 post

Feb 4th

December 2012

10 posts

November 2012

3 posts

October 2012

12 posts

FREE! Gesture Icons for User Interface Design

Last month, Team Barista made a concept design for Starbucks e-book app called Starblends. A part of the deliverables were the prototype and a flow chart that would present how the target user will be able to use it. With the rise of mobile “touch pads” (tablets and touch screen smart phones), innovative design also needs to work with new media platforms. Below is a nice tool I believe...

The Cost Of A Logo | HUH. →

Oct 25th

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InDesign: Creating interactive PDFs with Page Turn... →

This episode gives an answer to a question Rufus hears very frequently: “Can I have page turns and animations created in Adobe InDesign in a PDF?” - The answer is yes. Find out how. The video from Adobe is insightful for me—it refreshes those Tran days learning Electronic Publishing in a marketing lab class called CS176. That subject is under the Computer Science department...

Oct 25th

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kairosclerosis

dictionaryofobscuresorrows: n. the moment you realize that you’re currently happy—consciously trying to savor the feeling—which prompts your intellect to identify it, pick it apart and put it in context, where it will slowly dissolve until it’s little more than an aftertaste.

Hair Salon. (This totally happened.)

him: You look so prit-dee. Like model.
me: Thank you.
him: You hab boyfriend?
me: No.
him: Why you hab no boyfriend?
me: Well, I'm an Art major..
him: Oh, that why you hab no boyfriend..
 (Just a reblog because it still sounds funny to me, you know. ☂)

Oct 24th

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Untitled Note About Midnight

Have you ever felt that moment as the night drifts into another day? Before all the clocks in your part of the world hit midnight, there is that agonizing split-second when everything stops and the universe grows colder. Hypothetically you, my friend, are a day older. I am here to congratulate you that you have made it a step further into your death. As German philosopher Nietzsche says it,...

Oct 24th

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