The National Design Awards were conceived in 1997 by the Smithsonian Institution’s Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum to honor annually the most recent in a long line of American creators and inventors—designers.
Physalia is a motion-graphics and visual effects studio based in Barcelona. Since the beginning we have carried research in many fields, such as photography, video, 3D & 2D animation, stop-motion, electronics, mixed media, liveaction… that is, in many areas that don’t necessarily require sitting in front of the computer!
Design Process Concept Map from Travis Staton on Vimeo.
There are several stages during the process of a web design project, and every stage is important to achieve a positive end result. In order to proceed to the research phase, you need to gather information and know what the project is about, which technology is required, the target audience,...
Cause/Affect celebrates the work of designers and organizations who set out to positively impact our society. Presented by AIGA San Francisco, the deadline for submission is June 24, 2011.
OpenType is the standard font format of these days. But even 14 years after its introduction, many users don’t really know what the term OpenType implies and how it differs from other font formats.
These days, even a slight comparison between HTML5 and Flash gets designers excited. There is always someone who joins in with the question: “Will Flash survive?”
We, members of the design community, are on an ongoing quest for knowledge and learning opportunities—anything we can find to enhance our skills and share the precious pearls of wisdom we’ve held close to our hearts.
With the increasing demand for unique mid-screen devices, it is becoming an even more arduous task to keep all of the device resolutions and screen sizes straight. So Punchcut has packaged up their Toolset For Managing Screen Resolutions, that help them stay current and they are offering it for download.