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Tips on how to improve your drawing ability

Further our previous discussion on the merits of the ability to sketch and how sketches are used in studios, I now present a list of hints and tips that has helped me improve my drawing ability. Tips on how to be a sketch god! (or at

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$100 Laptop Launched!

Wow! Great spanking new images of a fully functional $100 Laptop. I want one! Source Since my last 2 posts, one which was a review on the $100 Laptop and the other on it's operating system, I heard the OLPC project had some problems getting

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Nokia E61 Review or How to get organized?

Quite a few significant events have happened to me in the last week, my yearly national service commitments, winning a Red-Dot, and managing to sell my home (another story on its own). Another significant event worth mentioning was the purchase of my new Nokia

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A little red-dot for the Design Translator

Yesterday I got out of my National Service commitments just in time to attend the prize-giving ceremony of the Red-Dot Award: design concept 2006. This award is the industrial design industry's equivalent of the Oscars, and it was held at the red-dot design museum here

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Tips on Being Creative Military Style

Being creative in the military? Is that not an oxymoron? Not really, especially if you, like me, believe that "the most creative freedom comes from a tight brief." After my last rant on creativity in a structured environment, where I insist that creativity cannot occur in

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An Ultra Mobile PC with a Haptic Attitude

Showcased at 100% Tokyo and designed by interaction designer Crispin Jones, this Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC) is a beautiful example of designing with a Haptic experience in mind. Let me tell you why. Called "PCs for Poets" this product seems targeted to specific users and

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A Hint of Minty Freshness

Recently I was in a discussion with a good friend of mine who is a database management expert. We concluded that site tracking and SEO or Search Engine Optimization is an important tool for any successful website Inspired, I look at all my little site tracking

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Design Sojourn is Top 10 at HOW!

I would like to humbly announce to my dear readers that Design Sojourn has been selected as one of HOW Magazine's top 10 websites for the month of November. They have even a nice, very cool, little trophy! Founded in 1985, HOW Magazine provides graphic-design professionals with

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A petition to bring back buttons on phones?

Sometime about 2-3 years ago, the saturated consumer electronics industry, hungry for new but matured technology, has been exploring what we designers call "static" buttons. These "static" buttons are essentially non-mechanical (ie non-moving) and use electronic circuitry as a means to detect triggering contact. Function

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Examples of clever advertising design

The advertising industry has been around for quite a long time. However, as it contains the world's best creative talents, it never gets old. Here are some of the more amazing ads I have found. Freedom for Animals. Audi's "Design to Thrill". I like this last one! Car

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I'm a Maverick, are you?

A fantastic article at Guy Kawasaki's blog "Signal Without Noise". He interviews Polly LaBarre with his usual G.K. style and flair, getting her to give insightful and indepth answers. In particular this answer stuck a cord with me: They (mavericks) all seemed to

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