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New Work: trimkits.com
I’m pleased to announce the premier of a site redesign. I’ve worked with G. A. Industries recently to redesign the website for their innovative EuroTrim product line of high-end appliance trim kits. See the new work at trimkits.com, and watch for more information here as I continue to develop their web presence, print collateral and…
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New Look for buchwald.ca
With help from Elegant Themes, charlesbuchwald.com has a brand new look, feel, and functionality! A new template for the site, with some custom, in-house modifications, now provides for a cleaner, more functional experience. An associated Flickr photostream is now included in a special module. Readability has been improved, and there is an area, in progress,…
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HangBoard Hangs On
The HangBoard project continues to hang on… a new user manual has recently been added to the offerings at hangboard.ca and there are other minor additions or changes to the site. The YouTube videos continue to rack up views and comments. Are you still intrigued by the possibilities of this new sport? Please leave a…
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Designer: Paul MacCready
Paul MacCready is one of the most creative and inventive designers I know. Well, I don’t know him personally, but I know of some of his projects, and one of my favorite stories is his leadership of the development of the human powered aircraft in the Gossamer series, told in the book Gossamer Odyssey. It’s…
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Paola Antonelli: Design and the Elastic Mind
Paola Antonelli offers some interesting insights and perspectives on design, and the way designers work, and see the world. If you have 17:40 to spare, check it out… Paola Antonelli: Design and the elastic mind. In her own words, she hopes “the exhibition will be able to track a new portrait of where design is going,…
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Those DAM Tools
Digital Asset Management (DAM) tools are an emerging category of software made for manipulating collections of rich media files. Rich media file types can include photos, illustrations, video, audio, fonts, and desktop publishing files from applications such as Adobe Illustrator™, Photoshop™, InDesign™ or Quark XPress™. DAM tools are fundamentally different in terms of work process,…
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The Story of Stuff with Annie Leonard
This exceptional video story has been online for several months, but it takes on new meaning in light of the current financial distress here in North America. Ms. Leonard has a particularly clear take on the system of consumption that is gobbling up our resources at an astounding rate. This has broad implications for our…
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The Zen of Sherlock Holmes
I found this fascinating blog a while ago, with simple variations on David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD) philosophy. The Sherlock Holmes Guide to Recovering Your Stolen Identity isn’t really about design… unless maybe you consider it as an aspect of designing your life or your experience. As such, it’s a very interesting take on…
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Update: Cannondale’s Folder Keeps Getting Closer
I wrote about this beautiful folding bike a while back. Then, reading through the latest issue of Outside Magazine, I saw it again… with a claim that it’s headed for bike shops next year. Checking in, I see than C’dale says it’s getting closer to production. And what an amazing amount of press this design…
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Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests
Mere words cannot describe the magic beauty of these kinetic sculptures. Dutch artist and inventor Theo Jansen has brought sticks and string and pipes to life as these creatures that walk along the sand of the beach, powered by the wind. The simple leg mechanism is fascinating, not just for it’s uncanny motion, but as…