Keep up to date with NZ design

This is a great source of inspiration for me and I like to keep up to date with NZ design.

newzealanddesignblog.com.


Rebecca Jones

Photoshop Manipulations

45 strange and funny photoshop manipulations that look really quite real.

http://www.graphicdesignblog.org/strange-funny-photoshop-manipulations/

Danielle Gibbon

WRITing offered at Te Aro campus in term 3

We have decided to go ahead with establishing a special stream of WRIT 101 at Te Aro Campus over summer. The course will have two three-hour sessions per week for six weeks starting on Monday 28 November, with a break for the Christmas and ...New Year period between 15 December and 9 January. It will be held in VS204. The tutor will be Brett Davidson, an experienced tutor of courses in the School of Architecture as well as WRIT 101.

The course will run on Mondays and Thursdays between 2.10 pm and 5.00 pm. There will be a 20-30 minute break in the middle of each session. 

TO ENROL
The course number for the stream is CRN 20034. Enrol by completing an add/drop form at your enrolment office.

If you are already enrolled in WRIT 101 you can switch to the new stream by completing a change of course form at your enrolment office or by e-mailing fhss-enquiries@vuw.ac.nz.

Behance Network

http://www.behance.net/ 

Is a HUGE collection of design from all over the world covering over a hundred creative fields from digital art to sketch styles and architecture. Behance Network has helped me find precedent images and also inspiration for many of my designs

 

Marty Grimmer

 

I found this thing about the Microsoft Imagine cup 2011. Its a student tech competition focused on finding solutions to real world issues, which I thought was relevant to our last 112 project.

http://www.microsoft.com/nz/imaginecup/ 

Oliver Lodge

Power to the Poster

http://www.powertotheposter.org/

This design website is a creative site containing posters expressing some of the issues in the world.  "This project exists to bring people together around a ready supply of well-designed, wild postings that comment on the issues of our time".  These posters express the issues int he world in a creative way.  Enjoy!

Kateriina Selwyn

Have trouble waking up in the morning?

I have trouble waking up in the morning, and got very good at sleeping through my old alarm clock. I got so frustrated one day that I googled “most annoying alarm clocks" and found this webpage. I then ordered my new alarm clock and haven’t missed a class since (:

So if you’re anything like me take a look at the site bellow, and order your new alarm clock.

http://www.gadgetswow.com/2009/10/top-ten-most-annoying-alarm-clocks/

By Katie Watson

This an article from The Salient Magazine on uStay RA's complaining about there working conditions and low pay. Pretty cool. You'll find it on page 12 of the latest issue of Salient (Issue 24).

http://www.salient.org.nz/features/read-issue-24-online

http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/04/100-amazing-futuristic-design-concepts-w-wish-were-real/

A collection of amazing futuristic design concepts which are really cool, most of the things I wish I have. you can check out all these crazy things people have designed like a underwater jet ski, Audi Shark - flying sports car and credit card piggy bank

http://www.woodindesign.com/2011/10/11/buildings-forest-pavilion/

"I chose this link as news as not only being rather funky but also that its a complex yet beautiful design that fits seamlessly in both day & night. I can imagine these organic curves being an amazing interactive experience to explore, captured in the linked photos."

Max Barrow

I came across this article while researching for the last project.

http://www.engadget.com/2011/09/25/switched-on-no-new-wires-one-new-caveat/

It basically outlines a technology which will drastically shape the way we use things like computers, tvs and dvd players in the future. It links up your different devices, allowing you to stream things faster and between the different devices.

Pretty hilariously wasteful process

Pretty hilariously wasteful process.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgsDWb0orSQ

Jack

We And The Color

Another 'inspirational' blog for everyone to browse. 

Great for precedents etc, lots of new posts all the time 

http://weandthecolor.com/

Imogen Temm

 I found the awesome exihibition about Japanes design of household products, hope this is helpful for you.

 

"This exhibition of over 75 objects showcases the finest Japanese design of household products from the 1950s to the present-day. These selected modern designs provide a glimpse into the hopes and dreams of the people who used the products, as well as the designers and corporations who created them. This exhibition illustrates the trends and features of Japanese design at specific time periods, allowing a unique perspective into today’s Japanese design culture."

 

More information: http://www.eventfinder.co.nz/2011/oct/wellington/japanese-design-today-100#none

 

Harim Jeong

skateboarders & spray cans

http://www.etsicommunication.fr/blog_etsi/skate-peinture
Its a bunch of skateboarders that put spray cans underneath their skateboards and painted the pool they were skating in. Really cool!!

Ryan Limmer

architecture website

This is a website that I found and thought was really cool. It's more of an architecture website but also has some really well designed furniture and other industrial products. http://www.trendir.com/

Alice Archer

Move,Eat,Learn

Three different video clips each around 1 minute long are somehow using the principle of Elizabeth Gilbert book “Eat, pray, love”.




Also that website posts many interesting image, video. It has categories on the right of website for you to choose which topic you keen on.This is very useful for us to get inspiration for creating idea.

http://www.moinid.com/2011/08/move-eat-learn

Ruhao Shen

Reactable

Reactable is a revolutionary electronic musical instrument. It allows people to create electronic music by interacting with various objects, which interact with each other to create music. Objects can be placed on the table and can be manipulated by the user by bringing them closer to other objects, changing their orientation, or using various gestures to change the objects settings. The objects interactions then produce music and you are provided with visual feedback on the table/screen to show how the objects are interacting.




Dylan Gordon

2nd year media info session presentation

can now be downloaded: http://www.firstyeardesign.com/files/infosessionmedia2011.pdf