Graphic Design

Dec 26 2007

Interesting new method for text entry by David Goligorsky
Associative Thought, Code, Computers, Data Presentation, Design, Engineering, Experience Design, GUI, Graphic Design, Interaction Design, Language, Pragmatism, Remix, Science, Software, Typography, Visualization
Dasher changes the paradigm of text entry from pushing buttons to navigating through words. Here's a YouTube demonstration of the technology and here's the Dasher website, which offers a test drive of the program. (via GUUUI) I recently watched The Diving Bell and the Butterfly. It's a film based on the true story of Jean-Dominique Bauby, who was the editor-in-chief of Elle. He had suffered a massive stroke in 1995 that left his mind in tact, but his body was completely paralyzed except for one eye and eyelid. Needless to say, he could not speak. Speech ...
Dec 18 2007

Custom Silhouettes by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Art, Graphic Design
I really like these custom silhouette portraits. Seems like the perfect family gift. (via Cup of Jo)
Dec 12 2007

Eames Aluminum Group Advertisement by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Architecture, Art, Graphic Design, History of Design, Typography
Dec 07 2007

Google Graphic API by David Goligorsky
Code, Computers, Data Presentation, Graphic Design, Visualization
Google has a graphing API (Application Programming Interface) that allows you to create handsome charts from your address bar. The coding parameters are part of the URL and you can generate fairly complex data plots if you are a developer making a graphing app or if you have the mental agility to keep all those parameters in your head while you add variables to one long line of code. I like it. (via Information Aesthetics) Careful! Google's usage policy states that you shouldn't query over 50,000 charts per day!
Nov 30 2007

Evolution of the Pecten Shell Logo by David Goligorsky
Graphic Design, History of Design
The National Heritage Museum in Lexington, MA is running a Raymond Loewy retrospective. When this French-born engineer's parents died in the influenza epidemic on 1918-19, he travelled to the United States to live with his brother. His first job was to do drawings for women's fashion advertising. He went on to become a fundamental founder of the industrial design profession and broke into graphic design with great success. Now that I am aware of Loewy's contributions to graphic design, it is difficult to avoid the reach of his logo design. Shell is but one example of how ...
Nov 26 2007

Paul Rand Tribute Film by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Apple, Art, Design, Graphic Design, History of Design, Remix, Visualization
Paul Rand (August 15, 1914 – November 26, 1996) was a graphic designer best known for creating the corporate identities of IBM, UPS, and the NeXT computer (the company founded by Steve Jobs after leaving Apple in 1985 with director Ross Perot!) Paul Rand is also known for writing the children's book "Little 1" with Ann Rand, which you can preview and buy at Amazon.
Nov 23 2007

Maharam Virtual Library by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Data Presentation, Experience Design, GUI, Graphic Design, History of Design, Interaction Design, Visualization
Maharam is a textile distributor with tons of great patterns. They have a very well-designed website to boot. Try out the Maharam Virtual Library on the sidebar... my favorite book there is "Textiles of the 20th Century," notably the Eames' "Circles 458310" pattern on page 3 and "Dot Pattern 458300" on page 4.
Nov 03 2007

Image to ASCII Art Converter by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Art, Data Presentation, Graphic Design, Software, Visualization, pop
I know it's unbelievably nerdy to post about ASCII Art, but it has to happen. Using this tool, you can can convert any image with a web address to ASCII Art. Just pick the level of detail you want the ASCII characters to capture and how large you want the resulting image to be. Don't forget the Dog Name Generator.
Nov 02 2007

Of course I’m watching the match by Christian Eager
Art, Graphic Design
Another doozy, and this one is strictly in Illustrator. In my eyes, Marian Bantjes is all aces so far.
Nov 02 2007

Color Thesaurus by David Goligorsky
Aesthetics, Art, Code, Data Presentation, GUI, Graphic Design, Visualization
There are several tools on the internet for finding just the right shade of color or finding the ideal color combinations. HP has an "On-Line Color Thesaurus" which isn't much to look at, but offers decent results. (via Core77) Adobe offers a more comprehensive Flash tool called Kuler (pronounced... "color") that finds complementary and contrasting colors. This is something of a social network as well, because you can formulate a swatch and make it available to other Kuler users. It's a really fun tool to play around with... kinda like NameVoyager, which is an amazing tool that ...

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