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Soundscreen Design

Link: http://www.soundscreendesign.com/

Love the work coming out of Soundscreen these days... Check'em out!

ABOUT SOUNDSCREEN:

Soundscreen Design is a product design company inspired by music, based in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY. We design, produce, and distribute music related products to both wholesalers and retailers. We aim to advance the concept of music merchandise through meticulous design coupled with a fan's appreciation for and obsession with the 'thing.' We make products that can be categorized as books and prints, apparel and housewares.

March
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8-Bit New York City

Link: http://8bitnyc.com

, mixing the lo-fi overhead world maps of 1980s role-playing and adventure games with the kind of geographical data that drives today's web maps and GPS navigation. It's interactive (like Google Maps), letting you zoom from a view of the whole city, down to an individual street -- any address, anywhere in the city. Here are a few highlights:, , .

February
25

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JULIEN VALLÃ‰E / MOTION & DESIGN

Link: http://www.jvallee.com/index_jvallee.html

I've been really enjoying the work of JULIEN VALLãÂ‰E /â MOTION .

Have a look!

February
25

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TOPIC / Game Design

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48 Hour App Series by USTWOâ„¢

Link: http://iphone.ustwo.co.uk/iphone/games/dot/

Both of these iPhone apps are part of ustwo™’s 48 Hour App series — the self proclaimed worlds first series of mobile application development from the drawing board to the App Store in just 2 days. .

PLAY THE GAMES HERE: 48 Hour App

VIEW THE GAMES HERE

February
25

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Dieter Rams: Ten Principles For Good Design

Link: http://www.vitsoe.com/en/gb/about/dieterrams/gooddesign

Back in the early 1980s, Dieter Rams was becoming increasingly concerned by the state of the world around him – “an impenetrable confusion of forms, colours and noises.” Aware that he was a significant contributor to that world, he asked himself an important question: is my design good design?

As good design cannot be measured in a finite way he set about expressing the ten most important principles for what he considered was good design. (Sometimes they are referred as the ‘Ten commandments’.)

Here they are:

Dieter Rams: Ten Principles For Good Design

Video interview with Dieter Rams

May
08

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TOPIC / Environmental Design

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Terreform's Soft Car & Lifestyle

Link: http://www.terreform.org

Recently Featured on The Colbert Report, Terreform is a nonprofit organization and philanthropic design collaborative that integrates ecological principles in the urban environment. The group views ecology in design as not only a philosophy that inspires visions of sustainability and social justice but also a focused scientific endeavor. The mission is to ascertain the consequences of fitting a project within our natural world setting. Solutions range from; green master planning, urban self-sufficiency infrastructures, community development activities, climatic tall buildings, performative material technologies, and smart mobility vehicles for cities. These design iterations seek an activated ecology both as a progressive symbol and an evolved artifact.

What will New York City look like in 2107? Have a look: NEW YORK in 2107

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April
29

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YesYesYall.org

Link: http://www.yesyesyall.org/

I can't believe I waited until now to share this... I visit this site daily for a dose of design+music=YYY.

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Info: Yesyesyall was created to be a venue for our collective voice; to comment, share, and praise the music that moves all of us. Most of that music is new and performed by exciting artists who dare to break out of the typical labels, genres and stereotypes.

April
17

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Dieter Rams

Link: http://vimeo.com/1874188?pg=embed&sec

Dieter Rams is a German industrial designer closely associated with the consumer product company Braun and the Functionalist school of industrial design.

Rams once explained his design approach in the phrase "Weniger, aber besser" which freely translates as "Less, but better." Rams and his staff designed many memorable products for Braun including the famous SK-4 record player and the high-quality 'D'-series (D45, D46) of 35 mm film slide projectors. He is also known for designing the 606 Universal Shelving System by Vitsœ in 1960.

It is obvious that Rams' designs have been influential on Jonathan Ive of Apple, Inc., designer of such products as the iMac, iPod, and iPhone, as can be witnessed particularly in the iPhone's calculator application, whose design is based on the Braun ET66 calculator designed by Rams.

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