Could i be the Future of Newspaper Design?
Print is dead. Well, almost. Advertising expenditure among National newspapers in the Philippines further declined to eleven percent while total ad spending on magazines only grew two percent compared to last year. I don't know how the other countries are doing but it's good to know that in Portugal, a daily-news-magazine simply called i came up with a way to bring Print back to life.
Portugal's newest daily newspaper, i, was launched in early May and has attracted a significant amount of attention due to its rising circulation figures and innovative approach. It recently won a design award from the Society of News Design. The Editors Weblog spoke to editor-in-chief Martim Avillez Figueiredo, managing editor for online Mónica Bello and art director Nick Mrozowski, to find out more about i's approach and the reasons behind its success."I is not structured like a traditional paper. The paper's team worked with media consultancy Innovation to come up with a new way to organise the product. "Our feeling was," said Figueiredo, who came on board at an early stage, moving from Diário Económico, "that people were not concerned about traditional sections any more. Traditionally, journalists have to fill a politics section even if there is nothing relevant going on in politics. We wanted to come up with something different." So the team came up with five key needs that they wanted the paper to address, with five key words."
Read the full article on editorsweblog.org »
Sounds like a lot of work though. I really hope this newspaper continues to be successful and I hope it inspires other newspapers.
Mac vs PC: Switcher Cams
A new banner ad campaign for Apple's Mac vs PC commercials.
via Ads of the World
Free Wallpaper: I Hate Wallpapers
Download the wallpaper at 1440x900 screen resolution here. Also check out Breath.
The Story of Adi Dassler by Dario Nucci
A story about the the founder of Adidas and one of the world's original thinkers. Set entirely in his workshop, this stop frame animation by Dario Nucci recounts some of Adi Dassler's most important inventions and shows us the influence he's had over sport as we know it today.
Typography Shirts from Brilliancy
I wasn't going to post anything today but I stumbled into this cool t-shirt design that I really want to share. If you're a graphic designer or a typography lover, I think you'll like this shirt as well. Check out some more photos after the jump.
Brief: The most basic component of typography is the letter, and each letter of the alphabet is distinguished by its unique shape. The t-shirts include definitions for and illustrations of the individual parts that compose the letter “ a ”, as well as the boundaries by which the letter is delineated.
via Brilliancy
This is Origami
Clever package design by Magdalena Czarnecki.
“Empty paperbags, containing simple step by step instructions on how to fold the bag into an origami animal, in order to become a sustainable designer toy in paper. The cost of the bag is directed to the WWF to help save the endangered animal and it’s dying population.”
via Lovely Packages
Reach by Luke Randall
A tiny robot is given the gift of life with only one limitation, the length of his power cable. When a curious bird appears at the workshop window, the robot feels a lust to live outside of his reach that may be his demise. Directed by Luke Randall.
Free Wallpaper: Breath
Just playing around with brushes. You may download the wallpaper for free at 1440x900 screen resolution here.
Adobe Pillows by MySuiteStuff
My favorite apps, stuffed.
via MySuiteStuff
Street Art by C215
Check out more of C215's stencils on Flickr, and 39 other street artists you should know.
Philips 21:9 - Carousel by Adam Berg
Directed by Adam Berg, the film (which clocks in at a totally coincidental 2:19) is Stink Digital's first big interactive project of 2009 for Philips' swish new 21:9 Cinema TV. Working in conjunction with Tribal DDB Amsterdam, they've created both the rich, visually-led microsite as well as the jawdropping film that functions as its centerpiece.
via Stink Digital
Ashton Kutcher vs CNN: A Race to A Million Twitter Followers
A couple of days ago, actor Ashton Kutcher challenged CNN to a race to a million Twitter followers and promised to "ding dong ditch" billionaire Ted Turner (founder of CNN) if he beats CNN to the landmark number. Videos from Ashton Kutcher, Larry King and more after the jump.
Below, anchor Larry King got involved and responded to the challenge Kutcher laid out saying that one man couldn't take down a whole network. Larry King also noted that while Ted Turner did started CNN, he no longer runs the cable network. But Kutcher wanted to punk him, so now he's apparently involved whether he wants to or not.
Then Kutcher upped the ante with an offer to buy 10,000 bed nets to fight malaria in Africa. Yes, the whole thing is silly but at least it's for a good cause. Then Electronic Arts stepped into the fight and offered to put Kutcher's 1 millionth follower in its Sims 3 game, and a copy of every game it make in 2009.
What's also interesting about all this is that the cnnbrk account that Kutcher is racing against wasn't even maintained by CNN until James Cox (the person who created the account) confirmed that he has sold the CNNBrk Twitter account to CNN for an undisclosed sum.
Also during the interview (embedded below), Turner's daughter, Laura Turner Seydel said on a radio show that if Ashton Kutcher donates 10,000 nets, she will ask her father to personally endorse Ashton in his quest for a million followers. However, CNN also said that it will match Kutcher's net pledge if it wins the race and still donate 1,000 nets if it loses.
And here's a video statement from Kutcher giving an update on the race two days ago. Lil Kim also joins the twitter challenge with a shout out to Ashton Kutcher and check out the campaign in front of CNN building.
As of this writing, Ashton Kutcher leads the race with 988,068 followers and CNN closely left behind with 987,733. Chartbeat has a real-time count of twitter followers for both CNN and Ashton Kutcher on its site.
UPDATE: Ashton Kutcher won around 2:13PM today (GMT + 0800) and is now the first man with a million Twitter followers. Kutcher will also be donating 10,000 bed nets to fight malaria in Africa.
Taking A Break
Got an email from a reader asking me if I'm still alive. I know it's been a while since my last post but I'm still here. Just taking a break from blogging and a little tied up on something else. Hope to be back soon.
In the meantime, I've added my Twitter Updates on the top side column so you'll know what I'm up to at the moment.
Photoshop Tie
Toni Castillo received this Photoshop tie from his friends for his birthday. Keep reading to get a closer look.
Google Creative Reel
What happens when creativity meets technology? Here's a compilation of content through 2008 which showcases the creative power of Google's products.
How to Customize Your Shoes
Wanna make some custom shoes? SoleJunkie shows the process of customizing shoes in this video tutorial. I'm gonna try this sometime.
via Abduzeedo
Periodic Table of Typefaces
Another 'periodic table' inspired work, by Camdon Wilde, which shows typefaces grouped categorically by classes and families. Each typeface also indicates the designer, year designed and ranking determined by sorting and combining lists and opinions from the following sites:
The 100 Best Fonts Of All Time
Paul Shaw’s Top 100 Types survey
21 Most Used Fonts By Professional Designers
Top 7 Fonts Used By Professionals In Graphic Design
30 Fonts That ALL Designers Must Know & Should Own
Typefaces no one gets fired for using
via Behance Network
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Amnesia Razorfish Business Card
Amnesia Razorfish in Sydney, Australia uses Microsoft Surface tags printed on all their business cards and developed a scanning application to show the employees' social networking feeds such as blog posts, tweets and flickr photos. It will surely make a business card stand out - if only every recipient also has a Surface computer.
via I Started Something
How to Resize and Contrain Multiple Images for Web in Photoshop
In this tutorial, we'll use Photoshop's Web Photo Gallery feature to resize and constrain images in just a few clicks. If you still frequently resize several images one by one before publishing it on your website or blog, I'm sure you'll find this tutorial useful.
Step 1. Go to File > Automate > Web Photo Gallery
Step 2. On the Styles dropdown menu, choose Flash - Gallery 1. You may skip this step unless you'll be resizing images higher than 450 pixels.
Step 3. Under Source Images, click the 'Browse' tab to locate the directory of the images you want to resize.
Step 4. Now click the 'Destination' tab and create a new directory. This is where your resized images and HTML files will go at the end of this tutorial. I usually make the new folder on my Desktop. Easier to find.
Step 5. On the Options dropdown menu, choose Large Images.
Step 6. Make sure Resize Images is checked and replace the default number on the field with the maximum pixel size you want for your images.
Step 7. On the Constrain row. Choose which dimensions of the image you want to constrain. Selecting Both will resize your images to a maximum width or height depending on the number you specified earlier. Selecting Width will only resize your images to a maximum width and the same process goes with Height. Eitherway, it will resize the width or height proportianally and will not distort the images.
Step 8. For JPEG Quality, choose an option from the dropdown menu, enter a value between 0 and 12, or drag the slider. The higher the value, the better the image quality and the larger the file. I suggest you leave it at 10.
Step 9. Click OK and Photoshop will resize your images automatically. The process will also place HTML and JPEG files in the destination folder and you'll see the automated Web Photo Gallery pop-up when it's done.
Step 10. You can close the Web Photo Gallery and Photoshop itself because you no longer need them at this point. Now to find your resized images, go to the destination folder you made in Step 4 and look for the 'images' folder.
Done. You may also set your preferred dimension for the Thumbnails in Step 5 if you need to resize smaller versions of your images at the same time. Another way to resize batch images quickly is through the image processing feature (File > Scripts > Image Processor). You'll figure it out when you get there.
Top 3 Websites to Have Fun with your Photos
You don't really have to learn Photoshop to play around with your boring portrait. All you have to do is upload your image, choose an effect and wait for the result. Here are three of the best websites to have fun with your photos that will keep you busy for days.
Photofunia
Fun Photobox
Photo505
BTW, It doesn't always have to be your photo. Have fun. :)
President Obama Digital Painting Tutorial
Kyle Lambert, after being featured on Abduzeedo, has written a tutorial on how he does his digital paintings using President Barack Obama's portrait. Check out the speed painting video after the jump.
Google Stickers by Filippo Minelli
An ongoing project by Italian artist Filippo Minelli shows us the world where everything is powered by Google. More photos after the jump.
Bilbao-Pays, Vasco
Santander-Pays, Vasco
Paris, France
Milano, Italy
Brescia, Italy
Baatar, Mongolia
Coney Island/New York, USA
Beijin, China
Same Old Brand New Me, Part 2
I've added a couple of new features on the site and I'm sure some of you may have already noticed some of them for the past few days. If you haven't or just maybe interested of what my new add-ons are and how I installed them, then keep reading.
Enough for Everyone
I should've done this a long time ago but from now on, you'll see the ShareThis button at the end of my posts. If in case you still haven't heard, ShareThis makes sharing easy via email, social bookmarking and networking sites, etc. so next time you like something on my blog, go ahead and let your friends read it as well. Unfortunately though, I can't put the code on my template so you won't see the ShareThis button on my past entries.
This is My Jam
I've also added a jukebox on the About page primarily for my own personal entertainment, but the songs I listen to usually depends on my current mood so putting my playlist on a page that tells you who I am somehow makes sense. Still working on the "About Me" stuffs by the way.
Now You See Me, Now You Don't
Most people I know use Yahoo Messenger but I prefer Skype. I also have a Yahoo [Messenger] account but it's like I signed up for Friendster just because everyone else was there. Herd comformity. Anyway, you'll see my Skype online status on my Contact page now so we can chat and share instant messages when I'm available.
Hello World
Last, but not the least, the welcome message that displays only on the main page. I've been looking for this Blogger hack for quite some time now but thanks to Hans of Beautiful Beta, I can now show my widgets only on the pages I want them to.
That'll be all for now, folks. I'd love to know what you think.
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