Design blog encompassing all forms of great design, branding, interiors, photography, visual greatness and cool stuff, from a graphic designer in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England.
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Baumraum Treehouses
Some of us think that our far off ancestors lived in the trees and
during our childhood, when our thoughts and memories are most pure, we
yearn to climb trees growing in our gardens, in our parks,…
One problem I’ve found with some of my clients is when a business expands, changes or even moves from its original focus, no thought is put into how this will affect the website. Even if the client’s main business area is through its website! So it was quite refreshing to see that Amazon have overhauled their website, and more so to see that they’d explained why - how often do customers visit a familiar website only to find it’s been completely altered? And how often might this bother, confuse, or even put off that customer?
Amazon’s main point is that their business has shifted from just selling books, to selling multitudes of different items and also hosting items from private sellers in the Amazon Marketplace - so an overhaul of their ever-growing navigation system and departments was obviously needed.
I like how they’ve tackled it - outside of the home page, the main nav bar neatly slides away until needed, and (powered by Ajax I think?) it gracefully opens on mouseover to reveal the departments and inner menus. Very nice, and very easy to figure out.
I have fallen in love with the beautiful and stylish wooden cuff bracelets at Feel More Human - gorgeous woods and effortlessly stylish prints, beautifully finished.
Found via Inhabitat, the following excerpt definitely sums up how I feel about Earth Day. It’s a good time for everyone to consider what they are and should be doing for the planet all year round, not just on this one particular day.
• JORGE CHAPA, Down Under Editor, Brisbane, Australia
Earth Day shouldn’t be seen as just another day in your calendar. Thinking about this little blue planet of ours should be an everyday occurence, not limited to a single day. So how will I celebrate Earth Day? I will do my best to keep improving the way that I live throughout the year by reducing my rather large footprint, keeping my water and energy use down, and by cycling and using public transportation as much as possible. So, here’s hoping that we never get “Have an environmentally friendly Earth Day” hallmark cards, gifts, or chocolates; but rather, let’s hope that Earth Day becomes Earth Week, Earth Year, and Earth Life.
I was recently pointed in the direction of this wonderful photographer on Flickr, and I’m smitten - Anna Ridley’s gorgeous landscapes of my local area (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) - not to mention her stunning macro work - are amazing. Great cityscapes and building detail, beautiful colour, and a marvellous eye for composition. I’m thrilled to have found such a talented female photographer right here in the North East!
Check the pics out: Anna Ridley on Flickr and also at her Photo-a-Day blog:Anna Ridley on Blogspot
Prints are for sale at Red Bubble - I’ll certainly be purchasing one of the Quayside/Tyne cityscapes very soon!
Found at www.craigoldham.co.uk
So, What is Graphic Design?
Ideas. Communication. Control. Culture. Virtue. Necessity. Good. Function. Fast. Creativity. Wit. A Job. A Lifestyle. A Career. Colour. Perfection. Luck. Balls. Honesty. Bullshit. Love. Layout. Marks. Legibility. Content. Bold. Form. Fluidity. Is Invisible. Unnoticeable. Trends. Style. Obsession. Glaring. Obvious. Powerful. Technology. Aesthetic. Contribution. Collaboration. Subjective. Brands. People. Execution. Tone. Noticeable. Discovery. Experimental. Reduction. Contrast. Arbitrary. Forced. Relationships. Typography. Shape. Understood. Longevity. Valuable. Thoughtful. Accurate. Concise. Collected. Developed. A Process. Movement. Hypocrisy. Simple. Elemental. Superfluous. Application. Addition. Subversive. Concepts. Ongoing. Worthless. Meaningless. Integral. Material. Complex. Production. Rational. Emotional. Seriality. Language. Visual. Miscommunication. Joy. 24 Hour. Debate. Dead. Connection. Selling. Whoring. Life. Open. Association. Engineered. Pioneering. Myth. Thoughts. Practiced. Perfect. Narrative. Personal. Interactive. Influential. Fantastic. Experience. Corporate. Capitalist. Revolutionary. Rebellious. Small. Contemporary. Society. Modern. Strange. Removed. Foreign. Overlooked. Things. Seen. Reviewed. Influence. Timeless. Bad. Owned. Formulaic. Free. Choice. Manipulation. Analysis. Marketed. Reference. Defining. Solitary. Furtive. Hypocritical. Definitive. Effects. Support. Professional. Void. Valid. Projects. Credited. Potential. Art. Commercial. Complicated. Truth. Social. Fun.
A System. A Word. A Term. A Classification. Nothing. Anything. Everything.
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Photographer's Rights in the UK
Photographer’s Rights in the UK - a short UK guide to the main legal restrictions on the right to take photographs and the right to publish photographs that have been taken. Very handy to keep copies of when you’re shooting in public places, etc. (There are also links to US and other countries’ versions)
