Archive for the 'Design Tool' Category

image bookmarking

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008

Is it a new fad, or is it a solution for the reference or morgue file clippings that I have scattered all over my work area (and desktop)? Hello, image bookmarking! Hopefully, this will be the answer to my inquiry two years from now about the great info graphic in the Sunday times magazine (right [...]

If You Had the World’s Biggest Canvas, Would You Draw Your Own Hideous Face?

Monday, May 26th, 2008

There are usually only seven or eight people in the world who hear about things after I do, and three of them are in jail.  It follows, then, that you have probably already heard about this man who drew a self portrait on the earth by sending a GPS device on a world tour using [...]

fold it

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

I get really excited when I see paper fold patterns, whether or not it is the new open source sewing patterns from burda (which, amazingly enough, print brilliantly on 8.5×11 paper) or the readyMechs from fwis or the mock iPhone on John’s desk. Hermes has jumped into the fun with a free paper fold pattern of their iconic [...]

flickr ideation tools

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

I adore ideation tools. Whether or not they help me define a color palette or find synonyms, I appreciate how they help ideas pop out of the ether or consolidate wandering thoughts, inspiring bigger and broader concepts.
I have a couple of tools that I will someday build, which includes: the odd word generator (much like [...]

Make a Shirt…

Wednesday, July 18th, 2007

A friend asked me for help making shirts for an upcoming party… I had five minutes… My friend suggested Semaphore (vocabulary word of the day!)… Steven suggested using this site. We are getting these made in a week!

How about a mini design challenge? Design within the box to create the most expensive shirt they’ve ever [...]

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