Lucire 22 Cover - Design tuning by blog?
I got to know Jack Yan via his media appearances, his blog, his prolific commenting on my “ other blog ” and email but we’ve never actually met. One of his many roles is publisher of the Kiwi based gl...
Design and Art
Who pushed Frank Ghery to become an architect?
The answer may surprise you! Via www.presentationzen.com
Creating a concept - The Mercedes-Benz Ocean Drive
Motor Authority have posted a nice video compressing the design, visualisation and manufacture of the Mercedes Ocean Drive Concept car into 90 seconds. It’s interesting to see the mix of digital and t...
Enrico’s Venice
I discovered Enrico’s Blog several years ago and borrowed his idea of using your own photos as a blog header. It probably wasn’t his idea but the header at the time I visited was memorable for someone...
AutoCAD
How will a stadium impact the waterfront? - Architectural Desktop + Google Earth shows
I never thought I’d be modelling a stadium but this shows what a bit of time, Architectural Desktop and Google Earth can achieve. There has been a fair amount of controversy about a proposal to bui...
New Zealands Greatest Engineering Feat - Manapouri
It was controversial in it’s day even now the impact of this project is questioned. One thing you can not deny is that creating a lake, tunnelling hundreds of metres into a mountain and building a hyd...
The new Sony BRAVIA "Paint" Advert is...
As good as the first one! Sony BRAVIA - View The New Advert The Director – Jonathan Glazer The new Bravia TV commercial was be directed by award-winning director Jonathan Glazer, who is responsi...
The retiring Type?
After a quick look to check I don't use any of them... Daniel Mall: Typobituaries . During a late night online conversation with another black, white, and orange website fan, it was decided that...
Striking Peregrine
I've driven past this striking building several times but either the light or time pressure meant haven't had the chance to photograph or visit it. It's a remarkable sight on a remarkable site. More p...
Design and Art
A logo on your PowerPoint slides is not branding
Imagine you worked for a company that had re-branded, including redesigned corporate templates. Maybe this included a PowerPoint template that ignored every bit of advice you’ve read recently about better PowerPoint design. It might use overwhelming bright colours and a huge logo on every slide overpowering a tiny area
What takes...
70,000 litres of paint 358 single bottle bombs 33 sextuple air cluster bombs 22 Triple hung cluster bombs 268 mortars 33 Triple Mortars 22 Double mortars 358 meters of weld 330 meters of steel pipe 57 km of copper wire 1 High-rise Apartment Block 1 Website 1 Blog 1
Fiat 500 Design Competition
Fiat are running a number of design competitions to create a buzz around the launch of the new 500 (based on the Trepiuno Concept). This is a new car, due in 2007, inspired by the sexiest car in the world… See for details – www.fiat500.com