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ABC News: The Yellow Smiley War

The guy who invented theyellow smiley facehas died. Strange story…

Posted on 22nd April 2001 Details

Boycott Adobe

On 16 July 2001, Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov was arrested by federal agents in Las Vegas, Nevada. His crime:pointing out major security flaws in Adobe PDF and eBook software.

Posted on 19th July 2001 Details

Design for chunks

Collection two ofDesign for Chunkshas launched. A selection of designers’ takes on the classic inflight sickbag.

Posted on 10th September 2001 Details

Terminate screenshots (warning: MIDI background music)

Now there’s one hell of a blast from the past. I’d completely forgotten about this, but in 91 or 92 (I think) when I was still doing ANSI graphics, I designed the logo/startup screen for theTerminatecommunications terminal. Here’sa screenshot(it’s that terminator style title).

Posted on 16th September 2001 Details

iCE advertisements

That ‘terminate’ discovery got me searching the web for related items: in those days I was also a member ofiCEwhich still exists today and has a website (no, I won’t tell you the alias I went under). Long-time arch-rivalsACiDare still around too.

Posted on 16th September 2001 Details

computer.love / visual.culture | directory

Franco-Belgian design portalcomputer.lovehas gone live. Looking good!

Posted on 17th September 2001 Details

Peter Saville

Thegraphic design workof Peter Saville, best known for his New Order album covers.

Posted on 9th October 2001 Details

Foreign Affairs: The Rise of the Brand State, The Postmodern Politics of Image and Reputation

The rise of the brand state. Maybe, but it’s not working here anyway. Have you seen what Belgium’s .be "brand" looks like? It lookslike this. They actually paid someone for designing that?(via the null device)

Posted on 12th October 2001 Details

2D Space

Some really nice artwork at2D Space, a Chinese designer’s site which I found through my referer logs.

Posted on 31st October 2001 Details

tinez.be

Neatopixel pleasurefrom Belgium.

Posted on 21st February 2002 Details

Adbusters: Disturb Delight Design

Psycho Design- stuff to make you think

Posted on 24th March 2002 Details

MK12

Check the incredible motion graphics fromMK12. A really impressive showreel!

Posted on 29th March 2002 Details

Georgia & Verdana - typefaces for the screen

Today, I vainely attempted to explain to a client that Verdana shouldnot be used for print workand that Arial was just aninferior copy of Helvetica. But how do you expound on this with someone who has a logo ugly enough to scare small children and arguments that these typefaces are free and that’s all that counts? Depressing…

Posted on 6th April 2002 Details

I need a similar picture

I’ve got a little problem with a current design job and maybe one of you out there can help me. I’m looking for a picture of an ice cream cone with a tower of scoops on it. I’ve got one, but the lighting is abysmal and there’s a limit to what you can do in photoshop. Here’sthe pic.

Posted on 20th May 2002 Details

3 steps to become a perfect italian webdesigner (quicktime)

All the major design portals have been linking to this, but as everyone I’ve shown it to thinks it’s wicked, here you go:3 steps to become a perfect italian webdesigner

Posted on 28th May 2002 Details

Resaturate: euro brand

Publishyour own designfor the European flag to replace Rem Koolhaas’ multicoloured stripy thing.

Posted on 7th June 2002 Details

design for chunks

Collection 3 ofdesign for chunks, a contest to design air sickness bags, is now online. Great stuff!

Posted on 8th October 2002 Details

Safety Sign Builder

Fantastic:build your own safety signand get it output in PDF format.

Posted on 21st May 2003 Details

Worth 1000: Marthas New Digs

Martha Stewartprison cell designs.

Posted on 12th June 2003 Details

Famous Fonts

Need to copy the style of Austin Powers or make a bootleg Coca-Cola drink? Tryfamous fonts.

Posted on 6th October 2003 Details

Polar Alert: top 100

Ok, time to catch up with posting links. I was knocked out nearly all week by a flu/virus thing. Needless to say this weblog was not my top priority as I felt like a big ball of bleh most of the time. Anyway, one link to start with: anarchive of blank cassette covers. Takes me right back to the hours I spent assembling tape mixes with the pause button.

Posted on 21st November 2003 Details

Worth 1000: Photoshop contest - detouching

Detouching: the art of removing the photoshop retouching done on celebrity photos (and going maybe just a wee bit too far)

Posted on 7th January 2004 Details

Bureau347 - Communicative Design (Brussels, Belgium)

Brussels-based design studioBureau 347just inaugurated their new site.

Posted on 26th February 2004 Details

Design by fire: Et tu, Brute?

About one month ago, Greg Storey posted an exercise he undertook inredesigning a white house briefregarding possible terrorist threats. The whole thing snowballed and ended up in the pages of theWall Street Journalincluding drive by analysis from “gurus” such as Edward Tufte or Jakob Nielsen. Check out Design by fire for atrenchant dissectionof the whole mess.

Posted on 10th May 2004 Details

Flickr: The Stick Figures in Peril Pool.

Amusing compendium over at Flickr of signs featuringstick figures in peril.

Posted on 13th November 2004 Details

The Gallery of Stick-Figure Warning Signs

Just a few days ago I posted aboutstick figures in peril. Here’s a companion site for them:the gallery of stick-figure warning signs.

Posted on 21st November 2004 Details

De morgen is uitgeroepen tot Europe's Best Designed Newspaper.

Belgian newspaper De Morgen has won the award ofEurope’s best designed newspaperin the nationwide category. I wonder what criteria the jury based its decision on? De Morgen has always looked inconsistent to me, even bordering on being a work in progress. To their credit, they’re more adventurous with type than the other nationals who tend to go the traditional route and play it safe.

Posted on 12th December 2004 Details

colr.org - A site for playing with colors.

Yet another free tagging experiment:Colr.orglets you assign tags to colours or search for colours based on tags applied by others. If you need to project a certain mood in your designs and are lacking colour inspiration this tool may be just the ticket.

Posted on 21st February 2005 Details

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