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Call for submissions / contest / competition

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We are now accepting submissions of payments. Submit your payments to our paypal account, and the selected highest payment submitted will win some design/art work done for them.

Thanks and good luck!

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Perceiving Time

An interesting discussion of how we understand time, from the BBC. Link

Raw Image Format

Why you should use the “raw” setting on your camera instead of a “jpg” setting. Link

Designed for one task

Not every tool has to do a million things like a Swiss Army knife, as long as it performs its one function better than anything else can. Link

Redesign Competitions

…do not benefit anyone involved- they cheapen the value of the product, of the original  and new designs and of the designers’ work and time. Link

E-mail is easily misunderstood

It lacks the depth to convey emotion and anything beyond direct meaning. Even a phone call fosters better understanding. Link

Michelin Challenge Design

Your new bubble on wheels has arrived, Sir. Link

Photo Privacy

When do you need a subject’s permission to snap their picture? Link

Packaging and Music

What happens when CD packaging goes the way of the LP sleeve and vanishes? David Byrne thinks it will open up new possibilities for linking visual imagery and music. Link

Recyclable Information Architecture

Blue Flavor posits that the original wireframes from a site design should be actual working documents instead of use once and throw away diagrams. In IA and web design projects, it doesn’t make sense to keep remaking the same thing when you could just build on what you started with. Link