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Skout™ • resources + for designers + by designers
Skout™ • resources + for designers + by designers
This is one site you do NOT want to miss
This is one site you do NOT want to miss
Wednesday, October 08, 2008
Monday, October 06, 2008
Saturday, October 04, 2008
Friday, October 03, 2008
Thursday, October 02, 2008
Wednesday, October 01, 2008
Intervention in Furniture - student work
This was done 3 years ago by a student in the Foundations of design course.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Monday, September 15, 2008
מנופים, ירושלים, אמנות
אני מייק דרנל.
אני אמן ירושלמי.
אני עוסק במנופים בירושלים כמקור ההשראה שלי מאז 1997.
אני די מזוהה עם העניין ומציג סביבו תערוכות בארץ ובעולם.
חיפוש פשוט בגוגל של
"jerusalem cranes"
מציג את הגלריה שלי המוקדשת לעניין במקום השני בדירוג.
אז כאמור, אני מאוד אוהב את הקונספט, אני פשוט לא כל כך מרוצה מהעניין שגנבו אותו ממני ולא טרחו לתת לי קרדיט...
או שאולי המפיקה ליהיא שולוב לא שמעה על גוגל?
; )
מייק
אני אמן ירושלמי.
אני עוסק במנופים בירושלים כמקור ההשראה שלי מאז 1997.
אני די מזוהה עם העניין ומציג סביבו תערוכות בארץ ובעולם.
חיפוש פשוט בגוגל של
"jerusalem cranes"
מציג את הגלריה שלי המוקדשת לעניין במקום השני בדירוג.
אז כאמור, אני מאוד אוהב את הקונספט, אני פשוט לא כל כך מרוצה מהעניין שגנבו אותו ממני ולא טרחו לתת לי קרדיט...
או שאולי המפיקה ליהיא שולוב לא שמעה על גוגל?
; )
מייק
Sunday, September 14, 2008
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sunday, September 07, 2008
Whose design principles are these?
For today's post I thought I'd introduce you to the following design principles:
1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people's trust.
10. Add a human touch.
This list was put together by the design team of a small company some of you may have heard of.
Wanna try and guess who?
(need a hint? - search for the answer...)
1. Focus on people—their lives, their work, their dreams.
2. Every millisecond counts.
3. Simplicity is powerful.
4. Engage beginners and attract experts.
5. Dare to innovate.
6. Design for the world.
7. Plan for today's and tomorrow's business.
8. Delight the eye without distracting the mind.
9. Be worthy of people's trust.
10. Add a human touch.
This list was put together by the design team of a small company some of you may have heard of.
Wanna try and guess who?
(need a hint? - search for the answer...)
Thursday, August 28, 2008
ICA Home | Welcome
Some museums are cooler than others:
ICA Home | Welcome
The museum is incredible but I bring this site to your attention because I like the website - It's airy, has that " je ne sais quoi" coolness factor about it, yet does so without sacrificing simplicity and usability - a rare accomplishment, especially in the realm of artsy websites (sad but true).
Notice how information is presented in a logical and easy to follow manner that is in effect leading you through the site, offering you a "recommended" experience that you can choose to absorb or otherwise figure out what to do next by yourself.
Seems like the people at the online agency OHO.com know what they are doing...
(- note the funky 3 letter dot com domain!!!)
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
"The Whole 9" - An online creative community
"The Whole 9" is an online creative community based in Los Angeles that connects creatives for work and play. Although there are a number of sites that offer similar services: Artegory, Noenga, Artwanted and TalentDataBase to name a few, The Whole 9 has a unique advantage in that it actually operates its own gallery situated in the heart of LA's swanky Culver City gallery district.
The Whole 9 site allow creative individuals to upload a profile, build up their portfolio and interact with other like-minded members of The Whole 9 community. This is probably one of the easiset ways to get yourself representation for your creative efforts in LA since the gallery displays rotating exhibitions curated from the works presented on The Whole 9 site.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Soulclap - "Music Design" from Boston
"Musi-Tecture" is the word Soulclap Boston DJs and music designers use to describe their design process that combines the emotional power of music with the aesthetic goals of architecture.
They see themselves as building structures in invisible space.
Music for them is a tool for getting a message across a they spend heir days customizing musical environments and atmospheres for clients that understand that good taste can travel great distances and good design is not just graphic.
Friday, July 18, 2008
Thursday, July 17, 2008
Non-Format - graphic design
Non-Format is a creative team comprising Kjell Ekhorn from Norway and Jon Forss from Britain.
Their work includes art-direction, design and illustration for the music industry, arts & culture, fashion and advertising clients.
Check them out...
Monday, July 14, 2008
Arthur Ganson makes moving sculpture | Video on TED.com
It's been a while since we had a TED guest here.
I think you'll agree that the moving sculpture of Arthur Ganson is as good as guest as any...
I think you'll agree that the moving sculpture of Arthur Ganson is as good as guest as any...
A design competition backed by PALRAM
The Israeli Design Center together with Israeli material manufacturer Palram declared an open design competition for students and designers alike. They are giving out decent prizes...
: )
: )
Crumbs from today's ArtDaily
Images of People in Photographs from the Collection
While the Facebook social networking website has proven to be enormously popular, linking millions of photographs of faces to searchable biographical data, the notion of collecting and cataloguing pictures of people is not a new one. ...More
Alan Aldridge the Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes
Alan Aldridge embodied the spirit of the 60s and 70s. His evocative, psychedelic images epitomised the feeling and art of an era. As The Beatles lead an unstoppable assault on the global charts, it was Aldridge's designs and visual identity that defined The Beatles image and music in a changing world. ...More
Enjoy...
Mike
While the Facebook social networking website has proven to be enormously popular, linking millions of photographs of faces to searchable biographical data, the notion of collecting and cataloguing pictures of people is not a new one. ...More
Alan Aldridge the Man With Kaleidoscope Eyes
Alan Aldridge embodied the spirit of the 60s and 70s. His evocative, psychedelic images epitomised the feeling and art of an era. As The Beatles lead an unstoppable assault on the global charts, it was Aldridge's designs and visual identity that defined The Beatles image and music in a changing world. ...More
Enjoy...
Mike
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Andreas Suprb Pihlström
Some of you asked that I publish links to sites that have what I think are impressive graphics.
Well...
This is definitely one of them:
Andreas Suprb Pihlström
Me Company
Since 1985 Me Company has been at the forefront of the commercial design world, fusing their unique artistic vision - at times digital and at times photographic, to globally recognized brands looking for that something extra...
This site is a real treat and an impressive tour-de-force.
Mike
This site is a real treat and an impressive tour-de-force.
Mike
Tuesday, July 08, 2008
Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec
So how do you create an engaging online advertising campaign for a blender?
Here's a pretty good example:
Will It Blend? | Presented By Blendtec
Remember kids, don't try this at home!
Monday, July 07, 2008
Friday, July 04, 2008
Two really cool search resources
Just before the weekend starts here are two really cool search resources that are as different from each other as 2001 is from 2008:
2001 - Biblical Art on the WWW
2008 - Viewzi — MP3 Search View — led zeppelin
Hallelujah!
2001 - Biblical Art on the WWW
2008 - Viewzi — MP3 Search View — led zeppelin
Hallelujah!
Thursday, July 03, 2008
Digital Gallery Index - Computer Generated, Photomanipulation, and 3D galleries online - www.digitalartprintgallery.com
Hello again,
I know everyone is excited about the end of the semester and your grades. I hope to have all your grades ready within two weeks from our last meeting on Monday.
Meanwhile why not visit the new Digital Art index I am creating. I think that you will find the entry on the beautiful 3D web-comic work of Sam Brubaker - a 19-year-old student from Asheville, North Carolina very interesting. Especially since everything is done exclusively with free software. The characters are modeled and rendered in Blender, with layout and speech bubbles in Inkscape and image editing in GIMP- all running on Ubuntu Linux.
Check out the index here and feel free to send in or respond with suggestions of more artists and sites to add to this resource:
http://www.digitalartprintgallery.com/digital-gallery-index-computer-generated-photomanipulation-and-3d-galleries-online.html
Sunday, June 29, 2008
Friday, June 27, 2008
yoav horesh : photography
Yoav Horesh is an Israeli born photographer who, amongst many other things, has been the recipient of the Mortimer Frank Travel Award, the Agnes Martin and M. Roche scholarships and other awards from the Rhode Island Photographic Society, Santa Barbara Photography Award and Agora Gallery International Competition award. Currently, Yoav is also on the photography faculty at Mass College of Art in Boston and Columbia University in New York.
I think you might find his work interesting...
yoav horesh : photography
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Exhibitions of art and technology in Israel - July
1.
GarageGeeks will be hosting the latest crop of IDHO projects.
IDHO is the “Interaction Design Hands On” course run by the Holon Institute of Technology, also known as the HIT. A great place and not only because they let me teach there… : )
GarageGeeks will be hosting the latest crop of IDHO projects.
IDHO is the “Interaction Design Hands On” course run by the Holon Institute of Technology, also known as the HIT. A great place and not only because they let me teach there… : )
Times:
Thursday 17.7.08 from 19:00 to 23:00
Friday 18.7.08 from 9:00 - 15:00
Place:
HaPeled 40, Holon, Israel
Web:
www.garagegeeks.org | IDHO exhibition @ GarageGeeks 17-18.July.08
2.
The Israeli Cartoon Museum - a fun and interesting gem of a museum, that just happens to be run by one of my favorite ladies in the whole wide world, the incredible Ms Galit Gaon, is hosting Israeli Animator Yochanan Lekichevitch, for a gallery talk. Confirmation of attendance is required - call in advance +972-3-652-1849.
Time:
Thursday, 3.7.08 starting 19:00.
Place:
no. 61 Weizman st., Holon, Israel
Sunday, June 15, 2008
Online Backup - IDrive - Remote Data Backup - For Windows and Mac
Last week my home was broken into and 4 laptops with over a decade of my work were stolen. Some of it I have backed up, but not all...
Let this be a lesson to you - BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP.
Preferably online, so that no matter what type of disaster strikes, your files are safe and secure.
Idrive is an online backup service that allows you to backup 2GB of files for free. If you invite friends to the service your account will be increased to 10GB.
Not bad...
Enjoy : )
Online Backup - IDrive - Remote Data Backup - For Windows and Mac
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Fifty Years of Israeli Architecture
Jerusalem is unique - stone buildings, hilly topography and charged history bring up problems of rehabilitation and conservation of neighborhoods, individual buildings and open valleys, as well as the city's traditional skyline.
If you are studying Interior Design, or even if you are just, god forbid, curious...
Read the full article here: Fifty Years of Israeli Architecture
If you are studying Interior Design, or even if you are just, god forbid, curious...
Read the full article here: Fifty Years of Israeli Architecture
Tuesday, June 03, 2008
How A Pretty Face Can Push Visitors Away
One of the issues that came up in the course a number of times related to the use of images of people and specifically of faces in the graphic materials we produce. The article How A Pretty Face Can Push Visitors Away
gives some interesting insights into this matter based on the heat map analysis done for a hair color ad.
Frankfurt School: The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception
I'm spreading Marxist materials!
Oy Gevald!
Frankfurt School: The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception: "Dialectic of Enlightenment"
This is a very interesting article, if a tad dry.
I was impressed by how accurately the article analyzes our current state of affairs, even though it was written over 60 years ago...
Mike
Oy Gevald!
Frankfurt School: The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception: "Dialectic of Enlightenment"
This is a very interesting article, if a tad dry.
I was impressed by how accurately the article analyzes our current state of affairs, even though it was written over 60 years ago...
Mike
Sunday, June 01, 2008
Exercises 4-5-6 are now online
Exercises 4-5-6 have been put online so that you can all identify and describe in brief your work.
All albums are viewable here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mikedarnell
Please make sure you identify each project you have created for the course.
All the best,
Mike
All albums are viewable here: http://picasaweb.google.com/mikedarnell
Please make sure you identify each project you have created for the course.
All the best,
Mike
the Serge Group - Sergio Waksman Design - Photographer Bud Lee
A cool design studio I bumped into - you may want to poke around here...
the Serge Group - Sergio Waksman Design - Photographer Bud Lee
Sunday, May 25, 2008
"You Suck At Photoshop" on TIME magazine
Don't you just love being ahead of the curve?
While searching for a link to publish for you guys regarding the Photoshop tutorials I told you about: "You Suck At Photoshop".
I was happily surprised to discover that the freaky tutorials I thought were an esoteric corner of the internet had made it into the hallowed screens of TIME magazine online: The Photoshop Guys Revealed! - TIME
Don't forget - you saw it first at the HIT...
: )
All the best,
MikeDarnell.name
dork magazine.
Ever so often I bump into a really cool online magazine - this is one of them:
dork magazine.
Enjoy...
MikeDarnell.name
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
The exercise "Packaging - Shelf and Shipping" is now online
The exercise "Packaging - Shelf and Shipping" is now online.
Students were asked to prepare a shelf package and a shipping package for give-away promotional items designed by their classmates in a previous exercise.
They were also required create a design for a logo and for a poster for the shipping company supposedly responsible for their efforts.
These are the projects presented:
Students were asked to prepare a shelf package and a shipping package for give-away promotional items designed by their classmates in a previous exercise.
They were also required create a design for a logo and for a poster for the shipping company supposedly responsible for their efforts.
These are the projects presented:
Saturday, May 03, 2008
Aziza Web Magazine
A brand new Israeli based design and culture magazine - check it out at:
Aziza Web Magazine
Aziza Web Magazine
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
New Israeli design magazine RSS on the blog
I recently updated the blog and added an RSS feed from the blog-zine "Redesign", dealing in Israeli and global design. The blog-zine is a project run by feelternet.com for Regba and is a prime example of content driven marketing. The writing is done by design columnist Aryeh Berkovitch, who also teaches at HIT - so everything leads back home...
: )
Mike
: )
Mike
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Monday, April 14, 2008
WebUrbanist
This has to be one of the best online resources out there for a quick refreshing view at everything from urban design to subversive art and strange architecture.
Check it out:
WebUrbanist
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Having an Art Emergency? - Visit the E.R...
Emergency Room is a daily updated platform for artists burning to express themselves regarding "emergencies". In the art Emergency Room there is no time to lose...
Sunday, March 30, 2008
The Exhibition - The David Star Album
Looking for what to do with yourself on a Thursday evening?
Why not take the date of your choice to see some fresh Israeli art at
תערוכה " אלבום מגן דוד " 17.4.2008
Shavua Tov!
Mike
Why not take the date of your choice to see some fresh Israeli art at
תערוכה " אלבום מגן דוד " 17.4.2008
Shavua Tov!
Mike
Saturday, March 29, 2008
The HIT's faculty of Industrial Design's midterm exhibition : )
The midterm exhibition is always a fun event - far away from the pressures of the end of the year exams it is both a casual and fun event and also an impressive tour de-force of the talents we have the pleasure of encountering on a daily basis...
See the full album:
"Opening of the midterm exhibition for the faculty of Industrial Design at the HIT (Holon Institute of Technology)"
See the full album:
"Opening of the midterm exhibition for the faculty of Industrial Design at the HIT (Holon Institute of Technology)"
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Exercise 3 - Logo, Poster , Giveaway
This exercise required students to create a logo concept, poster and give-away promotional item for a company of their choice. The project was done in teams of two and three. The entire project spanned two weeks with an interim presentation in the middle.
To view the project gallery click visit:
http://picasaweb.google.com/mikedarnell/Exercise3LogoPosterPromotionalGiveAwayItem
images online like you've never seen them before
PicLens is a plugin for FF that transforms your browser into a full-screen, 3D experience for viewing images on the web.
Photos come to life as a cinematic presentation that goes well beyond the confines of the traditional browser window.
Works with:
Flickr
Photobucket
Picasa Web Albums
Fotki
FotoTime
deviantART
Smugmug
MySpace
Bebo
Hi5
Friendster
Google Images
Yahoo Images
Ask Images
Live Images
AOL Images
Freewebs
Adobe Lightroom
PicLens | Immersive Slideshows Across the Web
2008 International Model Your Campus Competition
This is great for the interior and industrial design students among you:
2008 International Model Your Campus Competition
2008 International Model Your Campus Competition
Cutting edge galleries
Here are two galleries in LA that are pretty cutting edge - well worth a visit...
Thinkspace gallery
Cannibal Flower gallery
Sunday, March 16, 2008
Giveaway items, Logos and Posters
Exercise 3 has the classes creating give-away items and logos and posters to accompany them. This is not the final presentation yet - only work in progress - tell us what you think...
Picasa Web Albums - Mike Darnell - Exercise 2 - ...
Picasa Web Albums - Mike Darnell - Exercise 2 - ...
Friday, March 14, 2008
Tease your Brain! Test your copy-writing skills...
Come and play MIND THE GAMES - a copy-writing competition for DiGRA Israel...
A nice little brain exercise that might even win you a prize.
: )
www.digra-israel.org - DiGRA ISRAEL: MIND THE GAMES 2008 GAME
Shabbat Shalom,
Mike
A nice little brain exercise that might even win you a prize.
: )
www.digra-israel.org - DiGRA ISRAEL: MIND THE GAMES 2008 GAME
Shabbat Shalom,
Mike
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Now this is what I call marketing!
Israel Vintage Icons on Tshirts: Israel T shirts, Jewish clothing, idf shirts, jewish designs, kabbalah Hebrew clothing
Titillating T shirts.
Terrific
Too tired to try to talk in T's alone...
Israel Vintage Icons on Tshirts
w e l c o m e s h i m o n
Once upon a time in a sleepy town called Jerusalem two men, we'll call them "Shimon & Shimon", had a few things to say...
w e l c o m e s h i m o n
"Shimon & Shimon" are
Tal Adler and Ronny Edry,
Look them up...
Le Territoire des sens
Le "territoire des sens" is a visual blog about small things wich stimulate my creativity and my senses. Here my collection of inspirations : images books, musics, videos, and links. Welcome!
French artist, digital art, architecture, eco-design, graphic design, street art, illustrations, collages, fashion etc...Great blog!!
http://territoiredessens.blogspot.com/2007_11_01_archive.html
Monday, March 10, 2008
Agora -a public space for art and ideas
I warmly recommend a visit to the Agora Gallery in Jaffo.
I met Martha Bar, one of the owners, today and was delighted to discover a friendly and resourceful person positively bubbling with wonderful ideas for the promotion of the arts.
I look forward to cooperating with her and Shahar her partner.
Meanwhile the art is good, the space is stunning and the people are nice - go.. go.. go..
: )
Facebook | public space for art and ideas
Sunday, March 09, 2008
39 Web-Based Tools That Don't Require Registration
Ever so often I bump into something good and useful that I think is worthwhile sharing.
If you've never heard of Orli Yakuel yet,
shame on you...
No, she is not a new contestant on survivor...
Orli Yakeul is one of Israel's most important bloggers and probably the most influential in all things technological.
This blog post of hers is a great way to get know more about her activities,
not to mention being an excellent resource for cool, free, registration free,
online services and tools you can use.
http://blog.go2web20.net/2008/03/39-web-based-tools-that-dont-require.html
Enjoy : )
If you've never heard of Orli Yakuel yet,
shame on you...
No, she is not a new contestant on survivor...
Orli Yakeul is one of Israel's most important bloggers and probably the most influential in all things technological.
This blog post of hers is a great way to get know more about her activities,
not to mention being an excellent resource for cool, free, registration free,
online services and tools you can use.
http://blog.go2web20.net/2008/03/39-web-based-tools-that-dont-require.html
Enjoy : )
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Graphic Design for Industrial Design students - Exercise 2
These are the projects handed in response to Exercise 2 in the Graphic Design for Industrial Design students.
The brief?
A quick "warm-up" project that required students to create a logo and poster for the presentation of an item of their choice.
The brief?
A quick "warm-up" project that required students to create a logo and poster for the presentation of an item of their choice.
Wednesday, March 05, 2008
Michal Vexler's portfolio
A nice little online portfolio for the work done by Ms Michal Vexler:
Worth a visit...
Michal Vexler's portfolio
Worth a visit...
Michal Vexler's portfolio
Monday, February 25, 2008
Sunday, February 24, 2008
The opening of the Agora Gallery
גלריה אגורא - הפתיחה
יום חמישי 28.2.08 בשעה 20:00
רן סלוין / ראובן קופרמן / דני בק / עמי פייצביץ – בתערוכה קבוצתית- חיה
ציור אקוורל ושמן, רישום צבעוני, צילום
אמנות, יין, אוכל, ומוסיקה
השילוב המנצח!!!!!
יש חנייה
http://www.vanily.co.il/agora_art/agora%20art.html
יום חמישי 28.2.08 בשעה 20:00
רן סלוין / ראובן קופרמן / דני בק / עמי פייצביץ – בתערוכה קבוצתית- חיה
ציור אקוורל ושמן, רישום צבעוני, צילום
אמנות, יין, אוכל, ומוסיקה
השילוב המנצח!!!!!
יש חנייה
http://www.vanily.co.il/agora
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