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:

Saturday, May 03, 2008

Aziza Web Magazine

A brand new Israeli based design and culture magazine - check it out at:
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

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

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)"

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

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