FINAL

-Black binder - name on spine in Helvetica Bold.
- All printed pieces in plastic sleeves.
- Paper with blog address.

Only Photogenic Pictures

"At times it’s the photographer’s fault that your picture came out weird and at times you’re plain ugly! Ha! So scrutinize and be in control over which picture of yours is groovy… With this funky digital camera that has two separate sections, one is the Lens part and the other the screen. Both stick together via magnets, but when someone wants to click pictures, the screen part detaches and is kept with the subject and the clicked shot comes over to the screen via wireless USB. This means crappy pictures can be dumped and only cool ones approved. The photographer doesn’t see what exactly he has clicked, so he’s pretty much clueless about the his photography skills. By Xi Zhu."

Induction Iron

"The brief was to optimize the application of BASF’s plastic material ULTRADUR and the result was an Induction Iron. Utilizing ULTRADUR’s heat resistant properties to his advantage, Therese came up with a bare minimal design that has been “stripped down to the essentials.” This cordless induction heating iron works through an electromagnetic field that transforms the energy directly and heats only the ironing plate. By Therese Glimskar."

Black Hole

"Black Hole is a rubbery elastic bag that folds flat when unused but can balloon up to gargantuan proportions when you stuff all your crap it in. The unique material is super strong, light, and flexible yet it’s thin enough to leave impressions of what you have inside. In a sense your hidden junk transforms into an art piece that can be proudly displayed. Of course this isn’t just for pack rats. Super organized people can find other uses for it too like laundry bags or as a great way to separate dry and wet clothes outings. By Nodesign Studio."

Multifunctional Battery

Qian Jiang and Yiying Wu bring you the IF-battery, a multipurpose, multifunctional rechargeable battery. it powers your devices and has pins on the side that pop out, and plug into a socket for recharging. This does eliminate the need for a recharging station, but it also means you can charge only one battery at a time.

UPS (Universal Packaging Sytem)

Shipping odd-shaped things can be a hassle, especially when it comes to finding a properly-sized box. Patrick Sung designs an innovative idea for packaging. Recycled corrugated cardboard with lined patterns to make for easy folding around weirdly shaped items while maintaining structure to protect its contents.

Evan Roth

Evan Roth is a graphic and new media designer who focuses on tools of empowerment, open source, and popular culture. He has a degree in architecture from UMaryland and MFA from the Communication, Design and Technology school at Parsons The New School for Design where he graduated valedictorian. Roth developed several high profile projects, including Graffiti Taxonomy, Typographic Illustration, Explicit Content Only and Graffiti Analysis. Roth does a lot of work with typography and graffiti. He opened a Graffiti Research Lab in 2005. He teaches several courses in visual programming, geek graffiti and internet fame. He believes that a lot of work can be accomplished in a short amount of time if you utilize your time properly. Quick, short projects can have a big impact. He feels you should make your work known. Use online resources to get yourself out there and known, show off your work. Don't worry about people trying to steal your ideas. Sharing ideas is the best way to get inspired and get the ball rolling on your own projects.
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Illustrator Demo (Ideas)

(Letter-sized), File > Place.
Pen tool > (fill color = none), trace image, remove original, fill traced image.
Effect > Stylize > Round Corners.
Image size = about 1/2 in.

A good symbol/brandmark must be able to be used across many sizes/materials.

(image) <--- GF?
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Double-Walled Teacup

I'm a huge tea drinker, but when I'm busy and balancing fifty hundred things in my hands, it's hard to keep a good hold on my cup of tea without burning my hand off. With Endrit Hajno's new double-walled teacup design, the heat is kept in, away from my poor, little hands. Another tea-drinking woe is the loss of the tea bag whilst carrying around your cup. It always ends up sinking to the bottom of the cup, never to be found! But, Hajno's design also has a nifty little notch at the bottom to hold down that pesky run away tea bag.

Outline

David Carson
- Sept. 8th, 1952 (Corpus Cristi, TX).
- Moved to NYC, owns two studios (Del Mar, CA and Zurich). Did a lot of traveling.
- Went to San Diego State U. and Oregon College of Commercial Art (BA in Sociology).
- Went to Switzerland, attended a three-week workshop in graphic design as part of degree. Met his first great influence, who also happened to be the teacher of this course, Hans-Rudolf Lutz.
- Worked as a sociology teacher and professional surfer in the late 1970's, art directed various music, skateboarding and surfing magazines through the 1980's.
- Questioned the role of type in the emergent age of digital design, following on from California New Wave and coinciding with experiments at the Cranbrook Academy of Art. In 1990's he shifted from 'surf subculture' to corporate work for Nike, Levis, and Citibank.
- 1982–1987, Carson worked as a teacher in Torrey Pines High in San Diego, California.
- 1983, Carson started to experiment with graphic design and found himself immersed in the artistic and bohemian culture of Southern California. By the late eighties he had developed his signature style, using "dirty" type and non-mainstream photographic techniques. He would later be dubbed the "father of grunge."
- Carson became interested in a new school of typography and photography-based graphic design and is largely responsible for popularizing the style; he inspired many young designers of the 1990s. His work does not follow "traditional" graphic design standards. Carson is emotionally attached to his creations. Carson's work is considered explorative of thoughts and ideas that become "lost" in the subconscious. Every piece is saturated, but Carson still manages to communicate both the idea and the feeling behind his design. His extensive use of combinations of typographic elements and photography led many designers to completely change their work methods and graphic designers from all around the world base their style on the new “standards” that have distinguished Carson's work.- Carson went on to become the art director of Transworld Skateboarding magazine.
- In 2000, Carson opened a new personal studio in Charleston, South Carolina. In 2004, Carson became the Creative Director of Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston and designed the special “Exploration” edition of Surfing Magazine and directed a television commercial for UMPQUA Bank in Seattle.
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Things To Know (Logo)

Adobe Illustrator - drawing-oriented, vector-based (infinite resizing, not confined to pixels).
Vector-based images are based off of algorithms. Good for designing letter-forms and typography.
Start in 2D, work into 3D.
- Make list of goals, interests.
- Find 2D, silhouetted reference images (no dimension, "comic-like"). PLAN VIEW.
Stylized = interpretive, give you a general direction.

Things To Know (Photoshop Project)

- Helvetica font!
- Take photo of texture (close-up).
- Crop texture to size of photo (8x8 in, 300 dpi).
- Manipulate texture (filter, blur, etc.).
- Crop out person (pen tool, magnetic lasso).
- Paste person onto texture background (desaturate, etc. to make texture have less "pop", don't want it to dominate photo).
- Adjust color/saturation of person to match texture background? (Adjust curves, etc.)
- Soften edges of person image.

Something Out Of Nothing

"In our cult of the new and the shiny, it’s sometimes refreshing to remember that it’s possible to make new things out of old things that look old. No, seriously, it’s possible. And Jan Korbes Garbage Architecture has many projects to prove it. Coming from the Gordon Matta-Clark school of architecture, Jan Korbes follows a lot of threads at once. There are a lot of small furniture pieces involving scrap wood and recycled car tires. Some are interesting, some you’ve seen before, but in every instance he doesn’t stop experimenting."

One-Handed Chef

"This is specialized kitchen equipment includes one- handed food cutting equipment, one- handed different diameter tubes opener, one- handed fruits and vegetables cutting and peeling equipment, one – hand changeable graters, food box, equipment for peeling eggshells, elements for stabilizing foods like bread (while buttering etc.). The design includes pins for gripping the fruits and non-slip rubbers to add stability. The brown color pieces are the moving parts in the system."

By: Gabriele Meldaikyte

Furniture You Can't Outgrow

This multi-functional furniture design concept by Adensen Furniture is pretty much the coolest furniture set ever.

"What’s a good plate with nothing on it? No, what’s a bunch of good food without a plate? What’s a good baby without a single bed to sleep upon? How about when that baby gets a bit older, what happens then? Buy more furniture for them? Heck no! You take that crib you’ve got there and you transform it into a whole bunch of little person friendly bits of fun! Complete with another bed for that ever-elongating person.
Crib, changing table, storage drawers for linens and baby care accessories, changes into a playpen, or a desk with a chalkboard, a bigger bed, sets of drawers apart, everything a kid needs in furniture up to 10 years old."

3DS Concept

This conceptual remodeling of the Nintendo DS by Olivier Demangel has HUGE screens. Although, I feel that the bigger you make the device, the more it loses its portability. I mean, the bigger screens are great for helping with clarity of gameplay and those who have difficulty seeing/reading small text/print, but if I have to lug my portable game system around in a laptop bag, it's not really worth it.

Cumulus Bottle

"Cumulus Bottle concept is simple, it’s a plain reusable bottle with a juice concentrate dispenser located in the cap. Pop in the juice cartridge into its compartment, fill in the water and you’re set. At the push of a button, the drink concentrate (or granules) dispense into the water and mix into a refreshing drink. Most often we discard the used juice/soda bottles, but with the Cumulus, we eliminate that action and re-use it time and again for flavored drinks on the go."

By Kisun Kim.

Infinite USB Ports

One annoying limitation on netbooks and notebooks is the lack of USB ports available. But, with Gonglue Jiang's new design, the number of USB ports available can be almost limitless. Of course you could just get a USB Hub, but that's boring.

"I don’t think we may be able to tag too many devices one behind the other. I reckon max three or four before the tag starts to look awkward, but the color coding on plugs will make it easy to identify which plug belongs to which device."