Posts under ‘process’

Good stuff from VizThink.

In his post titled Six suggestions that can make you a better designer, Eric Karjaluoto advises against “outside-the-box” thinking:
A large number of designers set themselves up for failure by trying to push the creative envelope. It’s not that the notion is inherently wrong; it’s just that it doesn’t provide anything firm to rail against. Ingenuity [...]

Just found this great article on creativity, written with film sound design in mind, but widely applicable.
On Being Creative
Reorganize chance. That is the basis of your work
Mistakes, accidents, and the unexpected often provide the spark that leads to great work. The trick is to plan and execute your creative process in a way that makes [...]

I came across some really interesting new work from Erik Natzke while browsing the generator x flickr pool.
How is it made? “Flash. AS3. Using AIR to output PNGS and final Color Correction and Manipulation in Photoshop.”
More details of the process are discussed on the image’s flickr page. And lots of other explorations of [...]

Update: PPT now available on Slideshare
This past Friday at work, I gave a presentation about pecha kucha, in the pecha kucha format (20 images x 20 seconds). One of the main things I learned, while putting this together, is that 20 slides for 20 seconds each is a lot more time than it seems like. [...]

The “Share on Facebook” bookmarklet is giving me my fix of share, lately. It’s a snap, and I’m linking away, collecting bits of culture from around the web, to present here soon in some tasty format. But, until then, they are archived on my Facebook profile, not here…
The Facebook share tool grabs a title, description, [...]