- filed in design on 9. January 2010
Adobe Creative Suite OSS alternative v2
A long time has passed since I wrote my first post on OSS alternatives to Macromedia and Adobe and a lot has changed in the field of open source graphic design software. Software has matured and most notably for me, the GUIs have become pleasant enough to be usable for everyday work. Read on and see the list.
- filed in technology on 22. August 2008
3D rapid prototyping the easy way
A recent interest in 3D have made my eyes open to a whole new world of DIY projects. From the scary thought of a DIY 3D printer that has the ability to replicate, costing about 400 USD to make yourself. To a commercial 3D desktop solution costing 4995 USD, that could make the rapid prototyping available to every design studio or school.
But the RepRap DIY solution is still a bit crude and not for everyone to build, and the desktop model from Desktop Factory is not available yet. So in the meantime, i’ve found this brilliant solution…
- filed in technology on 13. July 2007
Free your mobile phone
Touchscreen mobiles are all the fuss with the iPhone finally being available.. One negative comment I hear a lot about the iPhone is that it’s not open for developers (other that webapps).
Enter the openmoko linux based operating system on the easily hackable neo1973 handset.
- filed in design on 3. November 2006
Stencil Art 101
Quick and dirty tutorial video showing how to make your own stencil
- filed in design on 23. October 2006
Rub This! Found in-the-wild
My font Rub This used on a poster for the turkish film: Climates. Eventhough it’s great to see my own work used on a poster for a winning movie from Cannes…
- filed in design on 15. February 2006
LED Throwies - looks like great fun.
LED Throwies are an inexpensive way to add color to any ferromagnetic surface in your neighborhood. A Throwie consists of a lithium battery, a 10mm diffused LED and a rare-earth magnet taped together. Throw it up high and in quantity to impress your friends and city officials…
- filed in design on 2. August 2005
Apples Mighty Touch
Apple has finally come to its senses.. its touch-sensitive new multi-function MightyMouse has just been released. non-spoof.
There is a long way from Apples normal one-button mouse to this multi-mouse featuring two touch-sensitive concealed buttons, one finger tackball that doubles as a scroll wheel and two programmable squeeze-buttons on the side of the…
- filed in design on 2. August 2005
New iPod Flea - OUT NOW
This has got to be one of the funniest Apple spoofs in a long time
- filed in design on 2. August 2005
Cafe Makeover - using Transistor-Radios
I would love to do a cafe one-night makeover – using nothing more than some sort of a sound output, a FM radio transmitter and a lot of cheap transistor-radios hanging from the ceiling acting as a cluster of loudspeakers
- filed in design on 24. April 2005
Free alternatives to Macromedia and Adobe
We all know Adobe is going to acquire Macromedia, and you have probably also read blogs guessing as to why Adobe suddenly felt the need to pay 3.4 billion dollars to secure their monopoly. Comments are piling up, some positive and some negative.
If I were to comment on the deal, it would be on the negative side. I just do not believe in monopolies. Therefore I have compiled a small list of free alternatives to some of the software packages the two companies maintain. Most of these run on multiple platforms, but some…
- filed in design on 27. March 2005
Floating Logos
Fine art photographer Matt Siber has an interesting project on his site. The Floating Logos project removes the poles of signs and makes them float in mid-air. Maybe this is the next thing for Flickr users to throw themselves at after depleting the transparent screen idea…
- filed in design on 26. March 2005
Amaztype
You have to try this one out! Type in a searchword and watch the word build from Amazon product photos that match you search word.
- filed in design on 26. March 2005
Animation School Samples
Some great animations from the students of Gobelins in France. Their Animation Gallery makes you want to get out your pen and paper…
- filed in design on 10. March 2005
Halftone Effects in Photoshop
Quick and Dirty tutorial on how to make halftone effects (raster effects) using Adobe Photoshop
- filed in design on 10. March 2005
Making Photos Look Old
Learn how to make your photos look old… All done in a few steps in that digital darkroom all-star: Adobe Photoshop (or Fireworks, Paint Shop Pro, The Gimp etc.)
- filed in design on 28. February 2005
Fontographer Tutorial
Heres a quick and dirty tutorial on how to create your own TrueType font using Macromedia Fontographer, Adobe Photoshop and your own handwriting…