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prior listings

 

• Linkage 1/30/05 
  Description: "a nice websites portal"
  Comments: The search for new roads to cool creativity never ends. As I continue to explore the web, the road gets rocky at times. Alternative portal sites come and go and many don't update for months at a time. Maintaining the list is harder than it appears in your mirror. So, today's pick is a chance to broaden the list a bit with more quality pointers – and it's got some tasty walls to boot...;~))
   
• federico carrara 1/25/05 
  Description: works and experiments (Flash)
  Comments: The interface is challenging to say the least, but it is a little on the ingenious side in my opinion. It's the freeform and flowing portfolio of the works of Italian designer and developer Federico Carrera and some of the experiments are downright inspiring...;~))
   
• BESOK 1/22/05 
  Description: aerosol art
  Comments: "The bigger the wall the greater the impluse to paint it. A mural makes it much easier to get into contact with the public. Positive or negative - the public must react." Besok's aerosol graphics have been exhibited throughout Europe. Since he discovered spraycan art in 1990, he's accumulated an enormous body of work on walls, as well as canvas, plus he's illustrated several children's books. If you like graffiti style, this is the real deal – enjoy...;~)) 
   
• Stupid Love 1/17/05 
  Description: illustration plus low-fi graphics (Flash)
  Comments: Though the interface has links to a lot more empty squares than actual works, I found this small showcase of illustrations enjoyable. It's colorful and playful stuff, somewhat inspiring – hopefully fede and vir have more works in the works...;~)) 
   
• Salva Campillo 1/14/05 
  Description: selected works of photojournalist Salva Campillo (Flash)
  Comments: In Spain, there's a centuries-old traditional pilgrimage to the town of Santiago de Compostela, where the Apostle Saint James is buried. One of Salva's reportages is "about the daily journey of the many pilgrims who venture walking hundreds of miles" along the Pilgrimage Way. Another series of shots taken in Cuba were "the result of many summer afternoon strolls lead by the light and color of this Caribbean island." Other locales covered in the collection include Morrocco, Ethiopia, and Cambodia – a wonderful variety of interesting stories, thanks to one man and his camera...  [design9 < conniejane.net < yayhooray]
   
• DesignerDrugs 1/11/05 
  Description: Photoshop tutorials by design addict Jochen Sengier
  Comments: Today's pick provides over 30 Photoshop tutorials from Jochen Sengier, the site's resident addict. Whether a beginner or more advanced Photoshop user, you're bound to find something helpful here – I know I did anyway. Thanks Jochen...;~)) 
   
• The New Deal 1/9/05 
  Description: a modern musical grounded in the roots of hip-hop (Flash)
  Comments: If the creative team behind this modern musical has its way, it'll end up on the big screen. In the meantime, read the synopsis and enjoy the video and stills gallery – great 3D animation with a beat – it's really quite entertaining...;~))  [linkdup]
   
• the hand collector 1/8/05 
  Description: a gallery of hand-art
  Comments: Give that man a hand! From New York, a nicely painted tiger-like monster with more than 2 eyes. From Singapore, a The killer Gerbel. And you gotta love the hungry bear, drawn on a UK designer's hand. What fun! Angi's collected almost 100 original works of hand-art, submitted by visitors from all over the world – his site also makes a handy little webportal to cool...;~))  [designerror@Newstoday®]
   
• plasticshore.com 1/6/05 
  Description: personal logfile of Alexander Kohlhofer, plus design explorations, an icon creator, and photos
  Comments: I'll start by fessing up I couldn't resist Alexander's icon editor and marked his sidebar with my soon-to-be-infamous rendition of a spaceman. Aside from some techy topics like browsers and iPods, his logfile also includes links to some amusing diversions, like this fitness video or these cute lemmings. There's an interesting guest entry feature too, plus a photo section housed on its own domain. And speaking of explorations (which happens to be another section of Alexander's site), I discovered he's also the guy behind the plasticpilots – another excellent point from which to explore, thank you...;~))
   
• barknuggets.com /1/4/05 
  Description: unmistakably a truly important work
  Comments: The "synergistic hybrid brainchild of three towering intellects" whose bios, incidently, seem a wee far-fetched, today's pick features some cute little critters in both crunchy and wiggly format. The intellects "haven't fully moved in yet," but visitors are more than welcome. You might even learn how to hover a cat while some otter entertainment is in the works...;~))  [Yay Hooray!]
   
• Nursery Grotesque 1/3/05 
  Description: "beauty that offends"
  Comments: Thanks to coolstop visitor Alx for letting me know about the site. Today's pick houses the graphics of Greg Richardson, an Australian student majoring in Electronic Design and Digital Imaging. Alx calls Greg's work "very dark, very cool" while Greg calls it "beauty that offends." They're both partially right. While there is a dark and grotesque (sometimes bloody) side to some of the imagery, other works are bright and colorful and hardly offensive. All-in-all, there's some really creative stuff (including some great wallpapers). I'm wondering if those earlier writings Greg mentions, which "dealt with childhood afflictions and the like," are still available anywhere online – sounds interesting...;~))