Tom Cledwyn
Today we launch an upgraded mobile version of our own website. Clear and concise, our aim was to produce an intuitive experience with stripped down and on-the-go relevant content. Interestingly*, we’ve been doing a bit of research on mobile usage and trends so thought we’d share a finding or two….
Tom Cledwyn
Guatemala City. 1979. A boy is born that will change the world. Through slight variations of an initial idea he will dip and dive his way towards creating something pretty inspiring and he’ll do so by using millions and millions of hours of our time without us even knowing. He’s brilliant. And you should know about him.
Tom Cledwyn
Sean Parker is a guy with an incredible knack of having his fingers in the correct proverbial pies. His CV includes over a billion dollars worth of interest in Facebook and a founding credit in Napster as well as playing Justin Timberlake in a film. Or vica versa. He’s bored. So yesterday he launched (with an awkward glitch or two), AIRTIME, a place where you can…
“Create experiences with people you know, or people you want to know”.
Now I am working down in London as part of Mylo Design it has been a real treat to work on some of the websites we have been creating. One of the most note worthy has to be having the opportunity to work on the design for M&C Saatchi Mobiles new website which we launched at the beginning of this year.
Tom Cledwyn
Designers were often encouraged to stick to these 216 “web-safe” colors in their websites; however, 8-bit color displays were much more common when the 216-color palette was developed than they are now. David Lehn and Hadley Stern have since discovered that only 22 of the 216 colors in the web-safe palette are reliably displayed without inconsistent remapping on 16-bit computer displays. They called these 22 colors the “really safe” palette; it consists mainly of shades of green and yellow, as can be seen in the table above, where the “really safe” colors are underlined.
Tom Cledwyn
Exciting? Scary? Neither word can be discounted from the way in which we must all inevitably be feeling about the digitalisation of our world. This video brought to you by Coring is a prime example of one of those ‘hoverboard’ moments. One in which your operational self either arouses or diminishes into a intimidated worthlessness. Either way, this Minority Report-esque future is on it’s way. Let just be thankful it doesn’t include with it Tom Cruise.
Tom Cledwyn
So we ventured down to The Rook and Raven gallery last night on Rathbone Place in W1 to see the opening of David Walker‘s first London solo exhibit.
Tom Cledwyn
We were recently asked by our good friends at Find Invest Grow to write an article for the Independent’s ‘Young Entrepreneur’ section. Given free range to come up with a topic, we decided that discussing what role ‘Choice’ played in our work and our process may be an interesting starting point. Perhaps interesting isn’t the right word but it would be great to hear your thoughts.
Will Donoghue
Supremebeing are hosting a gallery event for the White Canvas Project this week. The opening night is Thursday 13th of October. It will feature work from the first event (dubbed ‘CamJam’) from all of the artists involved. Curated by SheOne this is an event you won’t want to miss.
Featuring:
SheOne
Will Barras
Mr Jago
David Walker
Bue the Warrior
Tom Cledwyn
It’s difficult not to spend hours on TED’s website. One talk turns into three or four and all of a sudden you’re behind or late for whatever it is you’re really meant to be doing but at least with procrastination of this form you come away more informed. More interesting.
Amongst the thousands of talks available, there are some real gems specifically for designers. Here, we’ve tried to give you 5 talks (in no particular order) that will give you something to think about in preparation for yet another fast approaching working week.
Tom Cledwyn
Siri was founded in 2007 by Dag Kittlaus, Adam Cheyer, and Tom Gruber, and Norman Winarsky and after two rounds of funding was bought by Apple in April 2010. The latest iPhone launch may have disappointed many – but check out how Apple’s purchase is being put to use and how it could play a role in your life…..
Tom Cledwyn
“Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it. The world has lost a visionary.”
Barack Obama, 2011
Will Donoghue – Latest member of Mylo Design
Within the last couple of months I have traded the quiet life of a freelance designer in Cambridge for the hustle and bustle of central London. Working beneath the railway arches off Rivington St you will now find me tucked away behind the night club Cargo on in Archway 462 next to the Black Rat Press.
Ben Aldred
Being a newbie to having a personal website, it got me thinking about when it becomes necessary for a person to have an online presence beyond their profiles on social and professional networks such as Facebook and Linkedin.
Will Donoghue – Latest member of Mylo Design
Great film from Supremebeing for the White Canvas Project, not to be missed, click on image to watch the movie..
Will Donoghue – Latest member of Mylo Design
A couple of weeks back I had the pleasure of going along to a little treat out in the country put on by Supremebeing www.whitecanvasproject.com
It was a collection of urban street artist out in the country doing what they know best – painting everything in sight!
Tom Cledwyn
Soon to launch, UNTHINK describes itself as a “social revolution” rather than a social network. They’ve supposedly kicked back against the tyranny of modern day social networks and the say they have our own privacy.
Tom Cledwyn
With good noises appearing left, right and centre - Gigwalk is definitely worth a look into for an insight into how many may look to their phones as a possible revenue stream. It’s an extremely interesting model which has been better summarised by Alice Truong in the New York Journal this week.
Tom Cledwyn
Old news but still as brilliant. For those you that haven’t taken the 10 minutes out to do this - do.
Will Donoghue
Customize layout, background, fonts and colors in real-time.
Stitch together all your content from around the web into one place, sounds good hey?
Watch this great little vid, it’s no so surprise that Australian Designer Rob Morris who once was digital mash is behind it!