Tag Archives: Studiothink

Apache Music Video

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A friend of mine posted this on my Facebook earlier this week and I liked it so much I watched it probably four or five times in a row. I am so impressed at the way director Ned Wenlock and animator Rodney Selby were able to tell a story across vastly different landscapes on a revolving carousel. The elements and principles of design used to shift from scene to scene were implemented so well. It’s a joy to watch, as every turn brings a new landscape that comes to life with an incredible amount of detail. They created an amazingly full and deep landscape in a very unique and creative way.

Although I enjoy the song, I understand it may not appeal to everyone. If you find you don’t like it, turn down the volume and enjoy the beautiful animation.

-Alex

The Endless Search For Inspiration

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A friend of mine showed me an amazing website the other day, and I couldn’t
keep it to myself. The people of Designspiration.net describe it best,
“Designspiration provides a diverse selection of high quality,
user-submitted images as a means of sharing inspiration.”

-yeah that pretty much sums it up-however, the best part of Designspiration
isn’t just the things you find, it is how you use it.

Just start typing anywhere on the website—literally anywhere—you don’t
even need to be typing in a search box, and designspiration immediately
begins to refine your search. You can even create a search by selecting your
own custom color palette. Not looking for anything in particular? That’s
cool too. Designspiration makes it easy to browse image by image just by
pushing on the arrow keys of your keyboard.

Be careful though, it’s addicting. That’s the hardest part, if you’re asking
my opinion, is knowing when to stop looking and start creating…

Alex

Pinterest

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Whenever I’m browsing the web for blogs, trends, design ideas and DIY projects, I always happen to find really great stuff and then forget where I found it. I don’t know about you, but I’m constantly trying to retrace my cyber steps to find the last craft I wanted to try out.

So, when one of the designers here at Studiothink told me about Pinterest, I immediately fell in love.

Pinterest is essentially, in their own words, a Virtual Pinboard. It lets you pin and organize anything you find on the web. You can even organize your pinboards by theme, so you can create a collage of whatever theme you are obsessed with at the moment.

It’s great for designers and has proven useful for some of the designers here  because you can also browse other people’s pinboards for inspiration. The possibilities are endless.

Try Pinterest here!

-Britni

Virtual Wallet

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Ever dreamed of a day when you could tap your phone against a credit card reader in your favorite retail store instead of taking your card out of your wallet and swiping it? (And heaven forbid your card is embarrassingly declined in front of a line of people!) Well friends, that day is coming soon. Google has developed an Android app that will store digital versions of your credit cards—all you have to do is tap your phone against the card reader and payment is sent. Check out Google Wallet and read more about it here.

Just make sure you don’t lose your phone!

-Britni

Sketch-ography

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If you’re having a hard time getting motivated after the long weekend, check out these amazing photos from Designboom. The way the pictures incorporate real photography with illustration is so creative and fun, I had to share.

Studiothink recently created something similar for the cover of Portfolio Magazine. Check it out here.

Eggmallow

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I was browsing for some creative DIY projects and came across this amazing idea for a craft that is not only fun to make, but also delicious from Landee See, Landee Do.

With Easter just around the corner, this is a great way to add something pretty and tasty to the Easter table, and your guests will love it. I’m planning on making them this week! Check out her site for more info and to get the step by step process of how these treats are made!

-Britni

Eric May

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So it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted something on here, and I really wanted my “come back” to be great so to speak.

I started my day off by typing “Book Arts” into google and I was surprised at what the results were. Sixth from the top was an article entitled “Book Arts in Cleveland?” Naturally I was drawn to this, and to my delight, look who responded to the article.

on 6/20/01 7:01 AM, Jean Zimmerman at zimm4@FUSE.NET wrote:

> Are there any artist’s book dealers or collectors in Cleveland? How about

> letterpress shops?
> Jean Zimmerman
> zimm4@fuse.net

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Hello Jean,

I am in charge of the letterpress studio at the School of Art at Kent State

University; about 50 minutes from Cleveland. The Type High press is a

teaching press utilized by the students and faculty of the division of

Visual Communication Design.

I get to host a book arts workshop each summer. Don Glaister and Suzanne

Moore just completed a workshop last week. They have recently moved to

Cleveland from Alabama.

You probably will hear from Carolyn Fraser. She is a subscriber to the

ListServ. Carolyn has recently started the Idlewild press in Cleveland and

is associated with the Zygote Press, a cooperative for printmakers.

Carolyn is at idlewildpress@earthlink.net

Are you planning a visit to north east Ohio ?

Best wishes, Eric May emay1@kent.edu