Grand Designs – another look
Our old mate Kevin McLoud is back revisiting his old mates from the successful TV series, Grand Designs, to see how they are getting on after living in their dream homes for a few years. I caught the episode that revisited the couple of architects who decided to build next to the railway line in [...]
Adobe CS5 is HERE!
Call me crazy, but I actually quite like Monday mornings. Here at Red-i Design, we get treated to half an hour of inspiration during our Monday Morning Meeting, whether it is through motivational speakers or examples of great art and design. Today, we had an extra special treat: a quick (but oh so amazing) tutorial [...]
Microsoft launches social media savvy mobile phone to youth market
Microsoft have lifted the veil on their latest mobile phones – Kin One and Kin Two – designed purely with Gen Y, and even Gen Z, in mind. Long gone is the main necessity of a phone to actually administer and receive phone calls … no, today we expect our phones to be multi-level digital [...]
Semi-Permanent: Design Conference
So, what is Semi-Permanent? To put it simply Semi-Permanent is a design event. It consists of a conference and side events which include exhibitions, competitions, workshops and parties. It’s a week long celebration of all things design. Graphic Design, Film, Art, Illustration, Web Design, Photography, Visual Effects, Animation, Graffiti, Motion Graphics, Stop Motion; all these [...]
Microsoft release preview of ie9 for developers
You could almost hear the collective sigh of relief across the web development landscape. After years of holding onto their “We are the web”, old-dinosaur attitudes of the 90s, Microsoft have finally made an effort to produce a browser that can perform in today’s web environment. Rounded corners. Check. HTML 5. Check. CSS 3 Selectors. [...]
Skinput: Save money on computer screens and just use your own skin!
Can you imagine it? Pressing on parts of our body to activate certain programs or functions. Hmm, if I touch my left ear the garage door will open! The possibilities are endless! I was watching the following YouTube video on a mashable.com post and in one of the comments was mentioned a TED talk about [...]
Make your own iPhone/iPod stand
I just come across this very cool little die cut paper dock for the iPhone from my favourite blog website: thedieline.com It is a very simple and elegant solution. It was created by French designer Julien Madérou. It’s free to anyone to download, print out, and assemble.Visit his website to to download it. Maybe you could get created [...]