Posted 31 May 2007, by Aaron
Every designers’ dirty little secret is that they copy other designers’ work. They see work they like, and they imitate it. Rather cheekily, they call this inspiration.
This scourge of the design world has reached such epidemic proportions that there is said to be, “no such thing as an original idea.”
Don’t worry, I intentionally write to [...]
Posted 29 May 2007, by Aaron
Just over a week ago I wrote an article discussing how web designers are pushing the boundaries of web design. Another great example has come to light.
Polish design firm, Metropolis Media have presented their online design portfolio in the form of a ‘roaring 20s’ theme, with jazz, swing, skyscrapers, airships and pin-up girls.
It’s great to [...]
Posted 27 May 2007, by Aaron
Recently there has been a fair amount of discussion on when to consider yourself a successful designer.
Lauren Marie began the discussion by saying:
I struggle a lot with seeing other designers who have been around for 5 or 10 or 35 years and thinking “Gosh, I wish I my designs were that good.” It’s hard to [...]
Posted 24 May 2007, by Aaron
If you’re wondering if I’ve disappeared off the face of the planet… I haven’t. My end of year exhibition begins on Wednesday 6 June, so for the past week I’ve done little else other than finishing unfinished projects and preparing for the exhibition.
miLienzo.com has gone four days without a post, my Google Reader has got [...]
Posted 20 May 2007, by Aaron
The third and final instalment of my Jonas & Francois showcase weekend brings you the video for Femme Lascive by Bless.
Enjoy!
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If you enjoyed this video, make sure you check out the others:
Ed [...]
Posted 20 May 2007, by Aaron
Continuing this weekend highlighting the video post production genius of Jonas & Francois, this is the video for Justice’s latest album cover-song, D.A.N.C.E.
Regular readers may well have come across this over on David Airey’s blog, but frankly, it’s well worth seeing again!
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Posted 19 May 2007, by Aaron
Time has not been on my side of late, so rather than writing words I have a few videos to post this weekend, highlighting the amazing work of Jonas & Francois of Irene 75 Productions.
This first video is a promo for Ed Banger Records (found courtesy of Michael Surtees).
Posted 17 May 2007, by Aaron
Do you remember creating your first website? I do, it was back in 1997 and I created a page on FortuneCity using it’s built-in page builder… Ho hum, how times have moved on.
Now we’re in a high bandwidth world of Web 2.0 and flashy AJAX technologies where almost anything is possible, yet nearly all web [...]
Posted 16 May 2007, by Aaron
It’s that time again where WordPress users across the globe shut down all their systems, cross every finger they’ve got, and do the dreaded upgrade.
It’s a horrible process that involves disabling all plugins, backing things up and uploading the new files. Then you gradually switch things back on, realise that something is not working, curse [...]
Posted 14 May 2007, by Aaron
A few days ago I posted a personal logo conceptual design and asked for your feedback. What became clear from the comments I received was that everyone’s instinctive first response upon seeing the logo was not the response I desired. It drew the wrong connotations in the viewers mind.
So, back to the sketchpad I went, [...]
Aaron Russell is a multimedia creative designer and miLienzo.com is his creative canvas.
