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20 Dazzling COBRA Paintings

James Self — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:17:13 +0000

COBRA was an avant-garde art movement active in Europe from 1948 until 1951. Although the movement was short-lived, it was immensely influential and productive, and many of the artists involved continued to create work throughout the 20th Century. This post focuses on paintings by the movement’s artists from before and after the period, whose practice is [...]

Metallic Inkjet Printing in the Offing

Abhinav Kaiser — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:53:17 +0000

Dublin based Sigma Print & Media Group has found a new use for inkjet printers, to imprint metallic prints on wedding cards. It will leverage on Roland DG’s metallic inkjet printers, which uses liquid metal instead of the traditional ink in their printer ink cartridges. The process will involve XC-540MT to reproduce metallic effects for its [...]

HP OfficeJet 8000 Pro : Start-Up Office Printer Series

Abhinav Kaiser — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:44:04 +0000

HP brought in their successful OfficeJet 8000 Pro printer which was highly successful in the US to UK at the start of September. It’s an inkjet printer that costs less than 100 pounds before applying the taxes and the manufacturer boldly compares it to the likes of laser printers and HP toner cartridges in terms [...]

The 10 Most (In)Famous Music Headlines Ever Printed

Casey O'Brien — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:35:15 +0000

Image: Alex Barth Musicians thrive off life in the public eye. With no public attention, nobody would by their records (see Amy Winehouse’s ever increasing album sales as living proof). And whether marking a historic performance or reporting on a sordid scandal, the press loves musicians just as much as musicians love the press. The two [...]

Kodak Launches an Application for iPhone Too

Abhinav Kaiser — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:12:00 +0000

Kodak has followed Canon’s path in launching an iPhone application that is programmed to display images and print it wirelessly to Kodak printers and feed Kodak digital frames. Great marketing technique! The application christened KODAK Pic Flick App works on iPhones and iPod touches and allows users to upload to images to KODAK W1020 Wireless Digital [...]

The Phenomenal Story Of The Pen

Tom Walker — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:00:23 +0000

Image: Olivander The humble pen may be mightier than the sword, but it is nevertheless taken for granted in today’s modern world. But that wasn’t always the case! Pens have a rich history dating back millennia to the earliest civilisations where only very few people had the skill required to wield, giving them a real and [...]

16 Unbelievably Elaborate Indian Miniature Paintings

Tom Cohn — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:56:22 +0000

Indian miniature painting is one of the world’s most impressive artistic disciplines. As the name suggests, it involves painting images onto implausibly tiny canvases, often no larger than a few centimetres in width and height. If you’ve never seen a miniature painting before, you’ll be stunned by the level of detail involved. Individual leaves on [...]

KODAK ESP 5250 All-in-One Wireless Printer

Abhinav Kaiser — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:10:41 +0000

Kodak made waves two years back when it was launched for the economy it offered from its inkjet printers. It continues to rave a storm with the newly launched ESP 5250 multi-function printer; printing, scanning and copying. What’s more, the printer is wireless as well. The printer is fitted with a 2.4” LCD screen for viewing [...]

The Story Of Ancient China’s Love Affair With Inkstones

Tom Cohn — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:38:09 +0000

Image: Art Virtue When ink was a precious commodity, before the days of ready-mixed ink pots, it was preserved in solid sticks (inksticks), ready to be ground and mixed with water for use by calligraphers and artists. The Chinese would use inkstones as mortars for grinding their inksticks, which was combined with a few drops of [...]

Canon Develops a New Application for iPhone and iPod Touch

Abhinav Kaiser — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:14:01 +0000

Canon, the master of photo printing has strengthened their integration with Apple products with the release of a new application, Easy-PhotoPrint , meant for iPhones and iPod touches. The application allows users to print photographs with ease wirelessly. As shown in the image below, users can view images in thumbnail format with a simple flick of [...]