Design Heroes

Ubuntu Brand Guidelines

David Bushell — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:40:31 GMT

The Ubuntu Brand Guidelines are now available online, more info on the Canonical blog. A great resource and the sort of detail we should all aim to provide.

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QR Hacker

David Bushell — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:10:13 GMT

QR Hacker — Create custom QR codes with this web app by Carnation Group.

Useful, but it doesn't suggest where to actually use QR codes, and judging by the laughable executions we often see by clueless ad agencies today that sort of guide/warning would be beneficial! Pro tip: QR codes are suppose to make accessibility quicker and easier, not provide an additional barrier to content. URLs are perfectly adequate in most situations.

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365 Awesome Designers

David Bushell — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:30:46 GMT

365 Awesome Designers — a daily design blog for 2012 by mment industries. Feast your eyes on that talent!

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Cut the Rope

David Bushell — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 09:05:29 GMT

Cut the Rope — a web game ported from the native app using HTML5, Canvas, JavaScript and much more (with a healthy dose of Microsoft sponsorship). Read the behind the scenes article for an indepth look into the technologies.

Microsoft’s Internet Explorer team partnered with ZeptoLab (the creators of the game) and the specialists at Pixel Lab to bring Cut the Rope to life in a browser.

The web's future is bright.

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Adobe Photoshop Simulator

David Bushell — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 16:00:04 GMT

The Restart Page

David Bushell — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:04:21 GMT

The Restart Page - Free unlimited rebooting experience from vintage operating systems.

Now I don't know about you, but I haven't restarted my MacBook Air in months so this website certainly fills a need. I wonder who was the first to consider the boot sequence to be an important part of the user expereince?

The Restart Page was created by Soon in Tokyo and rehabstudio Belfast & London.

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Now That's What I Call Startups

David Bushell — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:03:54 GMT

Stuck for a digital start-up idea? This is just the resource you need.

Now! That's What I Call Startups is a robust next generational game changer, data driven to eliminate low hanging fruit during the mission critical innovation process so you can rest assured you're getting nothing but the best top of the line realtime solutions, guaranteed.

Created by Reuben & Hunter.

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Update 2011 Conference Videos

David Bushell — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 22:30:06 GMT

"Update 2011 was a one-day mobile user experience conference that took place in Brighton, UK, on September 5th, 2011 as part of the Brighton Digital Festival."

Aral Balkan has been his usual awesome self and uploaded all the talks on YouTube.

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The Pastry Box Project

David Bushell — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:42:32 GMT

The Pastry Box Project — "Each year, The Pastry Box Project gathers 30 people who are each influential in their field and asks them to share thoughts regarding what they do."

Ignoring the undeniably strange illustrations, I like the idea of this project and expect some interesting, if not enlightening thoughts to appear.

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The HTML5 Quiz

David Bushell — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:17:31 GMT

The HTML5 Quiz by Kevin Sweeney.

How many HTML5 elements can you name in 5 minutes? I managed 61, not too shabby, though I did forget <html> and a few other basics... very fun!

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