You might have noticed I don’t post as many as I did before. I’ve been very busy with a school project which consumes a lot of time. It’s also a bit busier @work. Days are long, but unfortunately not long enough to do all I want . There are some posts in the pipeline though and I hope  to get back to you within a few weeks (hopefully a lot sooner). In the meanwhile check out my activity on Google+.

Sometimes you come across a new kind of website. A website that utilizes other tools and implement a design around it. Uniqlo did just that with their website for a Japanese Fashion brand Undercover. The website uses the Google maps tooling to let visitors browse through the content. Check it out in the video above or try it yourself @ http://www.undercover.uniqlo.com/us/.

Sites like this are raising the bar in my opinion. They’re exploring a new way to show content or to use a website. I’m not saying this is the best way to do it but it should certainly work as an eye opener for web designers. Don’t think basic…think more!

Cool! It was exactly the sort of art I wanted on the wall. Unfortunately one of them didn’t quite fit into the room’s atmosphere. Therefore I asked for another one, the Odds. This turned out to be a great choice and today we finally managed to put them on the wall.

I’m really pleased by the results. Mainly because it’s the kind of art I really like. It’s modern, original and tells a story. Also it’s the kind of artwork that I can’t create. Of course I’ve my own skills, but this is something that doesn’t come with my skill set. it’s simply amazing when looking at it. Incredible detailed and somehow emotional. I really like it! Now only the pseudo silk kimono needs a good place.

A simple and standard photograph can impress you immensely. But it’s possible to make a photo even more intense by editing it a bit and create a creative (sometimes unrealistic) scene. This post processing is a lot of work but it pays of! It gives you an original and never seen before end result as these examples show. Bookmark them for inspiration!

Personally I’m not that good in editing images to create this sort of photographs / artwork. It’s a learning process though and there are some really nice tutorials that discuss post processing photos. Check out this article to start yourself!

Social media is hot these days. From time to time there are new social networks or other kinds of social awesomeness coming up . Think Pinterest for example, the new social hype right now. But not everybody is as enthusiastic as I am.

Today I’ve had a discussion about a social media tool and why to use it. The other person was really resistant towards it and I couldn’t understand that at all. To be honest, I’m not quite sure I understand it right now. It was a great eye opener and a really interesting discussion. We discussed the pro’s and the con’s but somewhere the discussion stopped…don’t know why, probably someone walked in .

Anyway the biggest reason for not using it was the fact the other participant preferred real human contact during discussions. He was missing the non verbal part, someone’s body language. Although body language is really important to analyse during a discussion I just don’t think it makes a discussion on social media less good.

Another good reason not to join a discussion on social media has to do with the fact it are mostly written discussions. The problem with written discussions, which I acknowledge, is that everyone who reads through it interprets it differently. So things get misunderstood a bit more than during a real life discussion. I’m pretty sure this happens a lot, but somehow it doesn’t get the upper hand in my social media. Is that by its self regulating nature? Or why isn’t it that discussions (which I participate in) are misunderstood? I know it’s a legit problem but can’t find why it’s not happening as much.

Most of the time when you buy something you’ll get a plastic bag with it. Mostly the white and simple ones with a logo here and there. But sometimes a company creates an original set of bags. Really creative ones that will stay in people’s minds. Today I’ve came across a great set of example bags through froot.nl. Check them out, this really needs to get inside your inspirational archives!