plasticpilots

10 lists of 10s

2009-03-13T21:48:33Z

Blogs posts with 10, 20 or even 50 of something are quite popular, here’s my approach taking it to a meta-level.

10 things they don’t teach you in design school and except for #10 they also account for a programmer like me.
10 tips to avaid designer’s block
the 10 simplest website tweaks for designers to get more clients count for many other professions as well.
10 tips for moving from part time to full time freelanceing is quite a good list, especially no. 6: selling templates and stock images can give you a steady and easy income.
10 beautiful letterpress business cards
10 css tricks to conquer the world and I wonder why those lists are still necessary…
Dieter Rams ten commandments in design
10 designer bathrooms I take the toilette seat scale and the shower head please. kthnx.
10 amazing treehouses. I’d prefer a hobbit house
10 Antique Desks For Modern Feminine Bedrooms

polish design 1950s to 70s

2008-11-29T16:30:29Z

After a first selection in June, Zuza presets yet another round of polish design objects from the 1950s to 1970s

Schmiede

2008-09-22T09:49:38Z

I should have mentioned it here a lot earlier but roboti roboti all day and night…

Currently there’s the Schmiede taking place in Hallein, Austria (south of Salzburg) and like last year I’m attending and have a lot of fun, learn new stuff, talk with people, photograph them (or NOT, some people are really like that…) and do unexpected things. Like opening an exhibition of my experiments with a pinhole camera and instant film.

Schmiede, and my exhibition(s), is running till September 27th and you are welcome to visit us.

workdesks

2008-07-22T18:25:46Z

inspiredology featured a few office webdesigns which immediately reminded me of two pictures I took during last year’s Schmiede.

Both pictures are under the creative commons, so if anyone wants to use them for a design I’d be happy to hear about.

Interesting cups by Sayaka Yamamoto

2008-07-19T18:37:02Z

Sayaka was born in Japan and studying in the Netherlands for a few years now. The two things from her design-gallery that made me smile where the
apple cup and the fortuneteller cup.

pp is in the top12

2008-07-17T11:52:23Z

Only place 12 you might think? Well, on the list by mostinspired #12 is the top-spot, so I’m very grateful for this…

I the comments there came a topic up, screenshots. Here at pp I don’t force anyone to upload screenshots. I usually do them myself and even from those that are uploaded I replace many because I think this or that element needs some focus.

Automatic screenshots are no solution for three simple reasons:

They fail on most flash websites
I select what’s important
Most times I have more than only one screenshot.

new front page

2008-06-27T17:35:03Z

Alex complained a bit about what the front page of the new plasticpilots looked liked but I think with the new one it’s much better now.

The right sidebar is a bit broader and moved a bit left to make space for bigger thumbnails. The latest comments were removed for now and there are five posts now.

Any comments on the new look? Alex?

all new and flying

2008-06-17T14:54:45Z

It’s been a month now since Alex and I started talking and since Sunday the new software is online and live. A few things have changed besides that.

The old software, expression engine, was not that flexible like the new one will be. You can expect interesting new features, easier submission, integration of external webservices and other stuff.

There will be a newsletter pretty soon, you can already subscribe to it.

upcoming changes at plasticpilots

2008-05-25T16:50:00Z

It’s been a few months months since Alex wrote about letting go plasticpilots and finally he found someone.

I’m Thomas R. Koll (aka TomK32), living in Berchtesgaden, Germany, just a few kilometers away from Alex’s home. Luckily I was the first asking for taking over pp who was not a nasty SEO, offered a bit more money than those did and has a good plan for the future of plasticpilots.

I guess you want to know a few things about the new owner: I have clearly no talent for webdesign, though my first steps on the internet were on OSWD, but I’m a good developer and love good design. My plans for plasticpilots are giving it a new software next week putting a lot of time into it to get it living again. The new software will be custom but open source and you can find it at GitHub. In a few weeks you will be able to use that software for your own portfolio.

I hope that everyone will enjoy the new plasticpilots and it will become a vivid source for inspiration again like it was earlier. If you have ideas, suggestion etc for plasticpilots, please let me know and send a mail to tomk32@gmx.de

Letting go of plasticpilots.com

2008-04-09T06:16:00Z

Are you interested in taking over plasticpilots.com? It has been around for several years and got a great reputation. The current google rank is 5 and there are some 800 rss subscribers. Find more details here.