MeWecycle
Interesting design exhibition in Paris at the moment featuring a collection of work by designers’ based on their love of the bicycle and creative-recycling. Checkout this great clip of some of the functional pieces and others just created for their beauty:
Harvey Nicols gets puntastic…
Checkout these great celebrity pun postcards from Harvey Nicols showcased on the Creative Review blog. I love the simplicity of the execution and disregard shown for what many consider to be design no no’s - cheesy puns and celebrities.
Nike Air Troupe Design Battle
Once again, another fantastically concepted and executed site by Nike.
The Air Troupe Design Battle website has been created to launch a new range of Hip-Hop dance shoes that took over 2 years to develop.
Alongside the dance inspired developments of the shoe (more durable for multi-surface wear and 360-degree dragging/sliding) comes the ability to fully customise its look - everything from the colour of the laces through to the colour of the under-sole tread.
Once designed, you can purchase your shoe, send it into battle against other designers and judge other people’s creations.
Like all Nike sites, the Flash work is excellent and I particularly like the judging section - two opponents (shoes) are shown, and the user has three seconds to click on their favourite before the next challengers are displayed.
Brand America is changing
Interesting article on Smashing Magazine detailing the shift in design, content and technology focus of the White House website since Barack Obama’s inauguration.
Perhaps the most noticeable change is the lack of prominence given to the White House logo which plays second fiddle to the site’s navigation and content feature. Coincidental? I think not.
Two Thousand
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