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The Extraordinaires Design Studio

The Extraordinaires Design Studio. When I was in design school,  I took a class on drawing comic books. I am not an illustrator by any means, but I loved how our teacher made us think in a different way. Most people say ‘draw a robot,’ whereas my teacher asked us random questions,

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OFFFSET 2013 Book

You can now download a PDF of the OFFSET2013 book, featuring exclusive interviews and essays, we hope it gives you all an insight to the incredible talent we managed to bring together last weekend. Thanks to everyone who helped us bring it together, we couldn’t have done it without you.

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Google60

Yeah, it’s new. Well, old…but new. The creative geniuses at mass:werk have designed the Google search engine in the style of AMC’s Mad Men. Enter Google60. The computer to use at your disposal is the IBM System/360 mainframe from the late 1960’s (but don’t worry, you don’t need a whole room

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The 12 Trends That Will Rule Products In 2013

Don’t let the title fool you, this isn’t just about product design–all 12 of these can be applied to any sort of design or innovation. In 2013 analog and human interaction will end? Yeah right, and “they” have been saying since the new millenium that print is dead. Read on,

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The Creative Gap

In this “new” era that we, as designers, are living in being better than most is very important to get ahead. In the video below, Nick Campbell explains how nowadays everyone seems to be a designer, a photographer, a web designer–but there are only a handful of these people that are

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Katachi by Shugo Tokumaru

Pretty amazing stop-motion music video by Shugo Tokumaru. I wish I had the patience to make these things… Shugo Tokumaru “Katachi” from Kijek / Adamski on Vimeo.

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Cut&Paste Design Battle

I first heard about Cut&Paste about 5 years ago when I really had no idea what I was even doing in the design field. I definitely knew that is where I wanted to be, though. I think the most awesome thing about this competition versus any other out there is

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Fun with Veer

One of my biggest stock photo go-to has always been veer.com. Well, not only is it for their selection of royalty free stock photos, but also for their fun with their work. I stumbled across their site several years ago when I was looking for some funky wallpaper to put

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Finding a Design Job

Everyone knows it; finding a new job can outright suck. And moving to a new city while trying to find work is a very daunting task–especially for designers. Since I decided that I would make the move to Tampa, FL back in February of 2012, I started gathering a list of design

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My First Traithlon

So, after many years of talking about it, I finally did it! Yes, I am talking about signing up for my first triathlon! I have participated in many races before, biking, running, and many swim meets–but never have I ever put them all together into one event. This is truly going to

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