Design & Tools

This is a category that use design tools for production and practice. Also, this category will consolidate some great design works.

OpenPath & GPS data

January 27, 2012
OpenPath & GPS data

Just found a site – OpenPaths (https://openpaths.cc/), with the mobile application available for iPhone and Android, it can track your gps location and upload to the server. It can also export to csv, kml and json. You are required to register with username and password. There is API for future apps development. Besides, I...
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HTML5 and Flash

December 29, 2011
HTML5 and Flash

Just want to document some discussion on the web talking about the replacement of HTML5 over Flash: Well actually Adobe has to be forced to follow the html5 standard nowadays, and they announced just in Nov, 2011 that they will put more resources in html5 tool rather than flash. The major problem for flash...
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Js plug-in for web design

December 14, 2011
Js plug-in for web design

#1 Simple Viewer,  is a free, customizable image viewing application. Lightweight and easy to use, it features smart preloading, a resizable interface, thumbnail menu and optional description text. Features: 50 images / gallery, also with wordpress plugin support. Example works: http://studentpages.scad.edu/~salema20/ | http://www.chapterone.com.hk/Wedding%20gowns/weddinggowns.htm #2 Mosaic: automatically generate sliding box and captions #3 arbor.js:  a graph visualization library with particle system Will...
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js library for data visualization

October 2, 2011
js library for data visualization

D3.js is a small, free JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data.  You can use D3 to generate a basic HTML table from an array of numbers. Or, use the same data to create an interactive SVG bar chart with smooth transitions and interaction. This gives D3 extraordinary flexibility, exposing the full capabilities of underlying technologies such as CSS3,HTML5 and SVG. With...
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OO concept & generative art

September 29, 2011
OO concept & generative art

“GenArt is just another byproduct of the eternal titanic battle between the forces of chaos and order trying to work out their natural harmony” – by Matt Pearson I am reading a book “Generative Art: a practical guide using processing”, there is free sample chapters online here. A pretty easy reading book and introduce...
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Adobe Muse – a web design tool for designer only

August 17, 2011
Adobe Muse – a web design tool for designer only

It is a tool for graphic designer, no coding knowledge is required for designer. It is now free (beta) until official launch in early 2012. The official price is US$20 per month or US$180 per year, subscription base! See video here: Tutorial: Some evaluation here: http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/adobe-muse-a-step-in-the-wrong-direction/ debate on code+design: http://elliotjaystocks.com/blog/web-designers-who-cant-code/ Share on Facebook
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Shadow Art

August 10, 2011
Shadow Art

Start to collect works that use shadow as their main element - #1 Advertising Design in Newcastle by City New York Base artist | Agency: Vitro Using only a single light source and thousands of real-life Newcastle Brown Ale bottle caps, two well-known New York shadow artists have partnered with Newcastle to bring to...
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Twitter with Processing test

August 9, 2011
Twitter with Processing test

I have used the source code available from here, it is a really simple one and developed by RobotGrrl. Login twitter and then sign up in dev.twitter.com Register the application to get the key tokens (right away) Download the demo application and then try it out. Since I only need to read info (extract...
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Data Visualization with Google Doc & processing

August 9, 2011
Data Visualization with Google Doc & processing

This exercise is based on the tutorial from Jer (Data Artist and currently a Data Artist in Residence at the New York Times), with processing version 1.5.1. Get the file & tutorial here Need to have google account Get a Google Doc (excel) and add the ‘Number’ field- as data will store there such...
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WordPress & CSS

August 4, 2011
WordPress & CSS

I have been worked with several website with wordpress, this time it was a big modification base on existing theme. Also, I have tried to explore different plug-in and issues. Below are some of the issues that worth to record: Steps: Think about the target audience, mission & vision of the site -> tone...
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