Creative Community Bulletin 23 September 2013

Great con­tent found by Pariah and shared to the design and cre­ative com­mu­ni­ties on social media.

  • Sand + Silly Putty Ingredients = “Kinetic Sand” = The Next Toy on Creatives’ Desks

    “Denmark may have the lock­down on Lego, but a neigh­bor­ing coun­try is also pro­duc­ing some­thing chil­dren can use to build things: Sand. No ordi­nary sand, of course. A com­pa­ny called Delta of Sweden, which man­u­fac­tures mod­el­ing com­pounds for use in the edu­ca­tion­al, med­ical, ther­a­peu­tic and arts & crafts mar­kets, has an inven­tion called Deltasand. The stuff has been licensed by sev­er­al toy­mak­ers, most notably Colorado-based WABA Fun, who have pro­duced this video demon­strat­ing the prod­uct (rebrand­ed “Kinetic Sand”):”

  • How To Design A Better Office For Both Introverts And Extroverts

    COULD A “PALETTE OF PLACE” GIVE WORKERS CONTROL AND CHOICE OVER WHERE AND HOW THEY WORK? ONE COMPANY GOES DEEP INTO WORK SPACE.

  • 10 Lessons For Design-Driven Success
    Imagine that the iPhone does not yet exist. Mark Zuckerberg is still enrolled at Harvard. Barack Obama is a hope­ful state sen­a­tor in Illinois. The final episode of Friends has just aired, with 52 mil­lion peo­ple tun­ing in. Not a sin­gle view­er tw…
  • The Ingredients that Make a Great Photographer
    “How do we as pho­tog­ra­phers, man­u­fac­tur­ers, adver­tis­ers and ven­dors define a great photographer?”
  • Top 10 brand cam­paigns of 2013 so far
    Whether they’re built on an inno­v­a­tive idea or are just great pieces of design in their own right, these cam­paigns have caught our eye this year.
  • A Staggeringly Complex Infographic Of The Civil War, Drawn 116 Years Ago
    CONSIDER IT A HUMBLE REMINDER THAT COMPUTERS ARE JUST TOOLS. A RICH HISTORY OF DATA VISUALIZATION LIVED LONG BEFORE BITS AND BYTES.
  • How to Use Mind Maps to Unleash Your Brain’s Creativity and Potential
    Mind map­ping is one of the best ways to cap­ture your thoughts and bring them to life in visu­al form. Beyond just note-taking, though, mind maps can help you become more cre­ative, remem­ber more, and solve prob­lems more effec­tive­ly. Whether you’r…
  • How Texting Turns Us Into Liars
    INFORMATION SYSTEMS PROFESSOR TOM MESNERVY, WHO CO-AUTHORED A NEW STUDY ON COMMUNICATING, SAYS IT’S BECAUSE “PEOPLE CAN EASILY CONCEAL THEIR IDENTITY AND THEIR MESSAGES OFTEN APPEAR CREDIBLE.” THAT’S NO LIE.
  • The art of licens­ing: how to sell your designs to market
    Is it pos­si­ble to earn a liv­ing from licens­ing your designs for use on con­sumer prod­ucts? Lisa Hassell chats to indus­try insid­ers to find out.
  • A day in the life of a 3D artist
    Actually no, the life of a free­lancer is fraught with the dan­gers of missed dead­lines, angry clients, an ever increas­ing work­load and non pay­ments. So why do it? Why not remove the stress from your work­ing life and go cor­po­rate. Let the account…
  • Why cards are the future of the web #UX
    Cards are fast becom­ing the best design pat­tern for mobile devices.
  • Just How Many Times Are You Supposed to Touch Prospects During the Sales Process?

    In B2B sell­ing, there are con­flict­ing reports about how many times you need to metaphor­i­cal­ly touch a prospect before they buy from you, so whether it’s 5, 7 or some­thing else, it’s like­ly more than just the first or sec­ond inter­ac­tion you have with them.

  • The 25 best pho­to apps for iPhone
    There’s more to pho­to edit­ing on mobile than Instagram. We select the best pho­to apps for iPhone, iPad and Android.

Curated by Pariah Burke