The following list of graphic, web, and multimedia training and tutorial resources was originally presented during a panel discussion at MacWorld 2011 title “Distance Learning by, and for, Design: How Design and Design Software Is Being Taught Effectively in Non-Traditional Mediums.” Below you will find options to solve an immediate technical design challenge, places that inspire, and places where a...
Live Interactive Presentation and Conversation with two Online Design Education Experts Join Andrew Shalat (Contributor to MacWeek, Inside Mac Radio, MacCentral, and MacWorld) and Gordon Drummond (Chief Learning Officer, Sessions College for Professional Design) in a Live discussion on the merits of teaching design online. – Graphic, Web, Multimedia Design and Game Art are increasingly available to be learned online, both with...
A good friend of NoD and Flash guru Chris Georgenes has just authored another of the super popular “How to Cheat” series. We are giving away a copy of his new book How To Cheat In Adobe Flash CS5. To win the book, post a link below to your favorite example of flash animation. The animation does...
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Next weekend “Take-Less,” an eco-art installation designed to bring awareness to society’s mass consumption of plastic take-out food containers, will be unveiled in NYC. As the popularity of take-out meals increases, so does its waste. New York design firm, MSLK is dedicated to raising awareness on the rampant consumption of single-use plastic that has become an unfortunate societal norm in the...
NoD interviewee Delphine Perrot of Studio Myerscough shares her NoD Creative Countdown below. Creative Countdowns are top designers sharing their top websites, movies, bands, magazines and books. - - – Top 5 Websites – 1. de zeen 2. ffffound! 3. Last.fm 4. inhabitat 5. Manystuff – Top 4 Movies – 1. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial 2. The gleaners and I 3. Edward Scissorhands 4. The Science of Sleep – Top 3 Bands...
NoD interviewee Rob Gonzalez of Sawdust shares his NoD Creative Countdown below. Creative Countdowns are the favorite websites, movies, bands, magazines and books that top designers turn to for inspiration. - - – Top 5 Websites – 1. http://www.last.fm/ 2. http://www.wikipedia.org/ 3. http://www.creativereview.co.uk/ 4. http://fantasy.premierleague.com/ 5. http://www.google.com/analytics/ – Top 4 Movies – 1. Back to the Future (part one) 2. The Shawshank Redemption 3. Stand By Me 4. Léon – Top 3...
We interviewed Flash animator Chris Georgenes at his home studio in Wellesley, Massachusetts. Chris is self-taught as an animator and his clients include Pileated Pictures, Lucas Arts, Universal Records, Plot Developers, AOL and others. He is currently working for Acclain on their web game RockFree, is a Flash instructor at Sessions College for Professional Design, and is the...
I’ve written about using LinkedIn to find design jobs here and here, but I’ve yet to suggest ways to use Twitter or Facebook as part of a design career search. Needless to say, it is an obligation today that during the application process for a new job you take a moment to see if the company offering a...
Thanks to Mother I recently interviewed, via email, a graffiti artist known as BNE. Mother is big ad agency with big clients (like Coca-Cola and Stella Artois), that does interesting and creative work. They are opening a huge New York office (36,250 sq. ft.) at 11th avenue and 44th street in Hell’s Kitchen and across the street from Ogilvy....
