15.07.08
Matt

Radiohead’s latest video for their single House of Cards is, in true Radiohead fashion, a little bit ground-breaking. The video was recorded without light and without cameras. Instead they employed a couple of scanning technologies that mapped the scenes in 3D. They could then use the raw data to create the video using various rendering options and show the scenes from any angle they desired. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Life, Technology
03.06.08
Vilmar

I recently had the opportunity to attend the Offf festival in Lisbon, as a Dusted correspondent. The event, in its 8th edition, is one of the most exciting digital design festivals in Europe at the moment. It showcases top talents from web design to typography, motion graphics to installations, in a 3day marathon of talks, performances and workshops, lasting 10 hours each, uufff.
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Design, Dusted, Technology, Travel, Web
01.05.08
Matt

The footer, as if to warrant its physical position in life, can often be left until last during the design process, like some sort of digital outcast. To the contrary, the footer deserves so much more attention than that. It can often be the next port of call in the event of a site’s navigation lacking a link that a user feels should be there (most commonly, this is a link to contact details). It can reinforce a brand, offer up exciting tools and just simply finish of a page in an aesthetic way. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Web
30.04.08
Jack
Gary Hustwit has announced the DVD release of his documentary Helvetica. This is a feature-length documentary about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the rapid increase of one typeface which celebrated its 50th birthday in 2007. Read the rest of this entry »
Design
24.04.08
Matt

After visiting the Future of Web Design last year, I thought I’d attend again this year taking my trusty sidekick Jack along for the ride this time. Once again it was a very interesting day with top-quality speakers. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Dusted, Web
29.02.08
Vilmar

The sky is the limit when it comes to creating electronic devices for entertainment purposes, specially for the conventionally called ‘geeks’. For better or for worse, some of them can be really catchy and appeal to the greater public, be it die-hard techies or young and well-off curious. Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Technology
22.02.08
Vilmar

The use of hardcore marketing tactics during political campaigns is notorious, specially in a country like U.S. But what role have graphic design and visual identity techniques been playing in setting the cues to support communication strategies for potential candidates? Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Life
16.10.07
David
The Mermaid Centre scooped gold for best web site at the Meetings Industry Marketing Awards (MIMA) last night. Dusted designed and developed the new site last year so it was great to see all our hard work formally recognised amongst a highly competitive sector. The judges praised The Mermaid site for ease of use and strong branding, making it a clear winner against competition from Woods River Cruises and Imago at Loughborough. Read the rest of this entry »
Awards, Dusted, Web
26.09.07
Jamie
A few of us at Dusted had the opportunity to take a trip to Brighton for the dConstruct 2007 conference. The conference was extremely interesting and covered some topics that will definitely encourage great design for the user experience! Read the rest of this entry »
Design, Dusted, Technology, Web