Macrame Journal

Crowdsourcing $300 million to buy Pabst Brewing Co.

Macrame — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:21:12 +0000

According to the Chicago Tribune, ownership of the brewing company was entrusted to a non-profit charity when the owner Paul Kalmanovitz passed away. Because federal tax laws forbid non-profits from owning for-profit companies, Pabst is now looking for a buyer.

Read "PSFK" article…

"Un Leon D-Mente" designed by Cuna

Macrame — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:37:38 +0000

Cuna Estudio designed the artwork for the last Leon Gieco's musical project "Un Leon D-mente".

The Wonder of Apple’s tablet

Macrame — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 13:26:13 +0000

Conventional wisdom suggests that Apple will not be able to succeed where so many others have failed. But Apple makes billions defying conventional wisdom.

Read "Techcrunch" article…

Restaurants are using menu semantics to entice diners

Macrame — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:15:14 +0000

Many restaurants around U.S. are feverishly revising their menus. Pounded by the recession, they are hoping that some magic combination of prices, adjectives, fonts, type sizes, ink colors and placement on the page can coax diners into spending a little more money.

Read "The New York Times" article…

"For design thinkers, behaviours are never right or wrong, but they are always meaningful." — Tim Brown, CEO of Ideo

Macrame — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 14:35:04 +0000

Geek Files animations featured in Motion Served website by Behance Network

Macrame — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 14:31:48 +0000

– Go to "Motionserved" site…

Argentina's graphic design pioneer Diseño Shakespear turns 50.

Macrame — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:24:43 +0000

Fifty years ago, at the age of 16, Ronald Shakespear set out his design studio in Buenos Aires. Jorge Frascara, past president of Icograda and Professor Emeritus of the University of Alberta, wrote about this event.

Brand Iconography: A collection of various icons designed by Macramè

Macrame — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:26:00 +0000

Information graphics with charts, graphs and icons have an increasing prominence and different emphasis by being used as much for aesthetic form as for the calibration or quantification of data through a modern visual language. The result is a consistent family of icons and graphs that communicates with the same style and help to visualize complex process or data.

Brand Marks: A collection of various logos designed by Macramè

Macrame — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:03:24 +0000

Concrete or abstract symbols which identifies a organization, a service or a product. All marks must be appropiate and relevant. They can be created new trademarks from scratch, or refreshed accordingly with the strategic necessities of the brand.

Leandro Castelao art on sale at Kemistry Gallery, London.

Macrame — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:09:34 +0000

Kemistry Gallery is selling Limited editions silkscreen prints by Leandro Castelao.

The past is the future in fashion

Macrame — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:40:52 +0000

A series of 3 mood animations for the Diesel Kids collection.

Feel Viola!

Macrame — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:47:45 +0000

Violachannel is the themed channel created by SHADO for Fiorentina Football Club to continue the club’s presence online. An example of innovative and efficient dialogue with a target audience whose common interest is a strong passion.

Between reality and fiction

Macrame — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:45:12 +0000

Produced by SHADO and LOG607 it will go on air on Current TV. Frammenti is a new concept of online entertainment, a unique experience in which not only reality and fiction, but the real life of the viewer is also involved in the narration. This is a show in which the new rules of cross-media storytelling become a mystery that only you can solve.

Expand your possibilities

Macrame — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:02:43 +0000

SplitGigs is a social communication platform, connecting musicians with other musicians, in order to play together all over the world. All happening as a constant stream.

Internet history

Macrame — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 21:01:22 +0000

A series of 12 short info-graphics animations on internet and technology innovation for Geek Files, a tv format of Current Italy.