• Minimalism is artificial. Why do we love it?

    Nature tends to entropy, so why do we love minimalism so much a contra-nature feature? Minimalism is artificial. We cannot find minimalist in nature in a non artificial way (not recurring to specialized tools to see atoms for instance), or in a pure state like a perfect sphere. Consider an Atom as the building block [...]

  • Visual code designers; the right / left brain dillema.

    A new kind of designer is emerging on the face of the new mediums of technology and information. Mobile devices, tablets, the proliferation of connectivity and the open source democratization are some of the reasons for this new paradigm. We are used to think that  designers often work mainly with the right side of the [...]

  • VIV Mag Featurette: A Digital Magazine Motion Cover and Feature for the iPad

    VIV Mag Featurette: A Digital Magazine Motion Cover and Feature for the iPad from Alexx Henry on Vimeo.

  • Traditional media deserve to die.

    With the introduction of tablets and better mobile devices, as well as a good network, newspapers and magazines are destined to be a rare sight, and just for the aficionados, much like the vinyl. This shift will change faster than expected essentially because it’s a win-win-win situation. Publishers win – selling more magazines as distribution [...]

  • How the Brain Sees 3D

  • Ramashandran / the perception of motion

    Ramashandran / the perception of motion

  • How to manipulate in design using metaphors.

    One of the challenges to design is to create artifacts with the smallest learning curve to the user. A good design is one that is self-evident and easy to use (hence the famous Mies van der Rohe less is more). Design frequently uses metaphors, which are nothing less than the interpolation of the meaning between [...]

  • poh-e=tre mel[=o]di kem-3-stre

    There are three primordial elements in life; Poetry, Melody and Chemistry.

  • Piggy the brave

    Piggy the brave is a project composed by 10 different illustrations for a kid’s story. “And Rooster Redwattle and Cat Meow brought eight more sandwiches and eight eggs and one platter of porridge. And it ate it all. Fine.” “Great clock struck twelve and the moon watched in from the window then the Owl Oakhead [...]

  • Start a fire, stop a life

    Many animals are killed every year due to fires started by humans. Trees – paper – animals – origami – paper – trees.

  • The universal fool

  • Limpa Chaminés.

    Christmas Postal, 2005 photo by Sónia Sapinho In Portugal we have these Chimney Sweeps that claim that it “does not dirty the house” So you should hire their services in preparation for Santa to come in.

  • Augmented Reality 09

    Here is an experiment with Augmented reality back in 2009, produced with the FLAR toolkit. The live version is long gone, but there’s still a video showing how it worked.

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