DESILINGUAL

On Off

2009-04-03T16:34:00.002+02:00

One of the best identity works I have seen for a loooooong time.

Seen on Béhance

Pantone Bags???

2009-04-03T16:31:00.001+02:00

Fiche Produit.

From the Graphic Design and Web Design Forum

Highlighted historical personalities

2009-02-23T15:57:00.002+01:00

A brilliant ad from India. The product highlights a story within a story. This must have taken somebody a long time to write! Perhaps they used a computer rendition. The agency behind this is Leo Burnett in Mumbai.

Click on the image to enlarge and read the story.

While the ad does succeed in enticing the viewer to stop and check the highlighted text to see if it is coherent, I wonder if the objective of the ad is achieved. You can very easily get sucked in to the various elements on the ad and have very little recollection of the actual brand. Four elements compete for attention here: the overall story, the highlighted story, the image created by the highlighted area (Che), and finally the product itself (Luxor Highlighters).

Below is another depicting Hitler.

found on BestAdsOnTv.com

99designs

2009-01-30T17:15:00.003+01:00

Well this a site that you can find some really good graphic design contests. With payment which depends on the project. All you gotta do is to sign yourself up have a pay pal account (there are other payment methods but pay pal has no extra charges) and mood to give your best for some extra money.

Hack your Camera

2009-01-29T16:05:00.005+01:00

If you have a canon compact digital camera and no money to buy a real DSLR camera just like me, don't worry JUST HACK IT! CHDK is a firmware enhancement that operates on a number of Canon Cameras. CHDK gets loaded into your camera's memory upon bootup. It provides additional functionality beyond that currently provided by the native camera firmware.You can take a look at CHDK.com

The most amazing thing that CHDK does is that you can shot in RAW format so you can do anything on your images without losing any information. The reason that i hacked my Canon Powershot A550 is that i wanted to generate some HDR images just to familiarize with the process. A disadvantage of this software is that the RAW pictures can not be imported into Photoshop directly they need conversion. Here are some of my experiments:

So hack your camera, get out and start shooting people!

NOKIA 03

2009-01-28T20:30:00.003+01:00

With mobile companies introducing modern technology to their handsets, cell-phone hasn’t just remained a communicating device, rather it has turn into a pocket size multifunctional gadget as the users can record videos, stream internet and listen to the music on their mobile phones. Inspired by an armadillo, the 03-Phone by Jonathan C. Smith is an identical portable device that keeps the basic interaction between the user and the phone simple. Featuring an interface and buttons with tactile and audible responses, the 03-Phone also presents a jog wheel that squeezes it to fit in your pocket. While the users have to open it in order to make or receive a call or select any other functions.

source: www.thedesignblog.org

Mangatars are here!!!

2009-01-28T19:41:00.003+01:00

If you really are the guy that uses avatars and like to change it continuously here is the best tool for your cause. On www.faceyourmanga.it you can compose an image of yourself or your ideal self or your friend or your ugly neighbor who hits the walls with his head when you are trying to relax.

Surreal scenery

2009-01-28T17:35:00.000+01:00

This is in the way to Copenhagen it reminds a Dali painting or something. Passing by the bridge from Malmö to Copenhagen you can see in the far horizon hundreds of windmills that produce energy.

Street instalation in stockholm

2009-01-28T17:16:00.001+01:00

In Stockholm more specifically in Drottningsgatan among many typographic street installations.

So why desilingual?

2009-01-28T16:54:00.000+01:00

Well that's a tough question. Maybe because of the fact that the last months I'm through a linguistic conflict ( i'm greek, but i live in Sweden right now) I can speak english fluently... well that's what I thought... since I started learning swedish I also started mixing the two languages so I can say I speak fluently sweglish :) so design is an extra language that people understand... or not?

Välkommen

2009-01-28T16:39:00.000+01:00

So I started my own blog it is going to be about everything that concerns me and maybe you.
On the first hand there will be design in all forms on the other it is going to be everyday life, politics, music, games and i hope many more.