I know it's not the first time I comment here that I found and discover new stuff in twitter and... well, after this 'entrance', I don't think I need to say that I discover lots of good stuff through Twitter (Oh I may just did it!)
Anyway, looking at this blog and this particular article, I felt - I admit very honestly -  I was jeaulosy of this workspaces. Must be lots of fun, or at least even more fun, work at this conditions. I take note, and now you please check it out by yourself, and tell me if this is not something to wish for?
We can just take a few ideas to redesign and renew our own workspace!
http://lifehacker.com/5428746/most-popular-featured-workspaces-of-2009

Well, it's a nice advice and a nice way to end the year, always with hope and wanting to work more and better every time.... and with a new workspace would be even better!

Good year to everyone and my honestly wish of a Happy New Year 2010.

Who don't like to receive mail? A simple postcard - no matter what on it or from who - it's many times appreciate... sometimes feels good to know someone is willing to know about us, remmember us and send us a postcard! May seams impersonal but if we take a good though about the era we are, the tecnological and digital era, it's not so strange someone needing to exchange and contact with another human being. Sharing and postcard crossing is a good way to keep the old fashion way of mail and yu can always receive a postcard from a tottal stranger but you know both have at least one thing in commum, the taste and teh pleasure for stamps or postcards.
I admit I enjoy receive and send postcards and letters and recently I found out about this website where everyone is invited to exchange postcards with this giant community whit members all over the world, just for the fun to do it. It's fun.
http://www.postcrossing.com/

And like one thing goes to another, through this postcard crossing I found another website about and with costumized postcards. This postcards are little bit like letters/envelopes but with different drawings and illustrations. Somehow this website is an extension of the other and what makes this even more funny is the fact I found out about both almost in the same day and there is an idealogical connection between them.
http://intgirl.com/

When artistic photos is the issue, in my mind pops irrealistic almost ghostly or even angelic/morbid picture. And as much I like all kind of pictures, this kind is undoubtedly my favourite and here it's a very good example of that.
Really good artistic photos and even being taken under water we get the idea of freedom and in some cases seams the model is jumping on the air and not under water. It's freedom in a physical, liquide element.


See the rest in here: http://thechive.com/2009/03/09/underwater-photography-by-zena-holloway-20-photos/

"designer

Job Requirement:
- Educational level of year 12 or Higher

- Fluent Speech, good diction and ease of communication
- Skills of argument towards objectives
- Versatility, Assertiveness, Pro Activity
- Good knowledge in computer user's perspective
- Experience in development of sales activities (customer and prospect for new customers)
- Capacity of organization and development of administrative tasks
- Total and immediate availability

Role:
- Customer Care (personal and telephone)

- Performing duties in administrative costs of the sale.
- Knowledge of programs such as Autocad and 3D Max.
If you are interessed, please contact..."

Let's face it, what can be seen from this list! It seems that the Designer is a multifaceted person/worker that beside designing, is also a receptionist, telephonist, Account, Sales, etc ...

This makes me very angry ... Not that I don't like to work but put all this roles jobs only proves that in Portugal the Designer is not seen as a Designer but some kind of person how makes drawings (often  very nice ones) and needs to work for a living so let's explore this needing and hire someone to do a bit of everything and on top being ignored... If not, on profile requirements should be also the desired computer skills and they said it like is not very important!

Came on!

It seems to me unfair and incorrect, that these companies do this to us designers... we studied, we paid for it, we try to be someone and work honestly and then this! It is wrong and if I ever have to hire someone else will do it with much respect!

Well people, the fact I had an account on Twitter and Facebook, makes me realize that beside all the euphoria about Facebook (at least in Portugal), Twitter have must more facts, events of interest than facebook. And I don't say it just for saying... no, I tell it in firsthand. Through Twitter, I found and embrace a brand new world, people and events exponentially while in Facebook, I only have access to my circle of friends and in a certain way this restricts my horizon of discovers.
But well... enough of publicity of Twitter and let's go to what really matters and make me write this post after I found it through twitter. And it's something with interessing.

I admite that personally and professionaly I was a little bit jealousy... this blogs/websites are aesthetically appealing and the designer responsible for them can do something I can't do, use white as background. I admite I can't used it freely, without end feeling tried (white as background tires more than black... Autocad designer know it!) and I always feel the design is unfinished. I really don't think I have some kind of aversion to white, but I think that color don't always work! But in this cases, yes it work and I propose to you see it for yourself.
Please see here all links of websites and blogs with white inspiration:
http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/2009/12/inspiration-beautiful-white-websites/

But here is more to see, another types of websites also interessing and it's always nice refreshing the ideas and renewing our visual culture, right?
http://www.thecssawards.com/

Friends, case you want to leave to me your suggestion or opinion or tell me another similar cases likes those I suggest, you can always do it by leaving a comment or sending me an email.

Oh I hope you had a Great Christmas!

Days ago I found this website/blog about photography and what I found curious about it, was the owner of it, is humble enough to say he have a lot to learn yet. I really enjoy that!
I myself am in love with photography and I know I don't have a natural talent to take pictures. Well, I try, I read about it, search, but with my lack of time, I never gone deeper about it. To tell the true I prefere photorealism... from softwares like Rhino ou 3D Studio Max.
Anyway, I feel that I should promote this nice website to all of you who may be interessed, such as photography or even just to read (nice articles too), etc... Take a look.

http://www.flixelpix.com/

I think is world wide known that Linux and Mac is two must stable, safe and reliable systems but beside that Windows is one of must sold in the world.
For professional reasons and because I live with others who also have access to my laptop and they only know how to work with windows, this is my system operative and I tell you sometimes I fell a real desire to destroy my laptop with a hammer!
I have Windows Xp (this version came with the laptop) still hold on the pressure and use I give him. But times to times, a message pops on screen telling me I have a few errors on my system and advising me to search the solution on the internet.
This kind of situation is frustrating and even the system is now a little more stable than before, still not perfect and I think they still have a long way to make it perfect.

So for people like me that needs Windows, don't give up... I found a small application that promise to save and improve windows, apparently is miraculous. Honestly I haven't try it on but I think I will. It's not expensive, the prize is acceptable and if really works should off.
Among all wonderfulls they promise, they say if we use it, the system will be stabilized, detected and clean duplicate files, disk space analizer, junk files cleaner, repair commum windows problems, etc, etc, etc... Ah And it works on any kind of windows! Sweet!

To everyone who wanto to try it, here the link!http://www.windsty.com/products/windows_7_tuneupsuite/windows-7-tuneup.html

Oh and if you try it, tell me something about it! Thank you!

Lighting effects it's something that I enjoy and, in my opinion never disappoint.
When issue is a music video with excellent lighting effects and body moviments, the final effect is always, but always overcome and add something to music and video itself. This add can be positive or negative, it's true!
Without wanting minimize music of course, but an good image power really can surprise us.
Body moviment and visual sensitivity that particular image gives us an image of human body wit all weekness and power, but also take us all certainties and provide us with clearance picture that we are just pawns in this world. Photography, ligths and shadows, neutral  and dark colours also have a quote in this effect.
I can't find a better way or words to describe what I feel and think when I see, for example, this video from These New Puritans, which beside having a great musical force also can match their videos to their music.




Another video where this relationship between music/video/body moviment/light is well related, in my modest opinion is this video from Junior Boys with 'Bits and Pieces'. Three black persons with body paintings that reacts to dark light! Dance and random moviments just to high ligths light itself and their effects, almost psicadelic effects which once again add something positive to music.

Only today I found this studio of design and photography and already I'm in love!
Lose one day if it takes to see all photos, videos, projects, etc, I guarantee you it will take a while to see everything with attention but pay off. You won't regret.
Here it is a small piece of what you will see there... And I will give you the prove how Natalie Portman is one of must beautiful women in the all world.

http://www.lachapellestudio.com/
or
https://www.artsy.net/artist/david-lachapelle

Little by little everyday I get several emails from uncounted firms promoting produts and softwares and specially all the discounts we can get by buying those products until the end of the year!
It's one way to make that record of sales of many companys and another way to sell large numbers possible of this year edition, because in few months new and improved editions will be send to the market. But it's also a nice and cheep way for many costumer to get that specific 'way out of the budget' software we all want, and don't forget, even those new upgrades in the market, it's always nice wait one or two years to get a upgrade and these will cost you less then software.

So if you can and want to buy, my advice is do it near the end of the year or even until the end of this year! 2010 is right here...

The name says everything! And there is nothing more to say, just see it... This link here is about photographys of baby animals inside the womb but there is more to see! Beautiful and fascinanting...

http://www.thisblogrules.com/2009/12/stunning-photographs-of-animals-inside.html

Here it is two images taken from the blog, to whet the appetite





P.S. - Another discover of mine from Twitter!

“Great lighting is not about walking into a place and saying, ‘What great lighting!’ It’s about walking in and saying, ‘What a great space!’”   —Mark Major in Jonathan Glancey's profile of the lighting-design firm Speirs and Major Associates, from the December issue of Metropolis. (in December Metropolia Newsletter)

Here it's a genuine sentence with true meaning. Because when the light of one space is well structure, it takes second place and the space it self 'light up'. And this is truely the function of illumination, light the space, building but the source of it isn't prepotent and in the end the ambient win. This should be the really beginning of any interior designer.

By the way, I advice to everyone to sign in Metropolis Mag Newsletter, 'cause every month there is lots of interessing issues and articles and it's always good to be update in fashion, designm architecture, etc, world.

This year - I honestly don't know if in the past Tate made something like this - TATE have a perfect tecnologic criative solution for us to send christmas cards by email. This post cards are a little special, because they all have a connection to art and based in TATE Kids collection pieces of art.
One very good idea for children! Culture and love and friendship 'distribution' from children to friends and family.
Worth a visit, even if you don't send any ecard, you can always take a look at their website.
Well, even now I advice to check all website, specially e-shop (some goodies with discount) and take also a n educational visit to TATE Conservation.
TATE Kids ecard

Oh, and I promisse next year I will make my onw christmas card and put them for sell at my e-shop. Next year...

Lately I have been asking myself if is good have a blog or website full of google ads.
Personally, I spend a lots of time on internet and I see too many blogs with too many ads. This destroy any aesthetic and may confuse the reader and interfere with the reading of the post, specially when this ads are in the middle of the post. This can make the reader (a casual reader) think that link make the a part of the post and this is not fair to him. This can make the blogger a few extra cash but he trick the reader, the reader who as interessed on the post. Maybe this is a remote possibility but can happen, and that ads are simply visual noise, distracting the reader/visitor and for me is one of the main reasons to never go back to that blog, because in this cibernautic world, I know I can find another blog with similar interessing posts and less visual noise/ads.
Is known that the human eye needs space/blank to read one text and the blank unifies and gives meaning to the phrase and if exist to many information is extremely likely that the reader will be tired very soon about the post and the guilty is everything surronding the test is confusing and needless.
But seams to me, everyday is more and more google ads on blogs and bloggers may not have teh conscience of what they really doing, and just focus on monetary benefits. It's fair but it's kind of sad.
I can not blame this attitude completely, because I myself have this kind of ads, but I think they are positioned discreetly, even secondary  ... Always in the end, at the end of the blog, at the end of my widgets bars. This way, I give the reader/visitor the decision to click or not in google ads and I don't think in the monetary benefits.

Whenever I come across this situation, I can't stop feeling a little tricked and troubled.
So I would like to give a few tips about this issue:

1) If you use google ads or another kind of ads in your blog or website, they must be marks as such and clearly distinguished from the post.
2) Avoid similarities (in style) between your blog and ads, ie, the lettering and colors must be different. Even in anyway they match, must be a distinction
3) Make a break on post to put one ad, distract the reader to something to important in that moment he's reading your post and his full attention should be on your post.

Remember, the reader has the power and the right to choose not to visit your blog any more, and if he start to feel troubled with exaggeration ads in such short space, I'm pretty sure you can count your visitor will not came back so soon and you will lose visitors that in a long term, could be regular visitors and maybe eventually they would use your links and ads.

Well, I confess that I'm wroting this post with a little of hope that some how a chain starts and one day I may realize all bloggers gain conscience and all internet experience will be must more pleasant.

Another 'party program' around Japan.

Espaço Nimas is promoting a Japanese Night, where Hana Kogure songwriter and singer will act as well dancer and coreagrapher Hajime Fujita. The movie Madadayo will be projected and they will also hosted a japanese cocktail with sushi, sakê, sashimi and tea. All this just for 10 euros. Start at 21h30 on December 12.
Must be fun.

Program: http://www.divulgacaodigital.com/void-creations/newsletters/lisboninjapan/email.html

For those who don't know, I'm taking japanese lecture since September and the oriental center created one email where everyone can comunicate and share information. That's how I find out about this, Culturgest is hosting a Japanese Cinema Show since 7 until 12 Dezember, where all movies have english translation and with a great diversity of films, like documentaries and animation films. Or it wasn't Japan known for this kind of films.
Personally I enjoy very much animation films and in the program appears this one I have seen already and like very much, but another one catch my eye. Saw trailer on youtube and seams to be very 'revolucionary', because mix several drawing and animation technics, beside story looks funny.
See the program and to everyone that can go, go. Tickets cost only 3,5euros (lower than 'normal' movies theatres) and it's also a chance of a film routine!

Program: http://www.culturgest.pt/actual/nipponkoma.html

And to whet the appetite...





And arigato!

Before anything, I want to say thank you to my dear friend Vera who share with me her interest about Tim Burton's exhibition, soon to happens at MOMA, because without you my friend I wouldn't find out it so soon and I wouldn't see this beautifull website and (re)discover the work of this great man/genius/madman/film-maker/"something more I can not remember right now" named Tim Burton.

To all of you, I advice to see and enjoy this website, created specifically for this exhibition. The website is very cool, since the very beginning with the lovely robot until Tim Burton's interview about MOMA's exhibition and what this means to him, how he lokes to his work, drawings, etc.
Personally, that's what excites me most during my research and discover of an artist as a person or even one particular piece of art... it's the motivation, the gear of all inspiration that led the artist to conceive IT... why, how and the way it's creator see the primordial idea and the mean of his art. All rest is meanless and secundary... the artistic movement, the granted social and artistic 'label', that to me is not important. It's the person behind the work and the effect (butterfly effect) the work has on the artist as a person
But see all creative process, drawings and scribbles made by him it's very exciting, makes me want to go back to my own weird drawnings, a little bit like androgen Paula Rego style.

(Personal note and a tip for all those pseudo intellectual... all genius or eventually considered genius, they doesn't play by normal education school. Tim Burton himself said he is thankful to his drawing/art teacher for never 'gave' him boundary or rules on Burton's style! I also would like to had that in my life while I was a student, maybe I would always follow my vocation and desire to study art.)


http://www.moma.org/interactives/exhibitions/2009/timburton/
(If take a while, please wait, it will be worth!)

Oh this exhibition have also a little promotional short film made exclusiv for MoMA.



See also here all creative process for / of this short film. I congratulate all of them for this excelent work.

Yesterday I was asked to design a nice and simple flyer for Adoption campaign between Bianca and Jumbo Natureza. I admitted I was missing making graphic design like this... all this time I just did webdesign!
Anyway here it is my new graphic design. Also update it on my website.

I believe marketing and a good ads it's important to any company survive, but same time to time one company strikes hard with such ignorance and non sense that my poor soul fade away!
I don't know if all of you knows Vida e caffè (everyone who know portuguese... yes the acent is wrong... made by them!) but it's a franchising company all about espresso coffee and portuguese way of life! Well I'm portuguese and when I find out about this - a friend of mine write on her blog about this - I was simply without words.
Bad translations, bad images and most of all this kind of propaganda makes Portugal looks like some kind of fool country! This it's a south african company, and some one told me they like to do everything 'in portuguese way', but they do not it well.
And my friends, newspapers with articles like this .... OH MY GOD! How someone can make such interview and be happy about it? If you want to know how portuguese live, drink coffee, lunch, etc... I will be gland to do tell you, but stop publishing and advertising yourself this way!

If you want, read the article here and also see Vida e Caffè website!

Normally I don't go with this kind of modern stuff, but seems to me this software may be very useful to someone! Specially for those who don't feel confortable with short cuts and elaborated computer tools or just like everything simple and nice.
Oh, suddenly I can remember a couple of friends who this software could be useful! Therefore I want to leave here a link for Screen Capture Software. Looks easy and friendly user... And allows to save as image everything on the screen of your computer. Nice, hum?

Screen Capture Software

When I was looking for pictures of Diesel campaings I found this website with a delicious small collection of Diesel ads from several campaigns over the years. I just want to share it with you people this discover!

http://messagefromjohn.com/art/photography/mocking-the-real-world-with-diesel-advertising/

Here's more to see and to admire.
I found this by a chance of luck but I realize I only find this kind of stuff on a glance of luck. And could not passing by without leaving here a note about it.

First: Lego gadgets!
Really cool and I know at least one person who will love to see this. It's really but really cool and child... but again don't we all have a little children inside of us?
http://www.keanhui.com/archives/787

Second: Business cards
I found this while I was searching for a 'future' (not garanteed) job. I admite I feel like a little child and I felt so small in this design world. But I'm a professional who can see this is really nice and I'm perfectly capable.
http://blog.uprinting.com/25-captivating-and-cool-business-cards/
http://cardobserver.com/
http://www.keanhui.com/archives/418

New wallpaper available and totally free.

Once again galactic inspiration give rises another wallpaper

here

Three new wallpapers available for free, with galactic and interplanetary design.
You can check it out here.

Relentlessenergy have a new number mag online for us to see and apreciate!
Once again is very beautifull and deserves to be seen!

http://www.relentlessenergy.com/files/viewer/02/index.html

Friends,
due to my recent lecture/workshop of Graphic Arts (previous named Final Arts), I had to updated my certificate page.
See it here.

Dear friends,
Today I have just one cultural recommendation to propose to you and also want to spread the word about Metropolis Mag Competition.
First this website (http://www.relentlessenergy.com) is truly beautiful, with extraordinary films and photos and, what really catch my attention was they online magazine. Fabulous!
The direct link for the relentlessenergy mag is http://www.relentlessenergy.com/files/viewer/01/index.html


About the Metropolis Mag Competition... The gold is Save the world with design, fame and a lot of money... See the details here.

Today, while I was peeping throught TATE's twitter, I found very interessing twitters major about design which lead me to they websites.
One of them was Milk Design (http://design-milk.com/)... here I found myself thinking "uau, maybe one day I will be posted here too"... Maybe is too much pride of me thinking this but I couldn't resist!!
I really advice everyone to see it for yourself...
Well I will leave other blogs worthy to see:
http://blog.designpublic.com/
http://weblog.muledesign.com/

Oh I really happy and excited to see and hear Michael Young live next September 11... I can't wait!!! Ah by the way, MY website have a new 'about' text and really worth a good reading. On http://www.michael-young.com/

And see also the program of 2009 World Design Congress, Singapore.
http://www.icsidcongress09.com/website/index.asp

Soon I will reveal the design for cover of Bianca's agenda 2010. This agenda will also be for sale on Bianca's website.

Soon, soon...

Logo design by me, exclusively for "Pexit@ do Campo" blog.


See it on http://www.pexito-do-campo.blogspot.com/

When it cames to work and preview formation or graduation it's important certify and guarantee to the client we do have all the certificates.
Personally I do believe it's very important, so I made my own certificate book, in flash.
You can see it here.

p.s. - To see it correctly, just clic on the borders of the pages and they will turned by itself.

Nest week I'll be making a workshop of Final Arts. I think it will be very helpfull and will solidify my knowledge, at least is that I'm expecting for.

It will be 5 days listening experts teaching us technics and tips... in a certain way I'm very ansious to start it. I like to learn new stuff!!!

I'm always stubborn about let myself go to this 'modern' stuff until one day I find myself so curious about it that I really need to try it!
Twitter was and still is one of this cases. Few friends told me facebook and twitter was really cool and beside my initial resistance I submitted to twitter (not -yet- to facebook).
Just started, today!