More photos here and here

You're looking at a batch of Gregories, the froggiest iPhone Cozies around. As noted before, Gregory is a finalist in the Next Big Thing design competition at Fred Flare. There are 27 finalists in total, and they are being presented one a day at the Fred Flare Blog.

One of the designers will be awared a $1000 cash prize. As far as I know the voting will be on July 2 (I haven't seen the voting page yet), and the designer with the most votes will be crowned 2008’s “fred fan fave” and will receive the $1000.

Will you vote for Annamatic's Gregory? I will.

Link to Flickr for larger version

Click to enlarge

Compare my photo to that taken by Eleftheria, and you might bark at the difference. Why does HER MILK look rather smudgy in her photo, and smooth and glossy in my photo(s)? Which one is the real deal you might ask, and I'll take moment to answer that. This thing called skin is as good as you apply it:

Take your time
Transparent stickers are a bit tricky, because they're not air-permeable, like the vinyl material used for the other editions. Right after the sticker is put on, it can look tainted, because the enclosed air is reflecting light. What appears as dirty spots in Eleftheria's photo, are rather the textured spots, where the sticker is not fully attached on the surface. This effect will smooth out. After a few hours, you can see a difference, and again after a week or so. The sticker is a living thing: it expands and contracts in reponse to temperature variations and will attach more closely to the surface over time.

Avoid a bold stroke
Instead, rub the sticker on little by little, as this will avoid air bubbles.

Be strong
Use a cloth and some pressure. Pressure is good.

Leave your mark elsewhere
Touching the adhesive surface can leave your fingerprints visible. I write can, because the marks can fade out again over time. Hold the sticker on the edges with one hand and press it on with the other hand.

Aim low
In Eleftheria's photo, the angle at which the light is reflected gets right under the skin, exposing and exaggerating every mark there is. It couldn't have been much more unfortunate in terms of exposure. Believe me, it's not that bad.

Anyways, please keep the photos coming. I like to discover the user perspective of products as much as you do.

See /sticker_application for more advice on applying the decals.

Image based on Moody intro window.

That's my interpretation of the situation. Next to all the other metadata from which to create playlists, Moody's 4x4 grid offers an intuitive and fast shortcut to selecting songs.

I have written about Moody before. In some weird way, the simple looking grid seems to demand low cognitive effort. More probably though, there is lots of cognition involved, which is lubricated by the emotional response to color. To locate the energy level of a song in terms of your emotional response, there is a vast and complex relationship at work.

Ludwig van Beethoven:

Musik ist höhere Offenbarung als alle Weisheit und Philosophie. Wem meine Musik sich verständlich macht, der muß frei werden von all dem Elend, womit sich die anderen schleppen.

In the context of Moody, I consider a good tag to be one that doesn't get in the way—one that doesn't obfuscate the colorspot I initialy choose. Of all the things that a color, say red, can stand for, it can be either more specific than a word, or more generic, and therefore more flexible. Music is too rich to be subsumable under a single, lowly, word. Yet, the words are essential, as if I wouldn't be able to pinpoint a feeling (or to ensure that one exists) without them. Our emotions are enslaved by our brain.

I feel orange.

Nite Stories consists of 11 acrylic paintings, capturing unusual and unconventional moments of young peoples' nights out. Aleosa will be at the exhibition opening on Thursday, June 5th 2008, to present her work. "I worked on the Nite Stories project for the last couple of months, and I'm finally ready to show it".

The images are based on photographs by Mark Hunter—thecobrasnake, who will be there, too. For this project, Aleosa used dark backgrounds offset by brightly coloured characters from Mark Hunter's photographs, giving them a mysterious touch.

The project is inspired and encouraged by Soulwax Nite Versions. Stephen Dewaele:

In a day and age where everyone takes digital pictures, posed in almost globally similar ways, posted instantly all over the web, it's refreshing to see someone adapt this world to canvas and blow up these little mini-observations of nite-life...

Two of them are Black Edition designs —they're printed on transparent adhesive foils.

Hope you like them!

A larger version of this photo, taken by Margot, shows how the print merges with the background color of the iPod. This sticker is part of the super edition: It's an edition of one design so far, LOL. Super, because the color prints on transparent vinyl are translucent, not opaque.

These are rather experimental stickers. As the color used in this design is orange, you can imagine that this color will intensify, when the color of your iPod is orange as well. Likewise, when the color of iPod is green, this will also intensify the effect.

Sabine stellt ihre Photos im Rahmen der Ausstellungsreihe „AIXCELLENTE KUNST“ in Aachen vor - noch bis zum 5. Juli. DesignFaces zeigt “eine Serie von fotografierten Selbstportraits der Künstlerin, die sie mit Grafiken, Typografien, Designelementen und Zeichnungen am Computer auf eigensinnige Art verfremdet hat”.

Einige Photos sind auch online bei Artbreak zu sehen.

From a review by Samuel Campos at applesfera.com:

Las skins de Shflsm para el iPod shuffle son realmente geniales, por un módico precio le podemos dar a nuestro reproductor “un nuevo aire” además de protegerlo ante posibles arañazos.

Photo: applesfera.com

Image source: alconic.it

Side A: Alconic in the car:

I've got a lot of tapes. My old Volkswagen Golf don't have CD reader or USB drives, so i need tapes for listening to music while driving. But soon I'll have a brand new car filled with tecnology things... but I will never throw all my tapes away, for sure!

Side B: Alcut

Granted, shuffling music is not much different from going linearly through music. An array of songs is always consumed one by one, whether you are a careless shuffler, a frequent skipper, a gapless album fanatic, a 400+ playlists junky, a constant rewinder, a grouping expert, or a singer-songwriter yourself. There are simply various modes of listening, of progressing through audio, of wading through emotional airwaves. The terms conflate in meaning and the question simply becomes: How do people feel, when listening to music?

Why? It's fast, it looks good, it has an option to “Seek Original”, which Flickr's own advanced search does not. And compfight gives you a broad overview of what people associate with—say: “shuffle”, or “nano”.

Via bittbox.

Gosh almighty! Packaging Shufflesome stickers is the most time-consuming part of order fulfillment. Each packaging is assembled by hand, and each sticker is packaged by hand. Packaging incurs costs, pushes the price higher, and is later thrown away. Still, i can't help myself; it's got to be right, different, more than a basic wrapping. There is a sense of obligation, slight insanity, and joy which makes me give more attention to it than would be necessary.

Rafael has left two photos of AFROCHIC 71 on his iPod shuffle.

I'll screen any flickrered (- or is it flickred) photos tagged with shuffle and i'd love to see yours. Just for fun.

Envisioned by Olka Osadzinska, for the Saatchi&Saatchi Unimil campaign.

You can seat your eyes on this, but not your buttocks, because this couch has not been manufactured - yet.

The OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art will be presenting photography works by Sabine Groten, as part of Portfolio, “an eclectic exhibition focusing on that part of the artists oeuvres, which has been dedicated to one special theme”.

Sabine, who made the BAD FACE SHUFFLE design for the iPod shuffle, about her work:

Different picture drafts, designs and developing arrangements as well as collages, based on photography, vector diagrams and sketches. Many works are on the basis of photographed selfportraits, which show me in a certain period of my life or document my everyday life. By my treatment of the Portraits at the computer the topic of the own person as well as my selections are resumed and manipulated. Thus this series of pictures based on the fusion of graphic-designs and photographic portraits contain a common component, which represents both elements partly with equal standing, as well as with new stress ratios and picture effects. Thus completely normal everyday life photos get a completely own and certain personal aesthetics, which are different with each picture.

Image caption: ...Je vois te...

Portfolio, International Contemporary Photography

Where: OMC Gallery for Contemporary Art, Huntington Beach, California.

When: From January 26 until February 23. Free Entrance at the Reception on Saturday, January 26, 2008 from 5 - 7PM.

Why: “Some of the photographs in the exhibition strive to critique the societal archetypes, others may provoke by being explicit. ”

It's two days after i released two more of Vincent Fraser's designs into the wide open space. CIRCUS is one of them and it keeps floating back into my mind. I had to ask Vincent some questions about it.

Alex: The CIRCUS - with which element did you start composing this design?

Vincent: I usually have a rough idea in my head beforehand - then it’s a matter of gathering various elements together to use in the design. Once that's done I begin experimenting with different compositions until I'm satisfied with the result. So I guess I don’t start with any particular one element - it's more a combination of elements fused together, but if I was, it would be the background to set the mood of the whole illustration.

Alex: What was your rough idea that sparked into the bloom of CIRCUS? If you say it was no more than a mood, i understand, but was there more involved - an intention?

Vincent: Well, I wanted to create something that was quiet surreal and give the viewer something to think about - kinda like it’s telling a story I suppose. This was my initial intention so the clown and the field of vibrant orange daisies and daffodils really were the starting points followed by the vector tear drops in the foreground to give it that travelling Circus theme.

Alex: During composition, what entered onto the scene first - the clown or the owl?

Vincent: Definitely the clown :)

Alex: Does the owl carry the key to unlock the hidden treasures in the field of daisies?

Vincent: The owl is the surveyor of chaos, the herald of revolution and a more enlightened existence.

Alex: Chaos. Should this design be worn in protest to the day-to-day juggle?

Vincent: Is the day to day juggle something to be protested? or celebrated……it depends on the perspective of the individual.

Alex: What remedy do you recommend to conquer clownish misery in this world?

Vincent: Look for the beauty in everything.

Alex: A few days ago, Cirque Du Soleil launched the ONE DROP Foundation (onedrop.org). Isn't this amazing?

Vincent: I think it’s a great idea and I hope it will bring public awareness to the serious water issues around the world.

Alex: I think it's wonderful conceptually that the Circus - the arena of individual artistic expression - has been Cirque Du Soleil's starting point to enable such efforts from which we all can benefit. I hope i'll catch one of their shows.

Vincent: Oh definitely maybe we can go together - I think they open on January 6th 2008 at the Royal Albert Hall if your interested?

Alex: I am. I dream of a city with sideshows on every corner. Would you join me on a crusade to force municipal authorities to give up the streets to seriously funny people?

Vincent: I will be at the forefront with all the other graphic pimps!

Alex: Great, i'll bring the armor. By the way, do you juggle a lot?

Vincent: Without a doubt (lol) At the moment I'm juggling baby nappies with pantone colours!

Alex: Baby nappies ... thats's something else. Is this going to be an ad?

Vincent: Hmmm....an ad sounds good I'll bear that in mind.

Alex: When did you start designing?

Vincent: It’s been about ten years now in terms of digital art but if we include my whole design background then were looking at fifteen years at least. I originally came from an Interior Design background so the progression to digital illustration was a natural one.

My main goal is trying to use my experience and combine both disciplines to create something new - similar to what KinkyForm are doing at the moment.

Digital print technology is evolving so quickly it’s allowed new doors to be open for artists to present their work in many different formats never thought possible a few years ago.

Alex: That's right - and i thank you for enriching the Shufflesome collection with your art! By the way, i will be releasing yet another design with Vincent Fraser's art - next weekish.

Check out Vincent Fraser's portfolio at talentdatabase.com.
To wear his art on your Shuffle, choose from among his Shufflesome designs.

Whichever rabbit you are, check out these crafty Shufflepals, made by Anna Lee. Anna has also made her own iPod cozies for the iPod Nano, available at Etsy. Working with her was a breeze, which after all is no surprise considering her experience in designing for print: annamatic.com.

BOUNCE and MISS MAO:

BACOBIT and LUCKY:

How do you make packaging great? I teamed up with Enterprise IG.

The Coke Soundwave sticker outfit originates from the coke side of life.

Olka Osadzinska exhibits at the brand new Nike Concept Store - Warszawska Nike - the first store like that in Warsaw, and the first in Poland. The grand opening is on the 5th of June, at 08:00 PM.

The name for Warszawska Nike is taken from the famous Warsaw monument - the Warsaw Nike (here is a photo, and there another photo, and here one more).

Jak Malowane: Picture Me
All drawings that will be presented are based on Mark Hunter's pictures. I bet there is going to be lots of fun with the girls series which Olka began to create in December 2006. I have seen a few images; which are in a way both candid and iconic. And rosy cheeks are a common feature.

She will be joined by Damien Vignaux and Nico Andre, two very talented French graphic designers.

Technorati Tags: olka, aleosa, art, girls, nike, thecobrasnake

Galerie Jeune Création

Cécile Belmont
"Exploits et défaites"

04 - 14 avril 2007

Communiqué de presse (PDF).

The exhibition "Exploits et défaites" of the Berlin-based French artist is to be seen in the Parisian Gallery "Jeune Création" until 14th April 2007. It brings together drawings and embroideries of war scenes and battlefield pictures, extracted from her body of works „Heroism, brutality, despair, friendship and death“ (2005-2006). How to get onto the thematic of war? How to commit onself? How to represent violence nowadays? Answering these questions, the meticulous embroideries and the light drawings clash with the brutal images of fighting soldiers, revealing the cruelty of conflict. The embroidered epics exhibit the slowness of their realisation - each stitch is one second - evoking the time of expectation, speculation and remembrance of the people waiting tirelessly for the return of the fighter.

Galerie Jeune Création
6, villa Guelma 75018 Paris France
Jeune.creation@free.fr - www.jeunecreation.org
01 42 54 76 36 - 06 61 42 18 33

Take a look at Cécile Belmont's sticker designs.

Technorati Tags: art, war, heorism, violence, exhibition

Okay, so I'm finally here!
No Easter picture this year, but I wanted to give you an Easter kiss AND show you one really cute drawing made by Damien Vignaux. I love Damien's works, you can check it out for ex. at his myspace by clicking here.

kisses,
Olka

I rememberance of the tonal density and general flair, what are you doing with the rest of your life?

Coca-Cola and trexi help young designers break through and share visions about optimism and ‘A Better Tomorrow’. Together with Play Imaginative, they selected 80 designers around the world to express their passion for design and for the Coca-Cola brand by way of their unique art styles. Using the trexi figure as a canvas, the challenge is to depict their own personal definition of happiness creatively, and show the world what their vision of "A Better Tomorrow" looks like.

Massimiliano Panzironi, featured artist at Shufflesome, is one of the designers taking part at this global online design contest, so please give him your support! Please visit www.trexi.com.sg and vote! After your vote has been cast, be sure to scroll to the end and click on the link for a chance to win great prizes!

Technorati Tags: trexi, toys, competition

Made for a Motorola RFID group special event.

Technorati Tags: ipod, ipodshuffle, sticker, shuffle, skins

Press play to turn on. Press here to go to source.

Got shuffle? Share some inspiration; tag your links, videos, photos with shuffle or shufflesome.

Technorati Tags: yujiuz, ipodshuffle, shuffle

"Removal of the decal is extremely easy", says Flickr user grimstranger. "Warm the sticker using a blowdryer then peel it off by the corner. If the vinyl gets distorted, few seconds of blowdrying does wonders making it mint again".

As noted here, warming the stickers is indeed a good way to remove them, if you want to resue them. Then i guess, this photo shows the decals after removal, applied back onto the backing paper. Magic! They're removable, reusable (limited), reunitable, readjustable, redressable... remarkable! The world must be good, i am afraid.

Another snapshot by grimstranger. Thanks, looks fine!

To share any of your shuffle photos at shufflesome.com, tag them with shuffle or shufflesome, or iPodshuffle. That way i will find them.

Technorati Tags: shuffle, ipodshuffle, shufflesome, flickr, decals, blowdry

TURKEY TUCK is the first of a sticker series by Andrew Georgiou made for the iPod shuffle 2nd generation. At aussieBum you can find matching underwear.

Technorati Tags: stickers, ipod, shufflesome, mrgisby, gay, andrewgeorgiou

iStuff Milano brings this sticker design to a legendary cycling race course of Italy - the Milan-San Remo. The Italian sports newspaper La Gazzetta dello Sport organised the first Milan-San Remo in 1907.

Technorati Tags: istuff, shufflesome, gazzetta, cycling, sticker

A sharp red streak in the sky marked the sun's retreat today. Already at 5 in the afternoon we are left with the dark gloom of winter days. I like it. A mix of christmassy warmth and downtempo melancholie curls through the air. Here are 3 songs from my Craig Armstrong Pandora station that match the mood:

1. Pasteur Peace by William A. Thompson Iv on Baghdad Music Journal
2. Niente by Craig Armstrong on As If To Nothing
3. Misadventures In Radiology by Andrew Morgan on Morpheus Calls

Technorati Tags: pandora, music, craigarmstrong

Sandy Claus at work, taming Santa's reindeer. Portrayal by Massimiliano Panzironi  (www.dolceQ.com).

MUSICK by Olka Osadzinska, and her other design: DAMSEL AT SEA, will be produced in the next print run. Check out her drawings at www.aleosa.com.

Digg-style community-driven pump or dump activity on sticker designs could be awesome (No -it would be!). However Shufflesome does not host such a selection process, but rather a case-by-case review between artist and producer. If i like a design, i produce it. If you like it, you can have it produced. Either way, we keep eating sweets. That's how evolution has shaped us.

As a maker of graphics, grab the template, add your graphics, and shuffle well. That is what i would like to invite you to do.

Technorati Tags: shuffle, evolution, stickers, digg

Here is a bag of sweets. Shufflesome pioneers a new line of sticker designs for the new iPod shuffle. The stickers will be available during the first week of December. You can pre-order now through the shop.

The cut-out of Shufflesome stickers is unmistakable by the frontside decal, which partially covers the button. The vinyl-material is flexible enough to "melt" onto the surface - almost like hot beeswax.

Photos (open in new window): ABSTRACT, DEVILESS, CHERRY BLOSSOMS.

Creating designs for the new iPod shuffle should be much easier now, since there are only two decals versus nine for the white stick-style iPod shuffle. Apart from being a great wearable iPod, I hope it's going to be the favorite music-player for artists to put their graphics on.

Shufflesome are Alexander Ebrahim Schneider and presently 32 contributing artists. Many thanks to Meaghan Kennedy at Orange Sparkle Ball, J-Paul Ioannidis at CABINE, and Massimiliano Panzironi at DolceQ for creating the first edition of 9 sticker designs.

Note to editors/journalists: For additional information and images for media, email to alex AT shufflesome DOT com or call at +49.221.1301828.

Note to companies: Visit corporate branding for ideas to get some shuffle going for you!

Technorati Tags: ipod, shuffle, stickers, skins

Watch the clip.

The sticker edition for the new shuffle will launch with 9 designs in the first week of December. And you can get apple-pie at the bakery.

Technorati Tags: apple, ipod, ad, shuffle, stickers, skins

The Digital Wellbeing showroom presented a selection of exclusive digital appliances that include software and internet services, alongside bespoke and customized products. Read on here for background.

This Flickr set by pixelsumo covers various sides of the event and products. Among them this image which depicts Shufflesome customized iPod shuffles. Moving light ornaments were crawling over the surface - which you can see in the video below.

One thing that caught my eye were the customized Hulger *Pip Phones, which you can see here, and buy here.

A little video, 1:15 minutes

Technorati Tags: digital, wellbeing, london, event, design

The white stick-style iPod shuffle is in your hands. If not, searching the streets for one might be the only option left for you. Illustration and KILLER ORANGE by Dr. Alderte.

Technorati Tags: alderete, killer, orange, ipod

Included in every order are two of these stickers, a transparent one and a white one.

Technorati Tags: stickers, tenderness

When it gets sticky, try milk with pak choi and banana. Mix well. Add some lemon. You´ll feel the soothing grind of gravity down your throat and be grounded in accord with nature, earth and the good life at large.

Pak choi is available at groceries and stores  with products from Asia. There are many varieties of pak choi.  I use the large ones with the green leafs.

The inspiration and photo are by Yumi Kondo. Her kitchen photo set will let you discover more healthy recipes.

Shufflesome cares about your nutrition nourishment, especally in sticky times.

Technorati Tags: ipod, drinks, nourishment, shuffle, pak, choi

The Digital Wellbeing Showroom is the first of a new kind of retail environment for digital lifestyle products and services.

DWB Labs sets out to bring inspiration, not just choice, into the retail experience of digital lifestyle products and services. You will discover not just consumer electronics products, but also furniture, accessories, books, music, games and online services.

You will not find conventional department store shelves, but products and services combined in meaningful digital lifestyle showcases.

Based on a program that creates dynamic animated spirals, Mikkel Koser created this sticker design for the iPod shuffle, to be available at the event.

Digital Wellbeing Labs is launching the prototype of the Digital Wellbeing Showroom during the London Design Festival. In addition to the opening night on Friday September 15, DWB will host a variety of events during the prototype launch, including Films, Games, Music and How-To soirees.

Event date(s): Friday 15 -  Saturday 30 September. Closed Mon 18 & Tue 19 for Fashion Week events.

Opening times
Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat : 10:00  - 19:00
We, Thu :   9:00  - 19:00
Sun:    12:00  - 18:00

The address is:
The Shop at Bluebird
350 King’s Road
London, SW3 5UU
020 7351 3873
http://www.theshopatbluebird.com

http://www.digitalwellbeing.eu
http://www.londondesignfestival.com/?id=929
http://www.londondesignfestival.com/?id=1091

Technorati Tags: design, retail, london, festival, experience, dwb

Here is Sonia Delgado at the Dockers Art Event Madrid (C.C. La vaguada) painting on large canvas. CARNIVOROUS BLUE is right there with her, dangling from her neck.

She is diekatze. Her handpainted artwork on T-shirts points in the right direction. In contrast to other T-shirt design projects where artwork is usually placed on the center of the frontside, she integrates form, graphics and body, keeping it real. Next time i am in Madrid i´ll know where to get some T-shirt paintwork done. Visit diekatze.net.

Three appetizers from her fotolog, click while hot:

Tags: ipod, t-shirts, diekatze

You don´t want to leave the house without an idea what to look for in a shuffle companion. Shuffle pairing savvy can be much to your advantage when working your libido in the field. We have identified several pairings that are sure to demonstrate high value. More photos will be added to the gallery as we get feedback from our shuffle platoons in the field. Shufflesome is now adding massive support for you to find rejoicing combinations.

Photographer Sven Otte, www.svenotte.com, captured several stimulating shuffle pairs in the studio.

Tags: still photography, shuffle, iPod shuffle

"I think that biking, skiing, & canoeing definitly cover quit a bit of "discovery" in Canada. I also thought that the "gritty/exploration" aspect would translate well as mud splatters & scratches.. like the iPod shuffle has been everywhere you have."

On request by the Canadian Toursim Commission to portrait Canada as a country of adventure, this is how canadian artist Leigh Dehaney renders it. The design is available at Cleverwome.de (link to shop), a cooperation run by the Canadiam Tourism Commission.

Leigh, best known for his photographic work, is currently consulting as a graphic designer and free lancing as a photographer/cinematographer.

As you can witness in his Flickr stream, his works often capture uneasy, slightly contaminated worlds, the "side effects of a populated world". There are murals, industrial ruins, machinery, bits of constructive architecture. You will find aspects of the urban environment presented in a certain latent, fragmented form.

Leigh Dehaney will be exhibiting at the FotoFest 2006 - The Eleventh International Biennial of Photography and Photo-Related Art.

Selected works:

Tags:
canada, Leigh Dehaney, Photography, iPod

Andrew Georgiou is Australia's most established queer comic artist. Formally trained at the College of Fine Arts in Sydney, Georgiou worked in film production for some years, before leaping back into illustration. After headlining all illustrated work for Australia's biggest gay magazine, Georgiou embarked on creating his own queer comic strip based on gay animals and inspired by his lesbian dogs Chelsea and Hua-Hua. When not at his drawing board, Andrew enjoys heckling game show contestants from the privacy of his own home.

ON COMICS
I dont get those comics like STARIA, that are a continuing saga, but only last two frames. Its slower than Days of Our Lives.

ON GARFIELD
I wish he'd come out.

ON HIS DOGS
They are the world's biggest lesbians and Im a proud PFLAG daddy. They adore eachother. It's true, gay, love.

[click to enlarge]

THE STRIP
Mr Gisby’s Totally Gay Pet Shop is the biggest gay comic strip in print. Randall Gisby and his shop full of totally gay pets appear in print in over 100 cities in the world’s most widely read gay publications.

From it’s origins as gawky sketches and bent gag lines, these queer little creatures have made their way through the doggy door to become a cult hit comic strip and now a range of very bent merchandise.

Cross dressing gerbils, leather fetish gorillas, dominatrix chickens and poodles in drag, are just a few of the ingredients that have made Mr Gsiby’s Totally Gay Pet Shop what it is today. Disturbingly wonderful.

They’re Here ! They’re Queer ! They’re House Trained !

Tags: comic, andrew georgiou, queer, gay

CHILL PILL and THRILL PILL, contributed under the label Oatmeal Production, by Linda Mai-Lotti, Sr. Designer for Nike Inc.

Linda Mai-Lotti (Location: Beaverton, Oregon, United States) is currently at work for Nike Apparel’s Advanced Innovation Team, where she designs elite athlete competition uniforms and advanced sportswear. Her previous work at Nike was dedicated to the design of bags, Niketowns, such as Niketown Chicago, Nike Women´s stores and the Sydney 2000 Olympics athlete lounge.

My great lesson there is about storytelling - how to communicate the innovation and technology in Nike products to consumers in a compelling and fun way.

Linda Mai-Lotti graduated in Architecture and Industrial Design. Prior to NIKE, she worked at IDEO. The design methodology at IDEO left a mark: Very user focused and holistic approach on social, environmental and human interaction of products.

Process:
My process always begins with research. So rarely I am the targeted user for my products. I learn as much as I can about the problems, likes and dislikes. The goal regardless of projects is always the same, how to make the experience better. That’s why I love the shufflesome stickers. It takes an ubiquitous object and makes it personal.

Sources of Inspiration:
My husband, Martin Lotti. He is the Nike Global Creative Director for Women’s Footwear. His most current released product is Nike Air Max 360. Having two Nike designers in the same household, we push each other to try new things and learn from each other’s area of expertise. Our 2 year old boy, Owen is also very inspirational. I learned through him the intrinsic human nature’s need for fun, laughter, and love. It distilles down the everyday complexities into something very pure.

Tags: artist feature ipod Nike

"We like to boost creativity and show the great products in this world. Our drive is authenticity, fairness, innovation, difference, clarity and resistance. In this way we like to support artists and establish an alternative to mass consumption."

Now, if that´s too much goodness for you, blame it on the sunshine.

Vandill.com
http://www.vandill.com/
Vandill.com ships worldwide.

Tags: vandill shopping cool hunting iPod shuffle design

Extasisshop S.L.
http://www.extasis-shop.com/
Tlf: 91 521 50 21

C/ Fuencarral, 45, Local 11, Planta Calle
28004 Madrid
España

Tags: extasis, shopping, madrid, iPod shuffle, toys

Stickers available at Cleverwomen.de

Tags: canada, shopping, iPod shuffle, trends, coolhunting

1. Inventories are replenished.
2. Added 5 new designs to the shop.
3. Quality improvement: The latest edition is made of even thinner material.

The 5 new designs are:

Tags: shuffle iPod shufflesome

The pink-up-girls adorn the iPod shuffle with iPINK, a design that complements their existing apparel collection.

Tags: mouse, pink, shuffle

Daft Punk illustration / WAD magazine red issue.

Check Morris knows what they are doing, as their abundant portfolio shows.

Link to HUMAN sticker design

Tags: shuffle, iPod shuffle, iPod, stickers, design, graphic design, lifestyle, gadgets, artwork