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Iloveit man, while half the city is asleep, he’s working literally. Homeboy Sandman’s The Good Sun is out now, go support great hip-hop, and hardwork.
Interview Magazine April Issue for iPad
After blazing trails on the forefront of fashion, art and the creative world for the past four decades, Interview Magazine continues to lead the pack and break new grounds in terms of innovation. As this month marks the launch of Apple’s latest revolutionary product, Interview Magazine has hopped on the iPad trail in a speedy manner with pitch-perfect execution by launching its April issue on the iPad. Designed to be an interactive experience that will make the magazine more engaging for readers, the April issue iPad edition features more than 330 pages (or screens) of dynamic images, interviews and information from people in the world of fashion, film, music, art and culture–basically everything readers loved about Interview Magazine is brought to a new life of digital interaction on the iPad.
With the help of iPad, it is easy to sort through information, and one can click into the selected content (and can even jump to a select page at the click of a thumbnail) without having to search-flip through the magazine. Aside from easier access to specific articles and pages, the iPad edition also features a share function where one can share articles via Twitter or Facebook, and a rating function. Functions aside readers can experience photo shoots, art work and images in unparalleled visual depth on iPad’s 1024×768 resolution screen, thus making images more vibrant and vivid than ever. As long as one has an iPad, the issue will be available for download now at a special edition price of 99 cents through iTunes. In the near future, other functions such as a subscription service will be available through the magazine’s iPad editions as well.
Color Theory: Quick Reference Sheet for Designers
I found this stumbling. This is a great reference to refer to when designing or creating color pallets and I thought I’d share. I think it’d be cool as a large print out in your room, studio, or wherever your workstation is. There are also color picker / color theory programs available for purchase, however I sometimes use plain ‘ole color wheels, which may seem a little archaic, and other times I use Adobe Kuler.
Phone Tough Case x Hard Graft
Less is more! Hard Graft pride themselves as purveyors of hand made lifetime accessories.
Details:
Phone is cushioned between two layers of felt
Snug leather pocket holds up to 2 credit cards
Slide your phone out by squeezing the bottom
Can be custom sized for most current smartphones
Asphalt grey 100% wool felt
Hazelnut brown 100% vegetable tanned leather
Handmade in Austria
Hard Graft’s Shoulder MacBook Sleeve
Hard Graft’s Shoulder MacBook is a handmade MacBook sleeve that is made of a high quality leather. The sleeve features a removable leather belt strap with felt shoulder pad, a tuck-in felt closure with strong metal snap, and a compact leather pocket. Its leather belt strap is also adjustable. You can purchase the Hard Graft Shoulder MacBook Sleeve for $185 each on their online store.
Action Runner
Capture Action steps, relentlessly.
During a brainstorm/meeting or on the run, ideas can come and go unless they are captured as action steps.
Tend to your Backburner.
Keep a “Backburner” to catch ideas that may someday become actions. Whether it is an idea for the future or some small errand you want to remember, put it in the backburner and then forget about it.
The Action Runner was designed by the Behance product team and is based on the Action Method. The front of each page provides a handy template to capture ideas as action steps when you’re on the run. The back of each page features Behance’s dot grid for notations and sketches.
Your Passion is your work, treat it well. The Action Runner’s cover is a unique suede-to-the-touch hard cover. The pages are made of 80lb Premium Blend paper with a subtle texture (30% post-consumer recycled), printed full bleed, and perforated for maximum flexibility.
source via: Behance
Cubestormer Madness!!
Back in middle school I remember always having fun in robotics class. I always loved Legos as a kid, so adding a computer into the mix was mind-blowing. And Lego Mindstorm does just that. By attaching a small computer and a motor to your Lego vehicle, you can program it to do simple tasks.
But this guy takes the cake. He built a set using Lego Mindstorm where you simply put in a random Rubik’s Cube and it’ll solve it on the spot… in less then 12 seconds. I can barely do 1 side in a minute. Technology is a scary thing.
Feel’n like a Mac stand’n around a bunch of PC’s
Apple refused to use removable batteries in all three generations of iPhones and its latest laptops. Speculations say the iPhone 4G will go into production as early as April, with availability expected sometime in June or July.
What I admire and respect about Apple is that the concept and production process is still consciously designed. Apple focuses on ergonomics – they really make the products to fit into our lifestyles. Everything is detail-oriented – the interface, model design, materials used. It’s always exciting when Apple launches new products. The products videos are like little documentaries – the cinematography is on point.
If you watched Objectified, you’d see what I mean when I say Apple focuses on ergonomics
Apple Pads
For nearly a decade the tech world was waiting for Apple to introduce this. Today Apple had a conference where they finally introduced the Apple iPad to the public. The iPad is a tablet computer that measures 1/2 inches, weighs 1.5 pounds and is capable of browsing the web, playing videos, reading digital books and more. It features a 9.7 inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display, 1GHz Apple A4 chip, 802.11n, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR, 30-pin connector, speaker, microphone, accelerometer and a compass. Starting at $499 and going all the way up to $799 this is definitely a must.
The iPad will be to Macbook as Netbook is to PC – only you still type on your laptop at your desk. With the iPad you just relax. The iPad follows it’s counterparts – iPhone and Touch – with a multi-touch interface. With the iPad’s large screen you just see more of the Web as your surfing it. Apple made the iPad’s interface to be as natural and fitting to our lifestyles you don’t even have to think about doing something. You just DO! However, the iPad doesn’t have any USB ports – WHATTTTTTTTTTT!!!
I wonder if you can put Adobe software’s on the iPad? How does this effect the print industry – remaining newspapers & magazines?
Gett’n Messy
Still work’n guys… I don’t want to ruin the surprise, y’all better like it or at least kill me with your honesty! “He’s better only cause he had better positioning.” I’ma change my position and eat the competition (and no I did not intend to rhyme). It was NICEEE though, right?
Program used, Adobe Illustrator
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Grime Textures
Two free high quality grime textures by Bizy Dreaming. The snow was crazy this weekend in Brooklyn and from what I heard, Long Island got it worse. I was coming home from work today, fortunately I had my camera, and the buses were just grimey with dirty snow residue, YUCK! Anyway, here you go!
Download here.
You can gather your own textures with any digital camera you have laying down, it’s easy. Anything you find interesting or abstract can be used as textures for your work.
Dream Out Loud
I stumbled on this postcard on Laidback. It really made me think about this journey in creating Bizy Dreaming x Keep It Surreal, a life of optimistic comfort, fun, style, and friendships… For those of you who don’t know what we do, Bizy Dreaming is a graphic design group that I’d like to start in the future, and everything else, like Keep It Surreal, falling under that cloud. Keep It Surreal would be the magazine accompanying the lifestyle of Bizy Dreaming.
Although the economic climate is wack right now, you really have to believe that it will be better, that you can be better, and that all things are possible if you just believe.
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Fall Fashion
Tretorn Green Krona Nylon
I’ve been saying everything looks better in brown since I got some brown Ray-Bans this Summer. Now, I feel like carrying the same attitude into the Fall. Like Jay-Z has been doing with all black for a year, I’m going to try to do all brown for the rest of the year. I’ve been poking around some stores of value, you can find these tops @ Uniqlo in Soho, and the canvas shoes from Urban Outfitters (UO).
LaCie
LaCie external hard drives mean ultimate fashion statement in the geek world. LaCie desktop drives are more than memory backup devices. They can be a conversation piece with visitors at home or work.
I was extremely low on computer memory which was a contributing factor to my Mac’s slow performance. Just recently I purchased a LaCie little disk external hard drive at Mikey’s Hook Up 2 Brooklyn in DUMBO.
Specs:
Interface: Hi-Speed USB 2.0
(USB 1.1 compatible)
Interface Transfer Rate: up to 480Mbits/s
Dimensions: 81 x 129 x 18 mm/3.19 x 5.08 x .71 in.
Weight: 195 g/6.88 oz
Here’s my card
Let’s network! I got the biz cards on Friday, and I’m ready to network. It’s time to make business connections and get the word out.
Sanford: Prisma Markers
Tryna get back into the flow of things, get some pencil to paper.. then outline “the real,” any work, with prisma markers. NEED if I want to take a step up in a old medium. Getting the summer started..
U8_Technologic Fat::Free Font frm The VS Project
Lately, I’ve been extra busy with work, which always has me tired, and out looking for alternative jobs, as well as internships, which is why I’ve been neglecting Keep It Surreal readers. Nevertheless, my eyes are still open and my ears to the “streets.” I think I’ve been up to date with things going on around the city and what’s on the web. I just downloaded the U8 Technologic Fat font from The VS Project for free. I’m eager to use it, hopefully I get some time in to create an image to publish.
Source via: The VS Project
15 Awful Design Mistakes From GoMediaZine
15 Awful Mistakes Made by Designers in the Music & Apparel Industry – 3 of 3 | GoMediaZine
Check out this really informative article about 15 Mistake designer tend to make and how to avoid them. GoMedia is a good place for design ideas as well as allowing hi-quality vector images to use as stock, for purchase and some are freebies.
Introducing the Macbook Tribook?
Macintosh is designing a tribook? How innovative is that? Mac computer’s are known to be conditioned for designers, video editors, and those make their livelihood from interactivity. With the development of the triBook, Apple will, by far, continue to command conversations regarding “the designer’s computer.”
Knotted Up
A tie knot for the advanced, I hope you already know how to tie a half-windsor; if not, take a shot at a more complex, bow tie. Refine your look with the classic shirt & tie combo.
PRACTICE, PERFECT, AND MASTER!
Chad Harris
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