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  • Mastering the world of Photoshopping!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    As designers we admire a good Photoshopper. We recognise the skill it takes to convert an average photo into a masterpiece. Plus who doesn’t love some can’t-believe-your-eyes manipulation. So when I stumbled across Erik Johansson,  a talented photographer and artist from Sweden, I found myself staring in awe at some of his work. Not only has…

  • Microsoft launches social media savvy mobile phone to youth market

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Microsoft have lifted the veil on their latest mobile phones – Kin One and Kin Two – designed purely with Gen Y, and even Gen Z, in mind. Long gone is the main necessity of a phone to actually administer and receive phone calls … no, today we expect our phones to be multi-level digital…

  • Microsoft release preview of ie9 for developers

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    You could almost hear the collective sigh of relief across the web development landscape. After years of holding onto their “We are the web”, old-dinosaur attitudes of the 90s, Microsoft have finally made an effort to produce a browser that can perform in today’s web environment. Rounded corners. Check. HTML 5. Check. CSS 3 Selectors.…

  • Skinput: Save money on computer screens and just use your own skin!

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Can you imagine it? Pressing on parts of our body to activate certain programs or functions. Hmm, if I touch my left ear the garage door will open! The possibilities are endless! I was watching the following YouTube video on a mashable.com post and in one of the comments was mentioned a TED talk about…

  • Make your own iPhone/iPod stand

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I just come across this very cool little die cut paper dock for the iPhone from my favourite blog website: thedieline.com It is a very simple and elegant solution. It was created by French designer Julien Madérou. It’s free to anyone to download, print out, and assemble.Visit his website to to download it. Maybe you could get created…

  • My Favourite Car Designs

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I have always loved classic cars, and owned a few along with way, some of which have only become classics in the years since I drove them new! The “Goddess” Citroens, so called because of their DS model name (Diesse translates as goddess in French) surprised everyone in 1955 when they hit the road, a design…

  • An emoticon fairy tale

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    Are you a ///0-0\ fan? Or perhaps you used to be a */*? If you can make sense of that (it was John Lennon and a Cheerleader!), then you will LOVE this emoticon fairy tale. It’s an adorable boy-meets-girl story told in the very simple, geek language known as emoticons. After Googling it, I’ve become…

  • Sweet shot!

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    Tanya Heading

    As designers, it’s important to know history. How a particular style was developed, explored, pushed to its creative limit. To be creative and original today, you need to understand why certain movements came to be and how they influence us through our work today. For me, it’s a great excuse to indulge in some history!…

  • The Pig of Happiness

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    Belinda Vesey-Brown

    I recently picked up a cute book from a wonderful bookshop at Bulimba (the Riverbend bookshop). The author is Edward Monkton, an artist and thinker. He has created a movie version of the book, so I thought I would share the happiness on our blog! Yours in Design, Anya-demus