LEGO gadgets
Many unofficial LEGO gadgets have been on the market for some time now, but next month will see LEGO themselves release a digital camera and MP3 player developed together with digital blue. Read more
Create a Simple Navigation with a Horizontal Subnav
Would you like to create a Simple Navigation with a Horizontal Subnav? It looks very similar to the Menu of Behance Network, which looks nice and professional.
We can achieve this effect purely with CSS, but since we have to attend to our red headed step child aka IE6, we will use a few lines of jQuery to cover all grounds. Nice and simple! I am sure this will come in handy in your future projects.
Demo: http://www.sohtanaka.com/web-design/examples/horizontal-subnav/
Create Powerful Mobile Apps with HTML, CSS and jQuery
jQTouch is a jQuery plugin for mobile web development on forward-thinking devices. You can create powerful mobile apps with just HTML, CSS, and jQuery. It supports native animations, automatic navigation, and themes for mobile WebKit browsers like iPhone, G1, and Pre.
jQTouch requires one basic theme to make page transitions work which is very small. One could use just the core CSS file to build a completely custom UI. Themes are additional CSS files which provide native-looking styles, mostly centered around the iPhone OS. Themes included are: Apple, jQT and Vanilla.
Requirements: jQuery Framework
Demo: http://jqtouch.com/
License: MIT License
40 Fresh High-Quality Free Fonts For Your Designs
Fresh High-Quality Free Fonts For Your Designs
We know that typography can be used as a way of mutual understanding between you and your users. To communicate effectively, typography requires appropriate typefaces as there are a lot of unsung fonts out there that have really inspired us. Color and size of type elements are much more prevalent than in text typography. Most display typography exploits type at larger sizes, where the details of letter design are magnified. Color is used for its emotional effect in conveying the tone and nature of subject matter.
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How to Create Brilliant Light Streaks in Photoshop
Lighting effects have become quite popular, and are an effective way to add bright eye catching details to a photo or illustration. In this tutorial, you will learn a simple technique for creating brilliant light streaks which can be used in different ways to add motion and brightness to your designs. Read more
Google Maps Typography
Rhett Dashwood spent some time using Google Maps not to get directions, but to spot letter forms throughout his home state of Victoria, Australia. Such a clever idea!
For more info and the specific locations of each letter visit: http://rhettdashwood.com.au
LOMO HOLGA – VOLTRON 百獸王也要搭載相機變形風潮
變形金剛2上映在即, 這股延燒世界的變形風潮讓所有觀眾都順利融入其世界觀中, 想像著身邊所有的機械都有那可能變形。某閒人便將外型類似LOMO HOLGA機型改裝為小時候的機器人卡通 “VOLTRON”（聖戰士or百獸王）五隻獅首合體而成的 VOLTRON 結合了變形風潮, 不知道為什麼愚蠢山寨的程度大於酷炫。
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Chunk and Sniglet Typeface now available for Download
Chunk is an ultra-bold slab serif typeface that is reminiscent of old American Western woodcuts, broadsides, and newspaper headlines. Used mainly for display, the fat block lettering is unreserved yet refined for contemporary use.
A rounded display face that’s great for headlines. It includes an almost full MacRoman/WinANSI character set. Created by Haley Fiege.
Touchscreens Invade Times Square
The NYC Information Center just opened in Times Square. Visitors can plot their course through the city on one of 5 touchscreen tables and then have their itinerary sent to their email or phone with links to an interactive mapping application. The large video wall on the back wall serves to display each itinerary as a virtual helicopter ride over the city.
