Time Traveller • Issue 1
Themed source of inspiration from the past, present and future for curious creatives. By @alvaroarregui, Señor Product Lead @ustwo
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Originally sent by mail as #TimeTravellerNewsletter in Feb 7.
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Hola! and welcome to #TimeTravellerNewsletterI’m excited to have you here.For now, let’s call this issue “MVN” (Minimum Viable Newsletter) so don’t expect it to be perfect (as it shouldn’t be). Nevertheless, I’m here to inspire your designer appetite, and over time, I hope I can make you feel hungrier and hungrier, then satiate that hunger with more exciting content.Menu:
- Designer fetish
- Next stop: Twitter
- Digital products
- Retro inspiration
- Sounds that keep us pixelating
Enjoy.
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Designer fetish
Have you installed Craft by InVision LABS already?LABS.INVISIONAPP.COMCraft is a plugin suite for Sketch and Photoshop that lets you design with real data in mind. Best of all, they integrate directly into both Photoshop and Sketch via a panel interface. Handy.
FRESH brand works you should keep an eye on: BP&OBPANDO.ORGLogo, brand identity, packaging and graphic design blog with daily design inspiration and reviews (like the wine box by Toko, above) from freelance designer & curator Richard Baird.
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Next stop: Twitter
kanji edition
Kanji Invaders! by Japanese HomophonesTWITTER.COMA graphic way to learn Chinese characters.
@fusaofusao Non Stop Kanji TypographerTWITTER.COMNew stuff pops up daily. Unstoppable.
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Digital Products
2017 • Dual camera phones are coming! Introducing a new era for mobile photo.9TO5MAC.COMSony Corporation’s CFO here discusses the future of dual-camera systems. This time for real! Imagine: depth of focus, on a phone! (among other amazing possibilities). It reminds me of…
Light Camera (which comes out this year).LIGHT.COMeet the world’s first multi-aperture computational camera. I have no idea what that means BUT it sounds impressive. And the Light L16 Camera uses 16 lenses! The 16 images are then ‘computationally fused’ to create an incredible high-quality final image with up to 52 megapixel resolution. Look at this slick piece of hardware…
Meanwhile… Héctor “Kirai” García, a Spaniard blogger living in Japan is loving his new Ricoh Theta, which takes interactive 360 images. Click the image to give it a try:
Ricoh Theta images can be uploaded straight into Google Street View, meaning we can do Google’s work for free, YAY! …But it’s cool if you want to showcase your business or studio space.
Speaking of studios, we had the team from Fabulous Beasts visit ustwo recently and it was really nice to see the 3D printed prototype of their physical/digital game (you can back it on Kickstarter until the 25th of this month). It’s a fun idea with lovely visual execution.
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Retro inspiration
↑ Josuke Kubo • title unknown
↑ Marathon Man • 1976
↑ Hecker’s Synagogue of Negev Desert, Israel, 1969
↑ Paper Sneakers by @joe_bowers
↑ Nicolas Burrows prints • +1
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Sounds that keep us pixelating
I fell in love with Sakamoto’s music when I saw him and alva noto (yes, lower-case) play in my hometown in 2006.Check their albums if you haven’t yet — intense, emotional and very deep, perfect for focusing while designing. And the live performance of the album Insen is amazing to watch, great visuals in an ultra-panoramic screen.If you’ve seen The Revenant (and if not, you should), you’ll understand the big deal about their music. If not, start here >
alva noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto — BERLIN live — YouTubeWWW.YOUTUBE.COMalva noto + Ryuichi Sakamoto — Insen Live (Video)
The Revenant ThemeOPEN.SPOTIFY.COMThe Revenant Theme — alva noto Remodel, a song by Ryuichi Sakamoto, alva noto on SpotifyThis watercolour I found really sums up The Revenant for me:
If you’re not so keen on the intense sounds of the duo above, then try these 80’s synth boogies — they will definitely spice up your Monday.
The latest from Boogie80.com is fresh as Yuzu.SOUNDCLOUD.COMStream 80’s Soul Funk Jazz Funk Boogie Mixes, a playlist by Boogie80.com for desktop or your mobile device
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SUNDAY: ONLY ONE MORE SNOOZE TO MONDAY
Have a new exciting week ahead!I’ll see you in 2 weeks.
Adios bitchachos,
-Hit me with your feedback ~ let me know your thoughts, comments and how you feel about 80’s boogie.
