Time Traveller • Issue 2 • SPACE
Themed source of inspiration from the past, present and future for curious creatives. By @alvaroarregui, Señor Product Lead @ustwo
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Hola & welcome back. I’m excited to have you here once again! if you are new to this, I recommend you read Issue #1 to get yourself up to speed.
- Designer fetish
- Next stop: Twitter
- Digital products
- Retro inspiration
- Sounds that keep us pixelating
This issue number is loaded with amazing neo-past, present & future stuff…Enjoy!
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Designer fetish
Figma The collaborative interface design toolWWW.FIGMA.COMCollaboration tools make product teams life easier, better & faster.
I like Figma’s approach. Think Sketch on the browser, with previews on your device and (apparently) Slack integration. Winner.They have a long way to go until this replaces your most fav design tools, but don’t underestimate the power of it – I can see Adobe and Bohemian Coding implementing something similar soon.
“Designers shouldn’t code. They should study business”MEDIUM.COMI agree with @joshuantaylor (previously design director@evernote), mostly because I see him coding extremely hard. “Designled Companies” is the only way to go. Get ready!
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Next stop: Twitter
@BauhausMovementTWITTER.COMBauhaus is like a grandfather to me, the kind you look up to and idolise. @BauhausMovement is a reminder of the solid design principles and provides inspiration from the most kick-ass creative school.
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Digital products
Wove™ BandThis totally took me by surprise. I’m not fan of wearables myself (they don’t bring me any value) but I instantly fell in love with this flexible band.Well, I fell in love with its visual execution. The limited monochrome — 16 shades of grey “less is more” — palette, the Maison Neue font, the beautifully executed “compositions” (how they call apps), the… well, maybe I just like it because its black & white?Will Wove band ever succeed? Maybe for a niche market/audience, e.g. tech-savvy designers into minimalism *ahem*.Nevertheless I’d love to design something for it, wouldn’t you? If so,
apply here.
@manualcreativeTWITTER.COMManual studio in SanFran are the people behind this lovely design-led work. Read all about Wove here.Nice work dudes!
I can’t help but associate it with Ryoji Ikeda’s work though…
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Retro inspiration
I ❤ EVERYTHING about the printed material of A Design Film FestivalSingapore 2014 & 15 by Anonymous
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Incredible work from the duo of 3D artist Machineast, also from Singapore
↑ Machineast 2016 • Tap image — you gotta see this moving
↑ Machineast 2016 • Tap image — you gotta see this moving•Next up… I want to believe the below is Sylvia Witter’s work.
Can’t help finding visual connections with the awesome work of the Spanish artist Ramon Urban
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\ // \ \ Lines are trending in Japan at the moment \ // \ \ / /\
↑ JR Hokkaido Shinkansen, 2016
↑ Open Ceremony Shop in Tokyo, 2008?
↑ Lumine, 2016 This current linework trend reminds me of the work of Hiroshi Konno from the early 60’s…
↑ Hiroshi Konno, 1961Meanwhile, in the rest of the world >
↑ Muokkaa via @ilikedoodles
↑ Resonate.io logo
↑ Tokyo Good Vibration, Yuni Yoshida, Muga Miyahara, 2014. (The typework gives Good Vibrations indeed.)
↑ Jenny Holzer — Softer Targets 2015
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Sounds that keep us pixelating
This week is all about SPACE, gravitational waves even!
↑ I totally recommend you to play the Tokyo Sky Drive video series.
Kaleidoscopic Ecstasy • Space Dimension ControllerOPEN.SPOTIFY.COM
“Synth Spacey” It gets even better around 2:50
“Spacey Funk”
Bthere • Jimmy EdgarOPEN.SPOTIFY.COM“Deep Spacey” vibes here
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SUNDAY: only one day to MONDAY & #MWC16 !
Adios bitchachos,
Hit me with your feedback ~ let me know your thoughts, comments and how you feel about wearables.