Digital Design Tournament 2009

Cut&Paste's Digital Design Tournament 2009 kicks off in Los Angeles on Saturday, February 21. The competition formats are 2D Design, 3D Design, and Motion Design. Although the call for entries for North American cities is now closed, you can still buy tickets to attend the event. Click here for a list of cities and dates.

Jack of all Arts

Evgueni Naverniouk is a name that is probably unfamiliar to most, and that is truly a shame. He was born in Moscow then his family immigrated to Vancouver to make a better life for themselves. Evgueni is an extremely talented web designer, writer, graphic artist, and musician/composer. Pop over to his site and see for yourself. I would especially recommend the music section on his site where he tends to blend a little Paul Simon with Tangerine Dream to make a delightfully refreshing sound.

These Cards Are Anything But Wooden

If you are looking for a holiday card that will be displayed front and center on grandma's credenza, check out Night Owl Paper Goods. Their clever combination of retro imagery, colors and textures seem to create what I can only describe as the print design equivalence to holiday comfort food.

Cutting edge Flash

We know the power of Flash as it relates to a rich experience on the web.  We use Flash to create user interfaces for web sites, and we use Flash to view video on sites such as YouTube and Google Video.  But the depth of Flash can be much, much deeper.  Paul Neave is pushing the limits of Flash in a fun and visually creative way.  His online lab has games, and plenty of eye candy - check it out.  Neave Labs

Data as Art

Any time a large amount of data is collected, we tend to see patterns emerge - these patterns can easily be put into bar graphs or a pie chart and the significance of the data is easily apparent.  But sometimes data doesn't easily flow into a chart because it is too complex, or sometimes it overlaps other parts of data that have equal or more importance relative to the first data set.  This requires a special display of the statistics that, when treated with a creative eye, can become visually rich and even beautiful.  More examples of beautiful data can be found here.  Hat tip to Shawn for sharing that link.