Design ideas: Black to white

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1. Design ideas: Black to white - 2007-06-27 14:46:32-04
   

   Two interesting ideas from designer Nathan Borror. Note his unique icon menu and an the dramatic effect as he switches from black to white backgrounds.

   

   The home page is black...

   Article pages are white...

   In the Ideabook Design Store: Templates for InDesign, QuarkXpress, or PageMaker...

   
   
2. Lemon yellow pledge - 2007-06-29 14:56:55-04
   

   I pledged I would never use lemon yellow. Then I ran across FOROALFA.com. I like it.

   

   An unlikely combination...

   In the Ideabook Design Store: Task Force Clip Art...

   
   
3. Unlimited screen real estate - 2007-07-02 14:52:08-04
   

   In case you have not seen it, Seadragon and Photosynth are two mindboggling bits of technology that will very likely (and yet again) change the way we deal with images and information. Take a moment to watch this presentation by Blaise Aguera of Microsoft Live Labs at the 2007 TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) Conference.

   

   The presentation...

   Other activity at Microsoft Live Labs...

   In the Ideabook Design Store: Design-It-Yourself: Graphic Workshop...