We are happy to announce the launch of UBC’s School of Architecture’s new website. The site offers students, faculty and alumni the ability to upload content and comment on other’s work. We think the custom Flash Tag bar s [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Friday, November 2nd, 2007
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I don’t know about you, but I will definitely be at ECIAD on November 8th. Last year I completely devoured Bill Moggridge’s book Designing Interactions. A comprehensive historic look at the innovators and milestones of interface [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, October 22nd, 2007
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Bono and the boys are busy at work on the tallest building in Ireland, a consortium led by the band has been selected as the preferred bidder to design, finance and construct the £140 million project. The tilted triangular 600ft. building [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, October 15th, 2007
Categories: Architecture | 1 Comment »
London was buzzing for the last two weeks of September. Everywhere you looked, on every street corner there seemed to be something about design. The city was filled with museum exhibits, public art and storefronts with interactive installat [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, October 15th, 2007
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Content Management Systems are great. They’ve become more flexible and easier to implement, allowing companies big and small to have the ability to manage the content on their websites without breaking the bank. There’s a proble [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, October 11th, 2007
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While cruising the streets of London I was approached by a smart looking guy offering me the chance to grow my own jalapeno peppers at home. He handed me a small pink package, that looked a bit like a book of matches. Inside were five chill [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
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During the iDesign conference in London I heard Bill Thompson talk about design’s role in the world of technology and he mentioned the locking down of Apple’s newest portable products. I did some reading and found quite a lot un [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, October 10th, 2007
Categories: Articles, Music, Technology | 2 Comments »
In the UK, where I’ve been for the past couple of weeks, pay rates for design freelancers are up in many cases, particularly when it comes to digital disciplines, according to DesignWeek’s second annual survey. Overall, pay incr [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Categories: Articles, Design | 3 Comments »
It’s no surprise that we’re big fans of open source software here at Industrial Brand. After all, we use software like WordPress and Drupal a lot. I have also been a strong believer in ActiveCollab, an open source project manage [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Saturday, October 6th, 2007
Categories: Technology | 5 Comments »
As part of the London Design Festival I attended a new opera called “The Corley Conspiracy”. The event was cowritten by a friend and collaborator Sean Starke, who is also part of the MIRROR project that I’m involved with. [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, October 4th, 2007
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While in London for their design festival I visited an interesting interactive installation at the Beyond the Valley showroom. The installation was put on by SHOWstudios, who’s Head of Interactive Ross Phillips I met at the iDesign co [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, October 4th, 2007
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I have to say it’s great to be in London. This city is hopping! It’s a interesting contrast to the laid-back Vancouver vibe I’m trying to get accustomed to. Maybe it’s the jetlag talking, I’m sure it will wear [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Sunday, September 16th, 2007
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For the past 3 years I’ve been working on a project called MIRROR with my good friend Thomas Anselmi. Our collaboration began with a breakfast meeting about a website and quickly evolved into us writing music and visually refining the [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Sunday, September 16th, 2007
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You’ve probably secretly fantasized about having Wikipedia on your iPod, right? Just imagine, a friend asks you a perplexing question and with a flick of a thumbwheel you’ve got an answer. Well, wait no longer. You can now take [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Sunday, August 19th, 2007
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We are happy to announce the launch of MEJA.ca, a site that we’ve developed for Marceau Evans Johnson Architects. The site is built on a WordPress content management framework that allows the company to update their online portfolio o [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, August 15th, 2007
Categories: Architecture, Branding, Design, Industrial Brand, Vancouver, Websites | 2 Comments »
Lately there’s been a lot of talk about Edward Tufte. Who is he? Is he the only designer with a roadie. If you have yet to read any of his books you will find depth and clarity in his explanations of information design that simplifies [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, July 12th, 2007
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How cool is that? I want one.
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, May 31st, 2007
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This skit cleverly makes fun of both Apple’s Steve Jobs and GW.Bush. Is MadTV now part of the Axis of Evil?
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, May 28th, 2007
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After trying a variety of different organizational tools I’m trying out a software tool called Thinking Rock. it uses a very simple interface that follows a ‘Get Things Done‘ philosophy of time management. The general appr [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, May 14th, 2007
Categories: Learning | 2 Comments »
The title of this posting sounds like some twisted thing Ben would say. Let me explain, what I mean is, it is getting really easy for a web developer to sprinkle a little magic on their websites with some help from the open source AJAX libr [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, March 15th, 2007
Categories: Typography | 1 Comment »
More and more, it seems that one of the stronger motivational factors of the web is to tag, mark you space, define your borders, or claim your territory. Call it what you will, it seems like a new continent has been discovered and everyone [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, February 21st, 2007
Categories: Websites | No Comments »
If you like breakbeats and getting creative in the kitchen then this video is for you.
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, February 19th, 2007
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Minimalism comes in many forms, glass blowing is a medium that is often dismissed as being ornate or organic and spontaneous. That’s why the work of Anna Torfs struck me as unique. There’s an elegance and calm to her work that h [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Friday, February 16th, 2007
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Every once in a while you find something so cool you want to keep it a secret but I just can’t bare it any longer. I’ve been using an amazing plugin for Illustrator for the past 8 months called Scriptographer. Scriptographer all [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, February 8th, 2007
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There’s no telling what you’ll find if you just rummage under the hood of Apple’s OS X. If you’ve got a mac, chances are you probably haven’t yet found the Quartz Composer. Its a cool possibly geeky way of gene [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, February 7th, 2007
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It’s time to weigh in on the subject of Digital Democracy and Net Neutrality. No, we’re not just talking about clever alliteration, there’s a lot at stake here. At issue here, as in the United States, is whether telecom co [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, February 1st, 2007
Categories: Learning, Technology, Tips, Websites | No Comments »
I’m starting to see a lot of interesting shots being taken of architecture with this new technique called HDR (High Dynamic Range). By combining photos of the same scene at different exposure levels, you are able create a surreal imag [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Categories: Photography | 1 Comment »
I suspect we’ll soon be inundated with devices that incorporate the quickly-becoming-ubiquitous WIFI. Possibly the first fun wifi device to catch my eye is Nabaztag. In case you’re wondering, that means rabbit in Armenian. Shoul [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Sunday, January 21st, 2007
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As we at IBC plan our next Industrial Revolution it seems others have begun their own. Here’s a supreme piece of motion graphics that describes a paradigm shift .
Posted by: Haig Armen on Saturday, January 20th, 2007
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Here’s a amazing yet unnerving video from Germany about 3D Facial synthesis.
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, January 18th, 2007
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Just to continue on the Comic tip, i’d like to share a link to the Project Cartoon. Not only is it funny cuz it’s true as Homer would say but its also open source as in, interactive. It’s so Web2.0!
Posted by: Haig Armen on Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007
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Nokia has been on our radar lately as we’ve been asked to do some exciting work with them. Nokia’s pushing into 2007 in a big way. 5 Cities 1 Party.
Posted by: Haig Armen on Tuesday, December 19th, 2006
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I get nostalgic around this time of the year. Sometimes I think about my old commodore 64. There’s a great look back at 10 gadgets that changed the world in Wired. Do you have something you’d add to the list?
Posted by: Haig Armen on Tuesday, December 12th, 2006
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Some of us are hooked on the adrenaline high that comes from pushing ourselves hard and living in the fast lane (no, its not an Eagles reference). Life seems to be getting busier and busier every week, which has got me thinking about the li [...]
Posted by: Haig Armen on Thursday, November 23rd, 2006
Categories: Inspiration | 1 Comment »
