design
Iranian Revolution Project
Bethany | July 1st, 2009Like many around the world, we at crowdSPRING have been watching the turmoil unfold in Iran. Eager to contribute, we’re hoping to help mobilize our community so that we, and those around us, can show their support through one of the best ways we know how: design. Every revolution needs a unifying symbol. Iran’s citizens [...]
Design Competitions
Ross | April 20th, 2009Starting today, buyers on crowdSPRING can post projects for industrial design (product design and packaging design). To launch the industrial design category, we’ve teamed with LG Mobile Phones and Autodesk® on Design The Future – an $80,000+ design competition to define the future of personal mobile communications. This competition invites you to design your vision [...]
Time Lapse: Designing A Blog
Angeline | November 14th, 2008Web designer Ross Allchorn recently chronicled his blog design process using the CamStudio and Movie Maker programs. The process, shown via time lapse, demonstrates to those not familiar with web design just how time intensive and intricate the process can be. The video is definitely worth watching for any of you buyers who are curious [...]
Inspiration on Tumblr
Angeline | October 31st, 2008Many musicians and artists have embraced microblogging platform Tumblr due to its simplicity and ease of use. The site encourages quick posts, offering you the options of uploading text, a quote, photo, link, chat, or video. The end result is more of a scrapbook versus the traditional blog. The Tumblr staff has created a section [...]
The Rubitone
Angeline | October 27th, 2008Concept for the “Rubitone” – a Rubik’s Cube meets Pantone Color Matching System guide – by industrial designer, Ignacio Pilotto. Industrial design is interesting when creatives are able to develop products that are beautiful, fun, intuitive, and functional. It’s no easy feat!
Fun With Typography
Ross | October 16th, 2008GoSquared posted a short note to Twitter today with a link to a collection of frilly typography images. The work is truly oustanding and well worth a look. You can view it here. Do you have other great sites with outstanding examples of what one can do with typography? Please list them in the comments [...]
12 Questions: Meet Kai (Australia)
Ross | August 18th, 2008In our 12 Questions blog series, we feature interviews with someone from the crowdSPRING community. For these interviews, we pick people who add value to our community – in the blog, in the forums, in the projects. Plainly – activities that make crowdSPRING a better community. Be professional, treat others with respect, help us build something [...]
DIY fun through the centuries….
Mike | July 28th, 2008User innovation is a hot topic online and we pay close attention to it. We have always thought that the cS model was an incarnation of this type of open innovation and are proud to number ourselves among the open-source, mashup, DIY, and UGC crowds. People innovate. We can’t help ourselves – it is in [...]
