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Oct 22

LAUNCH: WeDesignChange.org


Posted at 4:57 PM on October 22nd, 2008 by Alex

Today is a pretty big day.

Why?  Because I’m launching my first non-profit project: We Design Change

After being involved in Blog Action Day 2008, I became pretty inspired by the huge levels of cooperation, networking, and just plain creativity throughout the blogosphere, but ESPECIALLY throughout the design communnity.  We banded together over Twitter, we networked to keep our stories popular, we used our design skills to draw tons of attention to big issues, and we made our corners of the world look beautiful.

After seeing this awesome potential within the design community, I thought to myself that this HAS to be tapped and our efforts combined more often.  We Design Change is the result of that realization.

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Oct 19

Inspired #5: HDR Pt3 - Portraits


Posted at 1:34 AM on October 19th, 2008 by Alex

This post is part of an ongoing series at That INDIE Dude called “Inspired”.  True creativity and originality demand true inspiration.  The point of this series is to help readers find new and fresh areas of inspiration in their lives, so as to help them find their most creative and original selves.

HDR Photography: 62 Incredibly Expressive Portraits.

If you missed them, be sure to start out with the first two parts of the HDR series: 

  1. 50 Amazing HDR Pics from Flickr
  2. 55 Amazing HDR Pictures from Picasa
Part 3, is going to stray a little bit from the rest.  I thought about doing HDR from all other sources around the ‘net, but then realized that one of my favorite online art communities, DeviantART, actually has MORE unbelievable HDR pics than Picasa and Flickr.  So, for fear of boring everyone with just another 50 awesome pics from DeviantArt, I decided to focus this post on one of my favorite applications of HDR: Portraits!

While HDR is everywhere now-a-days, it seems to be over-run by a few general uses: buildings, landscapes (including water), and cars/shiny surfaces.  These are all great, but it gets a little repetitive sometimes.  One place, though, that I’ve been particularly interested in the application of HDR, is portrait photography.  If we really can count on creative HDR use presenting an image with more expression than a regular photograph - why not apply it to the ultimate expressive-engine: the human face?  

I’ve been messing around with HDR portrait photography for a while now, and I’m addicted.  I have to say: it is DEFINITELY one of the hardest applications of HDR, but when it works out you get some of the most incredible portraits out there.  So, without further ado, hit the jump below to see 62 INCREDIBLE HDR portraits found on Deviant Art.

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Oct 15

Poverty: Design a Difference


Posted at 10:50 PM on October 15th, 2008 by Alex

This post is part of Blog Action Day 2008.  Today, over 12,000 blogs around the world are calling awareness to the topic of poverty, reaching an estimated audience of over 13 million readers.  Join in at blogactionday.org

Blog Action Day 2008: Poverty - Use your Design Skills to Make a Difference

Ever feel like you are in a profession that doesn’t allow you to have a huge impact on some of the most important issues in the world?  Designers can make anything beautiful and eye-catching, but what can they do to solve poverty?  The answer is A LOT.  Don’t be fooled by the doubts.  Here are 10 ways designers can tap their creativity to make a BIG difference in world poverty.  Now you have no excuse!

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