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This Article has been written by a guest writer for Robot Salmon. Her name is Vanessa Melle.
I didn’t think I would, but I am actually enjoying working the Olympics. I saw Matt Lauer and a bunch of important politicians, some athletes too. I saw tons of journalists and I know Stephen Colbert is lurking around. [...]
For web designers, graphic designers, or any type of artist, it is important to always keep growing. When we become stagnant, so does our work. Since I live in Vancouver, I have no trouble finding inspiration in this beautiful city every day. However, we need all different kinds of inspiration to keep our work fresh [...]
Random Drumming Guy
This dude was rocking out on his djembe hand drum. It was crazy cool. He had close to 50 people watching him drum and a butt load of people dancing. Everyone is having a great time on Granville street during the Olympics.
The party seems to start around 8:00pm when the hockey [...]
So when I walk home from working all day at the Alberta House Olympic venue at 1:00 am I’m greeted with crazy fun times on Granville. I’ve been recording with my iPhone some of the cool things that I have seen. I will be posting them as much as I can.
Here is a video of [...]
The initial phase of a web design project focuses in on varying design research methods. Our number one priority is to make sure that we are following a user centered design process. We want to get to know your clients, the end users of your new website, your target market if you will. We want to get inside their heads and figure out what will speak to your users, and then we will design to support that message…Another important step is determining your brand or your identity. If you or your company does not have a strongly defined brand, or an identity that is currently represented by your graphics and logos, as web designers we can create one for you.
It is a little known fact that Robot Salmon author D.O.G. ’s sister is big deal in the art world. Aside from heading up her own sculpture department at Yale University, Jessica Stockholder, ex-Vancouverite and U-Vic grad, has shown her work in countless European and North American countries over her three decade long art career. [...]
As a Web Design Student and a new media enthusiast I am hitting the streets of Vancouver to take in the sites and experience all of the amazing Interactive Media installations that are up for the Olympics. The” Digital Gateway” is one of the world’s longest interactive walls. You can find it downtown, beside the recently facelifted skating rink at Robson Square.
I will be the first to admit that I was not a huge fan of the Olympics taking over our city, in fact I was one of the locals that seriously considered heading out on vacation to avoid the “Olympic madness” that everyone anticipated taking over Vancouver.
But as a Vancouver Web Design student with a passion for new media and interactive design, my mind is being blown every time I turn around. The ground breaking installations and interactive art that are being featured all around the city should put Vancouver on the map when it comes to interactive design innovation.
Kris Krug is a man who wears many hats; the quintessential jack of all trades. He is equally well known for his work as a fashion and street photographer as he is for his work with Social Media. He is an innovator, a maverick, a TED talker, a shameless self promoter, and one of the [...]
I started learning Action Script 3.0 in the fall of 2009 in the Interactive Design Program at Capilano University. I went into the program wanting to learn Flash because it was the most difficult type of development I had come across on my journey to learn web design. I was so keen to sink my [...]
