This weeks must see is the portfolio of Thibaud, a freelance artists from Belgium. His highly interactive portfolio is filled with nice 3D work as well as motion graphics and interactive content. So go ahead and check out this weeks must see!

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This weeks ‘weekly must see’ takes us to the UK, which is the home of designer Pete Harrison aka AEIKO. He has a Bsc honours degree in ‘Medialab Arts’, which shows. Browsing through his portfolio has a somewhat psychedelic effect, and is definitely worth a click!

Studio469 - Supporting your creative summer.

today marks the end to a year of creative columns. to celebrate this occasion i will reflect on my earlier columns, the process and on things to come. so sit back, relax and enjoy the music [unfortunately this column and blog do not yet support full audio playback, so you are required to fill this in yourself].

it all started during one of my usual time-killing days at my current faculty of industrial design, about a year ago. i had a chat with the founders of Studio469. they read one of my earlier columns posted in our faculty’s magazine and enjoyed my style of writing. since their blog was growing and open to creative input we came upon the agreement i was going to write a monthly column about design, creativity and life. this column-topic was later on revised into “my contribution in the shape of creative spamming, manifesting itself in somewhat distorted views and theories of the world around me”, a fable creative attempt to spice things up a bit. now click the link below to read the rest of this exciting piece of history.

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This week’s Weekly Must See is IKCA, a commercial artist by the name of Ian Keltie. This illustrator has a large list of clients, among those are Computer Arts Magazine, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and many more. His digital styles take many influences including the skylines and architectures of his home town on Newcastle Upon Tyne as well as all thigs he finds cool magazines, scuffed jeans, old shoes, 1970’s photographs and the work of Austrian painter Egon Schiele. Check out his work!

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This weeks must see is the highly inspirational graphic funk from Vault49. With some of the biggest clients one can imagine Vault49 has got lots of great examples for you to learn from and boost your creativity with! Check out Vault49.

Studio469 - Creativity, Art & Design

Yes, yes, yes, we found you another one! We allow you to spread your creativity over the globe! This time we have a continuous competition! On ‘Is This Chicken’ you can show your design skills to fellow designers and participators. ITC offers you the possibility to upload your own designs and get them produced, if your picked by the visitors! ITC started 11 months ago and is now growing bigger and bigger! So whenever you are in a creative mood, go ahead and spread the chicken!

Studio 469 - Spreading the Funk

Customization hate it or love it… I’ve been discussing this topic before (Marketing Monday #4: Custom-I-zed). But that column left some dust in the air. Marketing Monday #4 described if customization was possible and to what extent. What were peoples’ driving forces to participate in customization processes. After that I received several emails from readers questioning whether I regard customization to be possible on all products or that I think there are specifications to the products that can be customized. Well I can briefly answer with saying: “All products can be customized!”.

I really believe that a products’ have the ability to be customized, however in most occasions or the product or the people aren’t ready yet for the customization. Therefore I think we can add some new dimensions to the well-known product life cycle. As you probably know the PLC (product life cycle) originally contains five stages namely, development stage, introduction stage, growth stage, maturity stage and decline stage. This last stage will be redefined.
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Hello Creatives! If you are in to graphic design, we’ve found you another cool and sustainable competition. Love Your Earth is hosted by DesignBoom, this competition will asks graphic designers to create a graphic to raise awareness on global issues that are affecting the planet. The deadline is September 8, 2007. The top three finalists will be awarded cash prizes. Go ahead and check it out!

Studio469 - Creativity to your doorstep

Following the previous article on work trends Design Specialization vs Generalization, this designer tool below is created to help you find your design persona – realizing your own design qualities and weaknesses to prepare you for real life design industry.

Out of the 15 keywords given, click only 5 keywords that you think describes your design interests and preferences.

Every designer has their own design specialty that helps in leading a design team. There is no one designer that is good at every stage of the design process; we all think differently. So, different design personas are needed to create a success.

Design Strategist

A design futurist, one who always dares to dream of new concepts and visions that are innovative and futuristic.A strategist who is capable of forecasting the future market through doing intensive research on people and products.

Possible Job Scope: Strategic Designer, Innovation Design Consultant, Brand Manager

Design Experimenter

A design psychologist, who creates design through understanding how a person would use the products by scenario mapping and models testing.An interactions researcher who thinks of more personal ways of product usage through re-looking at design detailing.

Possible Job Scope: Design-Centered Researcher, Product Designer, Usability Consultant

Design Realist

A design technologist, who experiments with mechanics or electronics to build upon his design concepts.An engineer, who thinks of practical solutions to solve product design issues.

Possible Job Scope: Product Engineer, Industrial Designer, Quality Assurance Manager

So, what design persona are you, a strategist, an experimenter or realist? If you wish to read more about design personas check out the The Ten Faces of Innovation.

This week must see is the amazing portfolio of Stardust. They are specialized in motion graphics with an impressive list of clients such as: MTV, Pepsi, Mitsubishi and many more. Go ahead and check out the creative motion works of Stardust.

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