Dave Ward - Designer in Edinburgh
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Interesting approach to educating teens about Internet privacy

Smokescreen Game from Six to Start on Vimeo.

Nice execution, this is a subject that so often comes across as naff or patronising.
Created by Ben Terrett is a designer and partner in the Really Interesting Group

“Have you heard about the guy who got fired because of an inappropriate Tweet? Or the girl whose house got trashed because she advertised her house party on Facebook while Mum and Dad were away? This is what Smokescreen is about - teaching kids the pitfalls of online security in a fun, natural and intelligent way,’ 

 

 

Have a play with smokescreen

Saw it on D&AD

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Beautiful perfume branding and bottle design by Holmes and Marchant

Beautiful classic design by Holmes and Marchant 

You should check out their offices in Marlow, Buckinghamshire. There are some pictures on the website.

“Holmes & Marchant has worked on the resurrection of a luxury fragrance range called Grossmith. The brand has a great story, and accordingly, there’s a lovely design story to go with it.

The fragrance was once worn by Queen Victoria and was founded in 1835, before eventually closing around 30 years ago. Simon Brook, a great-great grandson of the founder discovered his heritage when researching his family tree. Simon bought the brand back into family ownership and worked with Holmes & Marchant throughout the relaunch process.”

Saw it on lovely package

   
Click here to download:
Beautiful_perfume_branding_and.zip (850 KB)

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Lovely work from Fife based Evie Milo/Eskymo - Jill Calder

Eskymo New Media Design have done a lovely job on this site for illustrator Jill Calder, great personality and style.

Won the Best Web Design 2009 award at the Creative Fife Awards ceremony last night.

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Camero vs. Lada, impressive 3D Video animation by one man

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All modeling, animation, and rendering in this amazing showreel was done by Pantural. The tools he used were 3DS Max 2008, Mudbox, After Effects, Photoshop, Sound Forge, and Vegas. 

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Beautiful ISO50 poster - Studio Editions series

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Esquire magazine do something special with Augmented Reality

Just when I thought that AR was a burnt out trend, Esquire go and do something great.

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Websites with great typography

View the full list at specky boy

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Post office release classic album cover stamps (strangely no beatles)

How cool are these?

The blur parklife cover is fantastic, I wonder are the stamps actually trimmed with the vinyl sticking out?

Next year the Royal Mail will launch its stamp programme with a set of ten 1st class stamps designed by Studio Dempsey that celebrate classic British album covers.

         
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Post_office_release_classic_al.zip (1279 KB)

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GPS Navigation by Google Maps - I know apple said some mean things about google voice, but we iphone users didn't mean it

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I hope this becomes available soon for iPhone, £80 for Tom Tom software when I can buy a Tom Tom unit for that price is crazy.

Google Maps Navigation is an internet-connected GPS navigation system with voice guidance. It is part of Google Maps for mobile and is available for phones with Android 2.0.

Google Maps Navigation uses your phone's internet connection to give you the latest maps and business data. But that's not all that's different about Google's approach to GPS navigation. Watch the below video to learn more.

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