Category Archives: Design

Marketing June 10, 2010

Let the Games Begin

Thanks to those of you who attended yesterday’s Smartshot webinar. A recording will be posted on the blog later today – apologies for the delay! So, apparently there’s some kind of tournament starting up tomorrow? Involving a cup? I thought … Continue reading →

Design June 7, 2010

Illustrating Good Design

Here’s a little catnip for our creatives; after all, it is a Monday. As a follow-up to designer Dieter Rams’ 10 principles of good design, inksie has tapped a group of ten writers and illustrators to come up with essays … Continue reading →

Marketing May 18, 2010

The Great QRollout Continues

We’ve previously mentioned that 2010 is poised to be a big year for QR codes, as big carriers and big brands have big plans for the technology. It certainly doesn’t hurt that Verizon is now calling attention to the ScanBuy … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends May 11, 2010

The Many Shades of the Man in Black

In our previous discussions about user-generated content, we’ve noted that consumers do need to be incentivized to participate in these campaigns, but that “incentivize” isn’t necessarily a code word for “give them free stuff.” You may remember our coverage of … Continue reading →

Design April 13, 2010

Learn a Thing or Two

It’s been a while since we passed along some design tips to you fine folks (huh, almost four months!), so we figured we’d share these 40 Outstanding Photo Manipulation Tutorials. Something tells me that pirate hamster image is going to … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends April 8, 2010

Projection, with 400 horses under the hood.

Loyal readers have probably noticed that we, the fine folks behind The Awesome Blog, are enthusiastic fans of projections. We like it big. We like it small. We like it so much that we’ve decided to make things easy on … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends March 27, 2010

SXSW Dispatch, The Recap

In case you happened to miss the two weeks we dedicated to our SXSW Interactive coverage, here’s a recap of what went down. Part 1: Setting the Mobile Stage. We talked about how the rise of the mobile web and … Continue reading →

Technology March 16, 2010

SXSW Dispatch, Part 2: Touching Me, Touching You

Sweeeeeet Caroline… oh, sorry, got carried away for a second there. As we alluded to in yesterday’s post, today we’re going to talk a bit about touch. Specifically, where touch is at, where it’s going, and why it’s finally relevant … Continue reading →

Sociocultural Trends March 9, 2010

QR Codes Gaining QRedibility

You know the drill: follow Upshot on Twitter to keep up on the latest SXSW Interactive news. It’s only three days away! We’ve already mentioned that location is the watchword at this year’s SXSWi, but we’d advise you to keep … Continue reading →

Design January 27, 2010

Utensils of the Earth

No need to dig any further – one glance at this package and you get the gist of Scanwood kitchen utensils. They’re wooden. They’re authentic. They’re natural. (Of course, you can also zoom in a bit and see the “Designed … Continue reading →