By Patrick Widen on Dec 17, 2008 in Applications, Resources | Leave The First Comment...
Today is an exciting day. I’ve just finished up the first beta version of a brand new search engine called Fiazo. As a designer, I often spend countless hours on Google trying to find tutorials, blogs, articles, fonts, and more to inject into my daily design life only to become distracted and lose track of what I was looking for to begin with. After thinking about this problem for a little while, Fiazo: The Design Search Engine was born. The site essentially acts as a narrow proxy to Google that filters out unrelated websites and focuses only on top-notch resources from within the world of design.
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By Patrick Widen on Sep 20, 2008 in Design Showcase | Leave The First Comment...
British design, branding, and architecture firm SSH has given a number of McDonald’s London locations a contemporary facelift in an effort to redefine the brand and keep McDonald’s hip in the ever growing sea of trendier, healthier eateries throughout the world and London alike. The upgrade includes an all-new image that will undoubtedly leave the restaurant’s wide variety of patrons unsure that they’re really at a McDonald’s.
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By Patrick Widen on Aug 13, 2008 in Design Trends, Marketing | Leave The First Comment...
I’m a bit of a geek. My house is full of all kinds of gadgets and gizmos that the average person wouldn’t even think to buy; after all, who really needs a fingerprint reader to login to their computer? Being a geek, however, I have no problem with learning how to use these products. My parents, on the other hand, are a different story.
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