New phone in the works

Motorola has begun to design a new phone that looks a lot like the Phonebloks concept I posted earlier in the semester.
http://motorola-blog.blogspot.com/2013/10/goodbye-sticky-hello-ara.html

Training Design Final Proposal

The Durango HS Running Coach and I had a really cool little tech chat for about an hour today - he emailed me suggestions, I threw them into Illustrator, more suggestions, etc, etc and we wound up with this as the final logo he is going to use in his proposal for his training program. His initial want of a "strong" logo was maintained in the pyramid and hexagon geometry, while the interlocking Ds are a takeoff from the old XC jerseys, so maintained some tradition with that. The duranGOdemons was also kind of a neat way to separate the text without spaces. Not sure the final was my personal favorite, but it was a really quick evolution (from Friday-Tuesday) that I think was only made possible by what I took away from the design classes in the last few months. Not sure how many of you guys are more into the logo/branding side of things, but it's more of my background so thought I'd share. This stuff gets me excited!

 Original 6 six^

 

Preference for the hex design, Requested that "endurance" be added in^

 Narrowing it down even more before the final interlocking D's were added, as seen up top.

Creating a Design Persona - TIps

This was in interesting pnemonic device that might stimulate some thoughts while you guys are generating some personas.

Check it out!

Here is another blurb from Microsoft about creating personas, for them it was in the context of designing a UI

Check it out!

UMFA Design Exhibit

Maybe you guys have seen this on the homepage, or have visited it, or maybe helped design it? I think I am going to swing in to check it out this week, see what the graphic design students have been up to!

Check out the exhibit!

K so I follow this website for modern designs and have really only ever bought one thing, yet I'm always looking at it. I saw this, and even though it's a little pricy for a keychain the idea is awesome. Removes bulk and the jingling of keys which both drive me nuts. 

https://www.touchofmodern.com/sales/keyport/fully-loaded-keyport-slide-2-0-black?sale=1&utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Subscribers-production&utm_campaign=Daily%20Sales%202013-10-26&email=mlars129%40gmail.com&open=1

New extreme sport toy!

It kind of seems at times like everything there is to invent in a particular field has been invented. Well no matter how hard you think it would be to come up with something new, that's certainly not the case. I feel its almost like reinventing the wheel -- making something new from whats been around us for years.
Here's an idea!

The future direction of wrist wear.

Would you want one of these on your wrist? Would it really help?