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30 Adventurous Twitter Fail Whale Illustrations

Igor — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:41:03 +0000

The “Fail Whale” is a graphic of a whale held up by a flock of birds showcased when Twitter is experiencing Overload. While being scary at times(just kidding), the Fail Whale is surprisingly a vibrant topic within the Twitter community. Twitter’s inability to stay upfloat has managed to spin off and create a nature of its own. We have all* experienced it ones, twice, or maybe a multiple amount of times. In case you are wondering the Fail Whale was created by Yiying Lu, a Chinese illustrator.

Online advertising, 8 website campaigns that deserve your attention

Wabbaly — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 08:54:48 +0000

Advertising is a good way to push a product, to communicate but only when you understand the environment you are working in and know how to take advantage of it. Here we have 8 online advertising campaigns that take advantage of the interactive nature of the Internet and offer us entertainment.

From creating awareness(listen to the tiger, hiv testing), to selling goods/playing games(aldo) and making us laugh (durex), all this campaigns offer us quality online advertising.
I enjoyed myself when researching for them, as the experience offered by each one of them is unforgettable. Enjoy and tell me what you think. Which one did you like more?

15 websites, the Nike online experience

Wabbaly — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 19:35:02 +0000

This is a collection of 15 website that present the online experience of Nike. A look at Nike’s visual evolution from one sport to another, from one campaign to the next one, all under the form of websites. It is interesting to look at the past campaigns and the present ones, and the way they connect with the audience. A really inspirational collection as Nike tends to shift from flash based websites, to the HTML5 and CSS3.

A Geek’s Guide to Get Girls by Sony

Dany Vilela — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 09:50:52 +0000

Sony is soon to be launching a new original web series. Entitled “A Geek’s Guide to Get Girls”, the mini series features three geeky characters trying to organize the best party of the neighborhood. Sony has already uploaded a sneak pick of its new initiative:

The first webisode will be online on October 10th on Sony UK’s YouTube channel.

This web series is a result of the collaboration between Sony, Reflex Virtual and Point-Barre.

20 Of The Best WordPress Portfolio Themes

DesignWoop — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 07:39:01 +0000

Using WordPress to power your portfolio site is a great idea, it allows you to quickly and easily add and manage content, download free plug-ins to extend the functionality of your site and quickly change your design if you using powerful theme option panels.

The premium WordPress themes I have selected feature pixel perfect design, powerful features and extreme flexibility to customize the theme to suit your needs. The selected WordPress themes also come with free support forums to help you with any WordPress theme customizations you need.

30 Examples Of Large Background Images In Web Design

David — Wed, 21 Sep 2011 08:48:15 +0000

Using a large background image on your website provides a new depth and impact on the user, as internet connections become faster and monitor resolutions increase it is more viable to use big background images for your website. I have collected not only websites using large background images, but also websites using illustrations and animations.

See also KOIKOIKOI Inspiration: 40 Websites With Large Photo Background

Top 10 Forum Choices and Alternatives for Your Website

Igor — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 20:26:35 +0000

Let’s face it, creating new content on a daily basis is tough. When you are running a blog, you are creating articles based on your specified niche. This is a good strategy, but what if the article that you just spent 3 hours writing is not getting much traction? This is not good at all, it’s like you are throwing your hard labor in the trashcan. What if you had an easier way of knowing what your visitors want to know. If you did then you would be able to write highly engaging articles right? Right!

Green light for Shakeart!

Shakeart — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:42:00 +0000

Green light for Shakeart! Surfing the new dynamic web portal, it’s now possible to know about every artistic event in Italy taking just one click, thanks to the innovative idea of 4 young designers and artists.
Here is a funny video that wants to show the main idea of shakeart: simplicity together with the unique user experience focused on the (geographic) location of users.
The video you can find here represents just the tip of the iceberg of Shakeart.

Click here to view the embedded video.

Keep in touch with www.shakeart.it!

Because Digital Art Rocks !!

SARAH — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 14:00:14 +0000

Exit the private Beta! Curioos.com is now public!

Too many orphaned digital images are desperately waiting for art lovers, buyers, or collectors. Lonely, lost in blogs or portfolios, they dream to live on your walls, give style to your rooms, and light up your “crib”.

Curioos felt bestowed with a mission: to bring more creatives to the walls of a worldwide audience. For more than a year, we dug with meticulous care through the depths of the web to meet these Digital Native Artists, and to select the best.

From now on, creators and spectators are able to fuel the collective inspiration and to exchange ideas.

Curioos artists will be able to beautify places by selling limited edition prints.

KOIKOIKOI Reloaded

koikoikoi — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 12:27:34 +0000

Finally the new version of KOIKOIKOI is out! We wanted to give it not just a totally new look, but also add some useful features for our readers. So, here’s a brief tour to this new release.

Click here to view the embedded video.

1.Home

The homepage has been improved with much bigger thumbnails and 2 different visualizations: blog and grid. You can choose you favorite by clicking on the little icons at the top of the post list and on you next visit it will keep your last choice.

The slideshow is wider and contains an abstract from the article and you can slide it forward and backward by clicking the arrows on its sides.

2. User news

This is one of the most important new features. Now you can write your news and publish it on KOIKOIKOI, adding title, source, text, images, links, author, tags… just like all the other posts. You can share a post on your blog or on another site, your portfolio/project, and exhibition, a resource, etc…

Please use ENGLISH only, and note that all the news will be moderated within 24 hours. Interesting news will be featured as regular posts in homepage The best and most prolific authors will be contacted to become official KOIKOIKOI’s authors.

Of course also User News section (just like all the other category pages) can be viewed in grid or blog mode.

3. Sidebar / footer / search / comments

In sidebar you can find 2 tabs: random and recent. The first one presents 3 big thumbnails of 3 random posts, picking new posts each refresh/new page. This way you can discover REALLY cool contents posted in the past. We have to say we really had fun with this new feature, re-discovering contents we almost forgot about. If you’re bored, try to click one random post, on that page you’ll find 3 other random posts, etc… more than 570 (and growing) posts are waiting for you.

Beside that, each post, presents a selection of related posts at its bottom.

In sidebar you can also find the latest User news, and links to add yours or read all the news.

Another cool way to discover new inspirations and contents is the Twitter plugin in footer. It shows tweets from Twitter users containing keywords related to KOIKOIKOI’s topics.

The search has been improved with live search function. It shows you results while you’re typing in the box, with thumbnails too.

Comments are now powered by Disqus and you can login to comment by logging in with you disqus or facebook or twitter account. You can also rate comments (just like YouTube) and do some other cool things, like subscribing to a topic, sort comments, etc…

4. Favorites

Ok now, this is a really useful feature. We’re sure you often find interesting contents on KOIKOIKOI and you think “I should remember this one”, then 2 things may happen: 1- you forgot it or 2- you save it in your browser favorites making it a real links hell. Here’s the solution we thought for you: your favorite links INSIDE Koikoikoi and… YOU DON’T NEED TO REGISTER. A cookie keeps memory of all your favourite koikoikoi’s posts and you can see them HERE. PLEASE NOTE: if you erase your cookies you’re going to lose your favourites.

Adding posts is really simple: just click on the “Add to favourites” link at the top of each post page to add it to your favourites.

5. Tattoo category

A brand new category: tattoo. This category is dedicated to all those tattoo Artists with a real personal / cool / original / stunning style that makes them really distinguishing. But also to all the illustrators / artists / photographers / projects related to tattoo art.