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The recent emergency budget announced by the UK’s new coalition government has been given a good dissecting on the facebook discussion board of the Design Council, with particular focus on the public sector, predictable given the heavy cuts this area faces.
Archive for the ‘Industry News’ Category
The 2010 Budget and what it means for the design and digital industries
25.06.2010 By: alanofford Under: Industry News Comments: none
Anticipating the digital Olympics
02.06.2010 By: alanofford Under: Creative, Industry News Comments: none
Ever since the 2012 Olympics logo was revealed in 2007, the graphic identity for the London games has been dogged by controversy. When Wolf Olins first unveiled the much criticised and in my opinion highly underrated brand, the public feeling was largely negative (although the reaction from the design community was much more thoughtful), and the video that accompanied the launch was even blamed for causing seizures.
Google Font Directory: An alternative to Typekit
21.05.2010 By: ronansprake Under: Industry News, Technical Comments: none
During Google I/O 2010, Google have made some very cool announcements, including WebM (a license-free codec for audio and video) and a new hosted Font API.
Adobe CS5 Launch
14.04.2010 By: alanofford Under: Creative, Industry News Comments: none
As the dust settles after Monday’s much anticipated online launch of Adobe’s latest version of it’s creative suite, CS5, it’s left us here wondering just what all the fuss has been about. The live webcast itself was a pretty bizarre event, which thanks in part to leaks like this YouTube video, created quite a buzz on Twitter. The actual presentation however was more teasing than illuminating, with 5 minutes segments being given by a series of increasingly off the wall Adobe ‘evangelists’, who were nearly in a frenzy over CS5′s “wicked-cool capabilities”.
The state of jQuery
22.12.2009 By: ronansprake Under: Industry News, Technical Comments: none
As 2009 draws to a close, there are many things to look forward to in the New Year: Google Wave hitting the big-time, Typekit as a real alternative to sIFR and Cufon, developments in mobile Web technology and (hopefully) an end to supporting IE6! One thing I’m particularly looking forward to is the new version of jQuery, slated for a mid-January release.
