Tuesday, March 6, 2012

Quadrigram, formulate and answer questions



Quadrigram provides tools to formulate and answer questions with a wide variety of datasets and visual means. 

Friday, March 2, 2012

Moleskine meets Lego, the video


For grown-up children who have never stopped flying. A new stop-motion video presents the series of LEGO® hacked notebooks. 

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Magic Plan: As Easy as Taking a Picture


MagicPlan measures the size of the room, draws the floor plan and creates a DXF file, PDF document, JPEG images and a web site with an interactive floor plan. Available on the app store here.

Tuesday, February 28, 2012

R you ready for Data Analysis?


R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. See what graphics can you do with it and learn how to create them here.
Watch a Video Tutorial on How to Free Download R.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Turn Photos into 3D Models with 123D Catch



Turn ordinary photos into extraordinary 3D models with Autodesk® 123D™ Catch. Take photos of your favorite people, places and things and let the power of the cloud magically transform them into detailed 3D models. 123D Catch is free beta software. 

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Photosynth, Interactive 3D Views


In simple terms, Photosynth allows you to take a bunch of photos of the same scene or object and automagically stitch them all together into one big interactive 3D viewing experience that you can share with anyone on the web. It is free! Download it here. 

Friday, February 24, 2012

Grasshopper Advanced

Grasshopper® is a graphical algorithm editor tightly integrated with Rhino’s 3D modeling tools. Unlike RhinoScript, Grasshopper requires no knowledge of programming or scripting, but still allows designers to build form generators from the simple to the awe-inspiring. To watch Grasshopper Advanced Tutorials click here.

Thursday, February 23, 2012

Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Google SketchUp Quick Reference Card





SketchUp is a 3D modeling program marketed by Google and designed for architectural, civil, and mechanical engineers as well as filmmakers and game developers. The program, which is designed for ease of use, allows placement of models within Google Earth. Free Download here. SketchUp Quick Reference Card here. 

Friday, February 17, 2012

How to Create your Portfolio


To learn more about setting up a Portfolio using Photoshop and Illustrator click here.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Are you ready to share with Google Docs?




Google Docs is a suite of products that lets you create different kinds of online documents, work on them in real time with other people, and store your documents and your other files; all online, and all for free.
To learn how it works click on Demo Google Docs
This video tutorial will help you get more out of Google Docs.

Saturday, February 11, 2012

Free Software for Data Visualization












Impure is a free visual programming language aimed to gather, process and visualize information. 
Click here to watch Impure Examples. Download Impure and watch a video tutorial (part one & part two)

Friday, February 10, 2012

Seven Quality Font Resources


This collection of websites offers a vast source of fonts and materials to make the design process spent more efficient.