Call of Duty Modern Warefare 2

This november the game to change the industry came out. This game came with high expectations and filled the gaming community with joy. Selling over 2.1 million copies in its first week alone this game is looking to be one of the highest selling games of all time. With new and improved gameplay mechanics and graphics this is a real bueaty. The real beauty comes from the envoirments with real lighting and smoke concepts making it the most realistic ware zone ever put on a gaming console. The games design is to make you feel like your always in danger, but the guy standing right next to you will always be their for brotherly support. Its just amazing to see how games can improve over a short period of time. Whether that being a year or two. The technology industry has come a long way from 8 bit graphics. Now showing real lighting and effects, how real do you think the games we play will get. How close to real life is it getting.

Sand Castles

When i was younger i would always love to build sand castles when i went to the beach. But lately this seems to be getting more and more popular with every beach season. People spend all day working on their masterpiece only for it to be washed away shortly after. But some of the designs for these castles are amazing. Ive always tried to incoporate different things with mine, but some people are just plain amazing. when designing a sand castle it takes time and precision. You must watch the water levels and try not to make certain things too big or too small or your foundation will crumble. It's not even about the castle its about the art and design of it. People putting their passion into building these giants for others to see and enjoy.

Cake Decorating

Something that has been popular among birthdays and parties for centuries is the delicious cake. Cakes can be made into all shapes and sizes. However, the design of some cakes it outrageous! do people really expect to eat something that looks like that? i know if i saw a cake like that i wouldnt touch it. It would be like ruining a piece of art. So when peple design cakes do you think they go for the best looking or something that everyone will enjoy with taste and flavor. Im not really sure what to expect from all of this. But cake decorating has been big for Weddings, Baby Showers, and other family events that everyone goes through.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality is this brilliant idea of taking what we already have in the real world and adding to it. APps on the Iphone can do things such as put characters or other things in the image of the screen, or by using the internet to identify things such as building or streets that you need to be at. The design of giving you the information as you look at it is brilliant. They even have games where you look on a board and the board practically comes to life. There are characters and other things on your phone that arent in real life. Hence the name Augmented Reality. This could be a very cool thing for designers giving them a sneak peek at what could really be possible.

Google

The big search giant google is only getting started. The big multi billion dollar corporation is slowly getting bigger and bigger. But, what got them all started? The search engine designed by college students made searching for what you want easier. They designed it so it would take the most relevant searches and put them in order. Not only that, but they are now ever starting to reccomend other thing that you may like depending on your search. This is what design is all about. The design to not only give you what you want, but also to make random guesses on what you may or may not be interested in as well.

Nature

Everyday we see things designed by humans and we wonder how people come up with these crazy ideas. But, what about mother natures design? the way the trees look and grow, or the way a flower blossums and grows. Things are taken from nature and put into our everyday life. Mother nature has the most beautiful design of all and that has reflected in the work that we as humans do. The color contrasts and the way things grow and move are perfectly designed. THis is all due to mother nature. The ultimate designer in this world isnt something that we can overcome. The true designer of the earth and everything in it is mother nature. From the animals, to the plants, to the rocks and the water. Simple, yet beautiful things come from nature and we take hints from this in order to make our lives better.

There's a Snake in my Boot

Pixar is one of the worlds top animating studios. They have done works on films such as Wall E, Up, The incredibles, and Toy story. With a running like that these animator giants have shown no signs of stopping. But with all of this fancy CGI going on where did it all originate? Early animators would use penicls and pens inorder to tell their story. However, that method is still used today the advance cgi methods of some companies have really taken computer graphics to the next level whereas handdrawn seems to stay the same. CGI is a vast improving segment of animation and is widely popular and accepted.

Through the Looking Glass

Philip Johnson Recently debuted his new house of glass. All of the exterior is made of glass and you can actually see into the house. However it goes underground for privacy. But the simply boxy look from the house gives it a small but homey feeling. everything in the house is normal as well. It's just the walls that are glass and make it a very cool house. Im not sure if i would want to live in a glass house, it might get annoying after a while. But you never know

Cartoons

Cartoons in the recent decades have changed gradually, but yet has stayed the same. The design of a normal cartoon is for it to make the audience feel relaxed and have a good time. With old cartoons such as popeye and Tom and Jerry, they use physical comedy to make the audeience feel at easy. physical comedy is what the cartoon industry has gunned for all these years. As it is a cartoon making things blow up or people recovery swiftly from injuries is as easy as drawing and earasing. These cartoons live out our fantasies of childhood dreams and far away lands but from the comfort of our own tv screen.

Coke!

Coca Cola has been one of the most prominent names in the pop selling business. Since its first recipe in the late 1800's the beverage has grown in popularity and its content. Sold in over 200 places around the world, globally Coca Cola is a commercial success. But, what it is about this drink that make people love it so much? is it the cool calm and refreshing taste of the beverage or is it the way they design the advertisements and reel you in while promises of laughs and good times with your friends and family. However, ONe design scheme didnt work to well with the introduction of New Coke in the late 1980's. This messed with the original formula and caused sales to plumit. However, it wouldn't be Coca Cola without a backup plan, a few years later they release Coca Cola Classic, which in a newly designed can was basically the same formula as the orgiginal coke. And with many spinoffs such as cheery, vanilla, and even coke with lime the popular brand will continue to strive forward.

Mines Bigger

Recently panasonic announced their biggest television yet! a 150 inch advanced high definition plasma. 150 inches.. Thats a lot. Thats 12 and a half feet. Has our country really come to who has the bigger tv? What could you possibly want to do with a big 12 foot television. When television was first released in the early decades of the 1900's they came in small low quality packages where people would sit around and watch the one to two channels that they recieved. Nowadays, people are just trying to one up each other with who has the most movie channels or in this case, whose tv is bigger. With hundreds of channels to watch and a plethera of movies and game contenet, maybe a big 12 foot tv would be fun. Would it somehow be more immersive and make you feel like your really playing the game or in the movie.

Snuggie

The snuggie. you know it and you love it. Instant comfort and relaxation when you slip this on. But what is the snuggie really? the answer is that the snuggie is actually just a blanket with arm holes. However, the simple design of this snuggie makes it the perfect design for wanting to stay warm and yet keep busy. The simply arm holes and sleeves keeps your whole body warm while you continue to work or do whatever you need to. Not like traditional blankets where you have to take your arms out and get cold. The snuggie elminates the fact that you have to come out from using a blanket. That simple design has made it easy for people to stay warm and work and has sold millions to prove it.

Youtube!

I love youtube. Its one of the best things to hit the internet since google. The fact that you can put videos of practically whatever you want online for others to see is amazing. The simple design of allowing people to view and share videos from others. It's really as simple as that. Being able to upload something that you worked on and sharing it with the online youtube community. When they designed youtube i imagine that they had one thing in mind. That was community. YOu are able to follow or subscribe to people and follow their videos and things that they work on. They want people to be involved and interact with one another. This helps people learn and grow with one another and can further better themselves.

Avatar

James Cameron new sci fi epic Avatar is due to hit theaters relativly soon. But is the glorified cgi fantasy really all that the hype is leading it up to be. There have been countless movies out there that have big bugets and huge stars but have ultimatly failed at being a good movie., However, Cameron promises big things from his next motion picture. This movie had a budget of roughly 500 Million Dollars. The CGI alone in this movie is a spectacle. But with all of this money being spent into production do you think that the story will really pan out as well as everyone hopes. Personally, from the trailer i believe that this movie is going to be a big load of crap. Apart from it looking amazing, the movie itself actually doesnt look that appealing. Giant Blue giraffe looking things arent that cool of a movie idea. But with all that money going into it something good must come from it right?

Where's My Cell Phone?

How many timres hvae you been in a hurry and coulnt find your cellphone? Not many of us college students have time too loose their only device for mobile communication. Like myself and many others we cant afford to pay for a house phone or another phone. So how do i located sed phone you ask? easily by using this website. http://www.wheresmycellphone.com/ is a brilliant website that actually calls your phone so it can be easily found again. The design of this website is genius. People Loose their cell phone on a daily basis and i can think of numerous times where it would just frusterate the heck out of me. If your all alone and without a cellphone due to loosing this i suggest you give it a try.

Daemon Tools

Recently i came across a program called daemon tools that allows me to convert torrents into iso's and play all of the games i like to play for free. The design of it is simple. You take a simple bit torrent file and convert it to the iso format. I love it. Very easy and simple to do and it makes playing your games that much easier. Torrenting games and other programs have been around since the begining of the internet. Its almost like a challenege to some people to see if they can break into the code and mod it to how they'd like.

Tables!

The design of tables is simple. Four Legs and a flat surface. But who thought of this idea! Its a genius idea when you think about it. But someone thought that this would be a wonderful thing. They were right. The table has been an intricate part of everyones life since the existance of tables. What was the declaration of independence signed on? a table. Everything that the world revolves around have only come to part because of the table. Things just work.

design

Design. Everything we work and run on today has design. But, what makes design of things so appealing. Is it the color scheme or how it looks? What is it about some simple designs that appeal to the public and the human sense so well. The simply color designs such as little color changes. The swiliring texture of the picture above makes it so simple. Yet we are drawn to it and are curious about it. Everything in the world has some sort of design to it, but its a mystery to why it is so appealing to use. Maybe we live diversity or maybe we just like something shiney.

Flavor of Love!

The popular show Flavor of Love staring the one and only Flavor Flav shows the manly bachelor and his attempt to find love. The design of this show is simply terrible. Throw and bunch of raging fan girls into a house with their dream rapper and watch the chaos begin. The show is simply based around the fights. Without the fights i feel like no one would watch it if it werent for the crazy cat fights. Someone behind the camera had the bright idea of having a bunch of middle aged women fight over a washed up rapper.

Dog Wear

Dog Cloths! Who in their right mind would want to dress up their dog. However, believe or not the dog clothing industry is booming. People regulalry dress up their dog. With the holidays seasons right around the corner the cloths are going to go up in demand. Crazy middle aged women love to dress up their little poodles and other dogs. But, for what reason? i think its people need for companionship. Cause personally, i think dressing up your dog is freaking dumb. I mean, i know people love their dogs, but to go out of your way to get the dog a halloween costume or a cute holiday outfit. Someone had the genius idea of "Hey lets dress up our pets". That was the best idea that that person could have had.

Cool!

For some people, they revolve their live around cars. Now im not one to gripe but, sometimes its just plain cool. The design for this new lambo is looking sharp. The intricate design of these cars are getting cooler and cooler each year. With a more aerodynamic look. More horsepower under the hood and a boat load of features that could keep anyone content.However, with all of these features and design features can we afford it? i doubt you're going to see a family man driving this to his nice job everyday. The design of this car is just too costly for some. I know that people can afford this, but what about us average car goers? compared to this, some of the cars we drive seem kind of second rate.

Droid Does

With the cell phone market being more and more competive with each new phone Motorola has went the extra step to bring to Verizon a phone that could compete with the Iphone's success. Copying many of the ideas such as aps and other little things the Droid is looking to be a hit. Being able to browse the internet, download apps, get directions, or simply make calls. However, people just dont want to be able to text and make calls anymore. The high demand for features have turned cell phones into tiny computer Being able to process word docs and check the internet, the cell phone isnt as powerful as a computer, but i feel like in due time the design of the phone will essentially start to take over. Something small that can fit in your pocket and solve all your problems sounds really appealing. But,The droid does everything that the iphone can do and more. Having outrageous specs for a phone its almost like a little computer. With the growing trend and design in the indutry to have a touch screen and mutliple features, do you ever find yourself wanting less? When i bought my cell phone i was overloaded with all the features. I'm never going to use half of it. But, then its always nice to have.

New Moon.

It's crazy that movies such as this are making as much money as they are. The recently released movie called The Twilight Saga: New Moon has had an opening weekend of a 141 million dollars. Thats just the first couple days of course. With the budget roughly around 50 million dollars the movie has already paid for itself within the first three days. The movie itself opened up friday bringing in about 73 million dollars. This beating the old box office record holder, The Dark Knight. That was last years box office smash that comepletely decimated everything at the box office. But, has our taste in movies gone down? One of the previous holders was Titanic. James Camerons epic. Now with in todays world with Superhero's and heeart throb vampires it really shows what the community wants. The answer to that is simple. Sparkling vampires and abs. If we put sparkling vampires and abs in every movie, expect to get more than you wanted!

Social Networks

Every so often some new social network like myspace, facebook, twitter comes out and it all the rage. But, what really makes these so popular? is the the friendly interaction between peers? or the fact that you can creep on someone without them even known. The design of these social networks are fairly simple and easy to use. Easy as making an account with a valid email adress and the fun escapades of social networking are at your fingertips. Social networks such as forums have been up since the begining. When internet was readily available to the public people have been trying to find ways to comminucate with one another. Now with bigger and better options such as facebook, twitter, and myspace what will the people think of next. what kind of social interaction do you want with people you barely even know

Musical Road

How often do you find yourself fiddling with the radio while your driving? well.Due to todays newest technology you no longer have to worry about it. The musical road is now out and about. All you have to do is drive the car on the road and the music will play due to something on the road. Seems a bit ridiculous. However, this technology is new and present. Ways to listen to our music in our cars have gradually advanced. From our cassette players to CD's. Now we can even listen to our ipod in our car wirelessly. Now we dont need any of that. We simply have to drive.

The Can.

The can has been a brilliant design for many decades. But whats all the rage? i mean its easy to handle. simple to use, and most of all very convienent for those who wish to drink from it. But what brouht us to this modern day and age of cans? But in 1962 the design was brouht forth and put into the world. Ever isnce it has been a smash hit. I love drinking from cans.

Touch Screen.

Touch screens have begun to be all the rage with todays technology. From our phones to our computers touch screens have begun to take over. However, Microsoft recently developed a new way to use the touch screen. The Table. The Microsoft Surface is a touch screen table filled with a boat load of features. Would you rather have a table that you can interact on? or would you rather just have a table to do your business on. Do we wanna spend money on a table that we can play games on? im not to sure that its such a hot idea. Seems kinda lame. If i wanna google sometime ill walk 10 feet to a computer and google it. I don't need to be sitting on my kitchen table all day.