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.