It’s a refrigerator and a stove! This is cute. http://noonebelongsheremorethanyou.com/

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Web 2.0 – It’s the look you’ve been looking for.

Sleek, shiny, straightforward. Soft, rounded edges, crisp-clear text, and a reflection so cool you get chills.

We’ve seen it popping up all over the place; it’s a trend we at Sol Design welcome so whole-heartedly that we’re going to share it with you, honoring the DIY spirit in all of us.

Here’s a really simple tutorial on making a web 2.0 style logo in Photoshop. I used a Mac, with CS2.

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Search Engine Optimization. It sounds like one of those techno-babble phrases that means almost nothing to the everyday person. It’s the kind of thing you could easily ignore, simply leave it to the tech geeks (like all the folks at SolDesign) who constantly review the specs of their brand-new, food-themed internet phones. If only the term didn’t leave you with one sneaking suspicion: it may be one of those phrases. The ones that have surreptitious, quiet, unnoticed control over every aspect of your life, your work, your business, your money. You need to know what that phrase means. Understand the phrase; control your world. Read the rest of this entry »

I just recently found this article in the NYTimes about social networking that speaks to what we do and also to where technology is going. Everyone thinks it is interesting/weird that Cisco bought tribe.net - I think it is smart. What do you think? Click here to read the article NYTimesArticle

I like designers who are exceptionally good at what they do. But even bigger kudos go out to those who really have a passion for sharing what they know. Check out the website of Nike footwear designer, Michael DiTullo as he gives up trade secrets for inspiring footwear designers.

Difficulty: Moderate

You can’t rely on generic, mainstream sources (tv/radio/rolling stone magazine) to bring you new music that you can really connect with. Everybody’s tastes are different, mainstream is a compromise. The best way to find new music you’ll like is to build off your existing musical tastes.
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Linerider beta2 is here! If you have never played Linerider you need to. It’s not really a game but more like a sweet toy. Get creative!
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We here at Sol love the super-nerdy, new and fresh spoils of technology. These two guys up’ed the ante and did something rather amazing with the human x computer interaction. It sure beats slouching behind a desk all day. Credit goes out to 7dv for the sighting.

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If you’re a graphic designer, you must have thousands of fonts on your computer. You probably don’t know what half of them look like, the other half you probably never use.

I have tried other font managers such as Extensis Suitcase and the built-in Mac Font Book. Both were met with limited success. Suitcase crashed often and hogged up all my resources, and Mac’s Font Book did a good job, but just wasn’t powerful enough.

Then I stumbled upon Linotype’s FontExplorer X.
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We recently finished building the harmony-blog.com website. Our buddy Peter brainstormed with the owners of the blog and came up with a great idea to make the blog look like real postcards. When we got the finished design it looked amazing. Problem was, it had a few things here and there that are “impossible” for the web.

But with our turbo nerdy know-how, nothing is impossible at Sol Design. Read the rest of this entry »