http://www.designfloat.com/blog Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:00:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you would ask a child what he knows about elephant, the answer would be: the elephant is big, the elephant is wise, it can be seen in the zoo. For the grown-ups I would only ad that the elephant also associates with nature protection. All the ads below are ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/24/elephant-ads-wize-and-big/ Do you know why I hate flash websites? BECAUSE THEY ALWAYS LOAD FOR AGES! Photos in the photo galleries, portfolio of design studios - they all make me feel mad when I have to wait 15 seconds while the website is loading, then 5 seconds when the pop-ups with the ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/20/friendly-flash-website-no-way/ Google Mail has been my favorite mailbox one for the last 6 years. Mostly because it was pretty intriguing at the very beginning that you couldn't register but should have been invited only and because it was the first provider offering the hugest space in you maibox for free and ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/19/spice-up-your-gmail-themes-from-google/ Chocolate is a sweet thing, loved by children and grown-ups. We've prepared a nice collection of ads related to chocolate in this or that way. Most of the ads are for the chocolate actually, the rest use the concept of the chocolate as a sweet thing that we all love. ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/18/chocolate-ads-fun-and-smart/ Mess That I Love... I mean it in the good sense. When I was preparing the collection of website/portfolios of British designer and developers I was feeling like in a hospital: very clean and neat style, almost zero images, white, gray, blue and black. All in order, accent on works ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/14/american-designers-mess-that-i-love/ Satyendra PakhalГ© is a talented designer living in Amsterdam, Netherlands.В  For some time he was working at Philips Design and thenin 1998 he set up his own design practice in Amsterdam. He's working in the various areas- furniture design, objects, products, transportation. His main material is ceramics, glass and plastic. Download ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/13/be-creative-new-vision-satyendra-pakhale/ Holding a plate in one's hands, its form, texture, ans case of use make the heart skip. It naturally elicits people's smiles. WASARA is such a series of paper tableware. Underlying the concept of Wasara is the legacy of the Japanese aesthetic and value sence. As the fate of paper tableware, ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/13/be-creativebe-stylishbe-green/ Some facts about food and McDonald's. - Every day about 25% of Americans have launch or dinner in the fast food restaurants. - Every year McDonald's hires 1 million people. -В McDonald's gives job to teenagers. - Every week an average American eats 3 hamburgers and 4 fries. - Every eights person working in US was ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/12/non-branded-mcdonalds-wtf/ All of us might be more or less acquainted with the Russian Matryoshka, initially the toy invented at the end of the 19th century for the children and presently one of the popular traditional Russian souvenirs. First Matryoshkas were featuring Russian girls in their folk dresses ( there were no ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/10/modern-matryoshka-design/ No matterВ whether you are a huge company or just an all in one developer, from time to time all of us face the situation when we have to send a email to group of people, whether these are subscribers, potential customers, sponsors...whatever. When we have to email just one person ... http://www.designfloat.com/blog/2008/11/07/9-simple-tips-for-successful-emailing-mass-or-personal/