http://www.49Sparks.com/inside en-us ℗ & © 2006-2008 49Sparks http://s3.amazonaws.com/49sparks_images/49sparksfeed150x150.gifhttp://www.49sparks.com/ Stuff from the inside of 49Sparks. www.49Sparks.com Stuff from the inside of 49Sparks. Call us at (+1) 415-670-9090 or send email to 49sparks at gmail dot com. Stuff from the inside of 49Sparks. Call us at (+1) 415-670-9090 or send email to 49sparks at gmail dot com. Inside 49Sparks 49sparks@gmail.com 2008-05-14T04:50:48PDT 49Sparks Server 49Sparks GM invited us to Chicago this Thursday for the GM Student Design Competition: Imagine 2008 - the International Academy of Design & Technology's Annual Fashion show. GM is sponsoring a design challenge linking automotive and fashion design into the 2008 IMAGINE Fashion Show. We'll be posting video soon - including interviews with the designers and models and Bryan Nesbitt, Executive Director GM Europe Design Center. International Academy of Design & Technology's Annual Fashion show. GM is sponsoring a design challenge linking automotive and fashion design into the 2008 IMAGINE Fashion Show.

We'll be posting video soon - including interviews with the designers and models and Bryan Nesbitt, Executive Director GM Europe Design Center.]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=24 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=24 2008-05-13T21:05:56PDT design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks Having learned about long photos just recently, I must say that I find the idea quite interesting. So here's my first go at it - nothing exciting, just a view of a road here in San Geronimo - but still quite interesting. Of course there's Mikey trotting by, but funny how the rooster decided to crow and the cars came by and all that.

]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=23 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=23 2008-04-23T13:53:42PDT design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks We just got this info from our good friend Astrid Mueller: On April 1st, PotatoMammaDesign turned 2 years old. Celebrate with me, and take part in the 2008 PotatoMammaDesign Birthday Contest! Tempting prizes, and taking part will only take you 3 1/3 minutes. Precisely. Just go to: www.PotatoMammaDesign.com/news.html , download the word document, and email it to me (instructions within). www.PotatoMammaDesign.com/news.html , download the word document, and email it to me (instructions within).]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=22 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=22 2008-04-03T09:26:09PDT design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks Back in California. And it's wet here. Really wet. But we need the rain.

]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=21 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=21 2008-01-25T12:53:35PST design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks We're taking a little time off in Germany and will be back with new podcasts shortly. There's a lot more cool stuff in the pipeline! And: We've suspended the Trendmachine for a bit while the servers get re-primed.

]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=20 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=20 2008-01-09T08:50:20PST design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks We just put the News & Trend Machine on the home page of 49Sparks. It is constantly checking a couple hundred thousand blogs for web pages that people are talking about. Right now. And the results are sorted by relevance. The more people talk about a page, the higher it goes on the list. So the results you see are not determined by anyone in particular. It's a huge crowd where everyone has their say. And crowds tend to be right.It's not only a great source for the latest news, but also a cool tool that you can use to find the latest trends on the subjects you're interested in. To find trends, select a longer time period (last 2 weeks, for example) and search for the topic you're interested in. Try web design, typography, sustainability or design trend, for example. Poke around a bit - we're sure you'll find something interesting. And tomorrow, you'll find something else that is interesting again. And again. News & Trend Machine on the home page of 49Sparks. It is constantly checking a couple hundred thousand blogs for web pages that people are talking about. Right now. And the results are sorted by relevance. The more people talk about a page, the higher it goes on the list. So the results you see are not determined by anyone in particular. It's a huge crowd where everyone has their say. And crowds tend to be right.

It's not only a great source for the latest news, but also a cool tool that you can use to find the latest trends on the subjects you're interested in. To find trends, select a longer time period (last 2 weeks, for example) and search for the topic you're interested in. Try web design, typography, sustainability or design trend, for example. Poke around a bit - we're sure you'll find something interesting. And tomorrow, you'll find something else that is interesting again. And again.]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=19 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=19 2007-12-03T08:23:27PST design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks We were at the beach this afternoon - enjoying the warm sun, the ocean and also doing a few intros for some upcoming videos. And yes, we had some great turkey afterwards!

]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=18 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=18 2007-11-22T19:17:27PST design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks Yesterday was press day at the auto show. So the place was actually pretty quiet and empty - really pleasant. I've heard that it's not so when the show is open to the general public. Anyway, we wandered around a bit and saw a whole lot of cool and crazy stuff. Here's some of it.

]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=17 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=17 2007-11-15T20:29:32PST design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks We're at the LA Auto Show where GM showed us a Chevy Equinox powered by Hydrogen Fuel Cells. And we got to drive it ourselves - it really goes!

]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=16 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=16 2007-11-14T07:33:53PST design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events 49Sparks General Motors invited us to the LA Auto Show. We'll be interviewing their designers about the newest auto designs and trends. We're really excited about the whole thing - and it has been great working with GM and Weber Shandwick on getting the logistics figured out. It's important for us to say that they're paying for our trip down there - but have made it absolutely clear that we are free to do and say what we want. And it's especially cool that they will be helping us find the designers for the interviews. We'll be there next Tuesday and Wednesday - expect some cool videos! LA Auto Show. We'll be interviewing their designers about the newest auto designs and trends. We're really excited about the whole thing - and it has been great working with GM and Weber Shandwick on getting the logistics figured out. It's important for us to say that they're paying for our trip down there - but have made it absolutely clear that we are free to do and say what we want. And it's especially cool that they will be helping us find the designers for the interviews. We'll be there next Tuesday and Wednesday - expect some cool videos!]]> http://www.49sparks.com/inside=15 http://www.49sparks.com/inside=15 2007-11-08T22:16:53PST design, video, 49sparks, illustration, illustrator, designer, designing, photography, events