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BACKGROUND SET THAILAND: Do it like the people of Thailand do, whether for a client or your own design, every background in this second set comes with a smile :-)
Thailand’s culture has been shaped by many influences, including Indian, Lao, Burmese, Cambodian, and Chinese. The Thai cuisine for example blends five fundamental tastes: sweet, spicy, sour, bitter and salty. Now you can taste the flavor of Thailand with this unique background set consisting of 100 images from the beaches of Thailand to the concrete work of the capital city Bangkok.
Sizes & Formats
The second 100 FOR 10 PRO BACKGROUNDS package contains 100 backgrounds (643 MB!) shot in Thailand. They’re ready for print or mobile design in two resolutions: 300 dpi at 5616 x 3744 pixel, perfect for projects that need quality, quality and quality. And low-res images in 72 dpi at 1024 x 683 pixel, perfect for browsing through the images or sending a preview to your art director or client. Included format: jpg.
Wayne Radford’s – Portrait Tips and Techniques (126 pages, iPod/iPhone/iPad compatible, $24.95) eBook on natural light portraiture is a good resource for black & white and colour portrait photographers and enthusiasts alike.
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After months of speculation, iPhone 5 is here!
dOCUMENTA (13): Chaos Is Useful. Photo by Jo Klockgether.
Bangkok is loud. And quiet. Bangkok is dirty. And clean. Bangkok can be experienced for 30 Euros a day. And for 3.000 Euro. In cheap guesthouse. And in the posh ‘Oriental’. Bangkok is a Moloch. And still, each alley is a village unto itself. Bangkok is perhaps not exactly beautiful, but a pleasure and an experience for the senses.
“He doesn’t try to aestheticise, … but he also doesn’t focus on the strikingly inadequate. Neither does he try to create any kind of phony effects, as it were. And that’s what makes his work so unique.” – Roman Rahmacher, GEO Epoche
Peter Nitsch’s photographs in Bangkok Urban Identities document urban life on the streets of Bangkok with an individual and virtually intimate look at the city: The central theme is mankind within the urban environment of the metropolis. The pictures show scenes, gestures, characters: an old hairdresser, a frame-maker, a traditional soup kitchen and a lady selling Buddha garlands at night-time. They all go to represent an attempt to preserve a little Thai identity within a continuously globalising city.
This app is a total makeover of the printed book – which is sold out –with additional unpublished photographs and is designed for both iPhone and iPad. Download it here.
PATTERN SET: 100 pro patterns for just 10 dollars, yay. This means $1 (€0,80) for each pattern.
100 varieties of patterns by designer Ploi Malakul will give you a good starting point and great fun with designs. The choice is yours with these Black & White Illustrations from Geometric, Ethnic & Folk Art, Micro & Macro, Flora & Fauna and to Freestyle patterns.
This wide range of patterns can easily be adapted for all your design needs in Black & White or any colour you like. Use them to develop your icon, your webpage, your company’s booth and displays, you app or anything else that needs some graphic inspiration. These Pattern Sets are perfect for design enthusiasts who want to have fun and unlimited applications.
Sizes & Formats
100 FOR 10 PRO PATTERNS contains 100 Basic Patterns (31MB) as illustrator eps format ready to use.
Trick your Eyes and watch the caravan moving!
Accompany Lonely Planet travel writer Bradley Mayhew on an epic journey full of extraordinary adventures.
‘Marco Polo Reloaded’ is a four-part documentary travelogue along the length of the Silk Road; a fascinating journey in the footsteps of the great voyager Marco Polo. In the spirit of history’s great adventurer, the British travel writer Bradley Mayhew retraces and explores the historic route across eight countries, from Venice to Beijing. Each app contains a 52 minutes long episode of the documentary film ‘Marco Polo Reloaded’, along with short clips and many impressive photos and travel quotations. Discover what happens on the 8000 kilometer overland trip and share in the incredible and extraordinary adventure. And maybe pack your own bag in the near future.
“Travelling can be a very addictive thing. Sometimes it’s the intoxicating intensity of sights, sounds and tastes of a new culture that provides the daily drive for new experiences. For some it’s the meeting of new people, both locals with different views on life and also like-minded fellow travelers who share your passions or interests. At other times travel is just a superb escape, a worryless break from the pressures of bills, work and routine.
Now that travel has become my job rather than my escape, I like to have a reason for travel, a theme perhaps or a goal: to learn more about Islam, to scope out a new trekking route or visit a country about which not much is known. I’ve always thought that the difference between travel and tourism is the element of active exploration rather than passive viewing, of seeing the country at eye-level and close-up rather than above or from a distance. I’ll always take the discomfort of a local bus rather than the ease of an air-conditioned tourist bus.“ – Bradley Mayhew
Marco Polo Reloaded - PREVIEW
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id530135227
Part 1: Marco Polo Reloaded - From Venice to Eastern Turkey
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id530131199
Part 2: Marco Polo Reloaded - Through Iran
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id530132058
Part 3: Marco Polo Reloaded - From Afghanistan to China
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id530132590
Part 4: Marco Polo Reloaded - Through China
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id530133192
