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Activision Executive Believes Creative People Should Lead Publishers

Speaking at the DICE 2012 conference, Eric Hirshberg, the chief executive officer at Activision Publishing, has said that video game publishers should make better use of creative people, rather than limiting their involvement to the development side. The executive stated, “I've always believed that creati...

13 February 2012
13:21 GMT

Music Painting Tackles Environmental Issues

Artist Alice Ninni is aware of the influence art has on people; therefore, she combines the power of music with appropriate images in a new concept called “music painting,” hoping to deliver a strong environmental statement. The music is taken from “Lacrime de Giulietta” created by Matteo Ne...

27 December 2011
07:48 GMT

Amazing Bird Houses Made of Waste Materials

Sustainable design is not only highlighting improvements when it comes to giant towers, homes and commercial buildings. Small items, like birds houses are also open to innovation revealing a deep respect for the environment and a high dosage of creativity, Inhabitat informs. The bird houses launched on the market...

23 December 2011
10:50 GMT

Orange Peel Products an Alternative to Plastic Dishes

An Israeli artist is trying to express his creativity using an unconventional, biodegradable material: orange molded peel. The talented designer, Ori Sonnenschein from Wahat-al-Salam village in Israel has launched a line of eco-friendly, handmade products that have a few advantages, Inhabitat informs. They'r...

21 December 2011
05:08 GMT

Crushed Ferrari Is Now Amazing Coffee Table

Most of us would love to drive a Ferrari, but its prohibitive price stops this dream from becoming reality. The keen fans of Formula 1 sport cars can now own one, or at least what's left of it after parts of a crushed luxurious Ferrari ended up in the hands of the creative French artist Charly Molinelli. It’s ...

30 November 2011
08:09 GMT

Masterpieces Manufactured Out of E-Waste Liberate Landfills

Contemporary Art represents a continued source of surprises, especially when it reflects the creativity of environmentally-friendly artists, who put old above new by transforming recycled materials into amazing one-of-a-kind masterpieces. This time, some of them decided to tackle e-waste, a frequent important compo...

25 November 2011
08:25 GMT

Painting Steve Jobs Live in Six Minutes

Skilled artisan Aaron Kizer made a killer reproduction of the famous Steve Jobs portrait-photo at the 11th Hour Live Music and Arts Show, alongside Nonstop AKA Marquese who held their own on the audio front.In what can be regarded as the artist’s own tribute to the late Apple co-founder, Kizer pulled off the aw...

16 November 2011
08:33 GMT

Steve Jobs Saw Himself as an Artist

A recent interview with Walter Isaacson, author of the first official Steve Jobs biography, reveals that Apple’s late co-founder and visionary saw himself as an artist.Jobs wasn’t as much of a technician as he was an inventor of beautiful things. Things that just worked. And he did it with style. So much ...

10 November 2011
07:31 GMT

Autodesk SketchBook-Based Contest Gets Winner

After having launched a worldwide contest to challenge designers to create an image that would be used as the new splash screen for SketchBook Mobile, Autodesk, Inc. has recently announced that the winning submission belongs to Luis Peso.Since it was one of the requirements of the competition, the 'Progress...

22 December 2010
01:29 GMT

Autodesk Launches SketchBook-Based Contest

Autodesk, Inc, the popular company behind the well-known AutoCAD and other graphic design applications, has recently announced the launch of a new contest, creations obtained by using products from the Autodesk SketchBook series.The winning design will be integrated within the splash screen of Autodesk SketchBook Mo...

18 October 2010
15:26 GMT

Apple to Artists: Get Your Ping On, Otherwise Don’t Bother Registering

A PDF document containing the rules and best practices for artists planning to use the company’s music-centric social network is now available for download. The document outlines that artists should only create a profile if they plan on using it, in an effort to fight off criticism.The documentation begins with...

12 October 2010
06:37 GMT

Lady Gaga Was Painfully Shy, Says Former Manager

Before Lady Gaga was Gaga, she was Stefani Germanotta, an artist trying to make a name for herself while also having to deal with her shyness, her former manager reveals for People magazine. Bob Leone says he first met Stefani when she was 13 or 14 years old and so incredibly and painfully shy she could hardly m...

9 October 2010
03:00 GMT

iPhone 4 Antenna Song Guy Interviewed

Apple decided to kick off Friday’s press event with a funny song composed by Jonathan Mann, a figure many YouTube users should be familiar with. Mann posts a song every day with a different topic. The iPhone 4 fiasco was undoubtedly one to capitalize on, although the only compensation he wanted was increased in...

19 July 2010
04:32 GMT

Artist Uses iPad & Brushes App to Create Breathtaking Beyoncé Portrait

Artists worldwide have shown that the iPad’s capabilities are truly unique, but none seems to do it better than Kyle Lambert whose gallery includes some of the world’s best paintings done using the Apple tablet, and various drawing apps. A digital artist from Cheshire, England, Kyle Lambert shows off his ...

6 July 2010
11:42 GMT

Drawing / Painting Apps Will Shine on the iPad

This month, Apple is launching its much-hyped iPad, a tablet device running an enhanced version of the iPhone OS, with a simplified iWork suite, an iBookstore, and more. It stands on the shoulders of its siblings - the iPhone and iPod touch - as it is capable of running almost every piece of software living in the Ap...

1 March 2010
05:47 GMT

Video-Game Artist Needed at Apple

Apple has opened a full-time position for a video-game artist in Santa Clara Valley, Cupertino, California. The applicant must have at least three years of experience with the iPhone or any game consoles, and should possess Maya / 3D Max / Photoshop experience. This person will be part of a team tasked with designing...

15 December 2009
03:24 GMT

Axiotron Announces Modbook Discount Programs

Axiotron, the only company manufacturing and distributing Mac tablets today, has announced that academic customers and creative professionals are eligible for a significant discount on their purchase of a Modbook. Axiotron develops what is called a Modbook. The device is made from an original Apple MacBook, whose ke...

22 September 2009
08:09 GMT

Google Releases New Comic-Book Themes for iGoogle

Google announced yesterday, in a post on its official blog, that it would be releasing a brand-new theme pack for its iGoogle service. The news came on the same day as the 40th anniversary of Comic-CON, a non-profit organization in charge of organizing the annual Comic-CON Comics Convention. Famous heroes like Super...

24 July 2009
08:33 GMT

Michael Jackson’s Albums Climb iTunes Top 40 Fast

Early this morning, it was revealed that Michael Jackson, the best-selling artist of all time, passed away. Following Jackson’s death, Thriller was the number-one album on iTunes, while The Essential Michael Jackson is currently listed as number two. Michael Jackson started his career at the age of 11. He form...

26 June 2009
03:03 GMT

iLike Intros Turnkey System for Artists Looking to Make Custom iPhone Apps

iLike has announced an initiative to build custom iPhone apps for leading artists across all music genres. The company has confirmed a suite of new features for musicians, including a turnkey system for artists looking to have iPhone applications specifically tailored to their taste, as well as integration with Twitt...

13 May 2009
10:59 GMT

Work of Guerilla Artist Banksy Vandalized

Banksy, the internationally famous guerrilla artist reportedly hailing from Bristol, but whose identity still remains a mystery even for some of his closest collaborators, has just gotten a taste of his own medicine. Known for replacing classic paintings in museums in New York, Paris and London, Banksy has had his ow...

23 March 2009
09:34 GMT

Download TuneUp Plug-in for iTunes Mac - Free Version Available

A very popular plugin for iTunes on Windows, TuneUp, has finally arrived for Mac. TunesUp is an extremely useful piece of software that does a superb job in fixing mislabeled song information, finding missing cover art for you, and even recommending events and Wikipedia reads on your favs. Best of all, a free (limite...

11 December 2008
10:27 GMT

Apple Offers Free Tickets to the iTunes Live: London Festival '08

Apple's iTunes Live: London Festival this year will be hosted at London’s famous Camden Palace, dubbed KOKO, and will feature acts such as Pharrell Williams' N*E*R*D, James Blunt and Feeder. What you should really know is that you can get free tickets for every night of the iTunes Live: London Festival ...

5 June 2008
06:16 GMT

Black Music Month at the Apple Store

If you're into artists like Tiffany Evans, Malcolm Jamal Warner, Wyclef Jean, and Talib Kweli, you should know that this month might just bring one of them (and many others) to an Apple store near you. Apple is announcing live performances in celebration of "Black Music Month."The Cupertino folks had this to say...

4 June 2008
05:11 GMT

Google Rolls out iGoogle Artist Themes

iGoogle has just received some brand new goodies from its parent company: artist themes. From now on, fans of Coldplay, Dolce and Gabbana or Jackie Chan can personalize their own iGoogle page with special artist themes brought to them straight by Google. It already provided a number of iGoogle themes, but none of the...

30 April 2008
05:52 GMT

The Identity of Mona Lisa, Finally Settled!

That piece of canvas has been causing a lot of morbid curiosity. Since ever, artists and scientists have been puzzled by the identity of Mona Lisa (La Gioconda), the mysterious woman in Leonardo da Vinci's painting. Leonardo never made any notes about the model's identity himself, and this triggered the mys...

16 January 2008
06:27 GMT

Pop Singer Website Hacked!

Many of you haven't even heard of Rain, the Korean artist who sings numerous hits in Asia and attracted lots of fans. But what's interesting is that his website was hacked and more importantly, it was modified to host a money mule fraud attempt as the folks at F-Secure wrote on the official blog of the comp...

14 November 2007
05:04 GMT

QuarkXPress 7

Quark XPress holds a warm place in the heart of many journalists and layout artists. It's been around for well over ten years (a lifetime in computing terms) and has built up an army of satisfied users. It's very likely indeed that most newspapers, magazines, pamphlets and posters you see will have been des...

24 April 2007
11:49 GMT


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