The Design Effect Print and Web Design

19/08/2014

There has been a massive online debate on Solar Panel Roadways with Programmable LED light (for lines etc).

Check out this Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlTA3rnpgzU

What do you guys think of this concept?

Video by Michael Naphan It's the roadway of the future! Feel inspired? Help us bring this project to the next step: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/solar-...

11/08/2014

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/why-statistics-and-data-are-important-for-your-business-website-/

Statistics and data in today’s technological age is really important, it strategically plans out your next move and is able to answer the question on whether what you were trying to achieve was a success or a failure. But what does that mean for your business website and how can your website benefit…

07/08/2014

Robot!
http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/jibo-worlds-first-family-robot/

We love technology and crowd funded projects at The Design Effect, as evident with a lot of our previous posts, such as the ones that come from KickStarter. When we came across the Jibo Project, that is looking to get crowd funded we had to write an article about it! For many years now we see robots…

04/08/2014

Guardians of the Galaxy is the latest Marvel blockbuster that is about to hit our Cinemas this Thursday and I was lucky enough to see an advance screening over the weekend. The plot revolves around Peter Quill (played by Parks and Recreation star Chris Pratt) an American pilot, who was abducted at a…

01/08/2014

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/plunge-gap-year/

Plunge Gap Year is a 1 year program designed for 18-23 year old to taking a year out from study and full-time work for discipleship at Morling college. To attract new students, Morling college have commissioned our friends at Creative Ink Media to produce a video to advertise the Program. The result…

18/07/2014

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/runbell--frustration-free-urban-running/

Runbell, is a new product that I discovered while browsing the amazing and innovative Kickstarter site. For those you are unfamiliar with Kickstarter, it is a site where inventors, designers and general creative thinks can submit a proposal for the general public to fund their project within a set p…

14/07/2014

Will.i.am & Coca Cola have produced a 3D Printer that turns old PET Bottles into 3D Printed items! Giving the PET Bottle another life.

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/ekocycle-will-i-am-and-coca-colas-3d-printer-that-recycles-old-bottles/

Our team at The Design Effect seems to love 3D Printers and their capabilities – as you guys have probably learnt through one of our previous articles, "How 3D Printers will change the world". Recently, through the efforts from Coca Cola and Will.I.am they have managed to create the Ekocycle 3D prin…

11/07/2014

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/nike-football-app/

11 July 2014 Football fever has once again infected the Australian population and once the final is played on Monday morning at 6am.

07/07/2014

Amazing Space Saving Furniture - giving one room, two functionalities

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/resource-furniture---creatively-designed-space-saving-furniture/

Recently when looking at furniture and home ware online, I came across a video that caught my attention. It was a US based furniture company called ‘Resource Furniture’ that creates and sources out intuitive and creatively made furniture. They look to design and engineer space saving furniture that…

30/06/2014

An indestructible ball + soccer + amazing industrial design = helping the youth around the world

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/a-nearly-indestructible-ball-to-help-youth-around-the-world/

The One World Futbol Project is a project that is backed by Sting and Chevrolet to create a ball targeting issues around the world and survives in the harshest environments.

26/06/2014

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/walkman-nwz-w273/

The last Walkman I owned, was a grey box had a clip on the side and it took cassette, that were full of songs that I had pirated off the radio. Recently I decided to invest in the new W Series MP3 Walkman, for the simple reason I was looking a waterproof mp3 player. So how did it fair… Design: Weigh…

23/06/2014

What not to do in SEO on your website - find out what you need to know to get the best result from your SEO strategy.

http://www.thedesigneffect.com.au/blog/what-not-to-do-in-seo-on-your-website-2014-/

1. Stop focusing on link quantity over qualityModern Search Engines have learned to counter websites that simply have a high volume links to their site from irrelevant websites or high outbound linking websites (eg: directories).