http://departmentofrecords.net Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:27:21 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/11/steve-jobs-by-walter-isaacson-hollow-book-by-hollowbookcompany/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/11/steve-jobs-by-walter-isaacson-hollow-book-by-hollowbookcompany/#comments Thu, 17 Nov 2011 07:44:03 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=317 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/11/steve-jobs-by-walter-isaacson-hollow-book-by-hollowbookcompany/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/10/the-hollow-book-company-keys-to-london-%e2%80%94-etsy/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/10/the-hollow-book-company-keys-to-london-%e2%80%94-etsy/#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2011 14:56:36 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=302 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/10/the-hollow-book-company-keys-to-london-%e2%80%94-etsy/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/10/a-printer-to-envy/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/10/a-printer-to-envy/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 11:21:07 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=288 Recently I've had a run in with Amazon whom failed to deliver my Epson printer, which I patiently waited 10 days for. I did get a refund, but in disgust of the wait time, I ran over to Best Buy to try to pick up the same printer. Instead I find another. ]]> http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/10/a-printer-to-envy/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/09/waters-for-glue/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/09/waters-for-glue/#comments Fri, 16 Sep 2011 02:12:06 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=272 So recently I've been working on my off computer design skills, and have been using powered glues which require them to be mixed with water. Which is a semi-new experience for me because I've not touched glue since I graduated from school. Since more and more work done on computers are done on computers. However the handcrafted world is still done best by hand. A graphic designer's world is left so flat and simulated on the computer. Even with all the magic of limitless undos, and cleanest of cutting that didn't leave little pieces of dust, scraps and little round circles on the floor. Photoshop lacks the ability to capture human mistakes that can become part of the art. The art of plop, the spill, the drip. The rusty nail, damage from water, burnt to a crisp, edges gone wild due to temperatures of the room. The natural habitat of the artist/ designer has to be remembered, simulated in the mechanical workings of Photoshop.]]> http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/09/waters-for-glue/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/08/lighting-up-my-path/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/08/lighting-up-my-path/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:40:14 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=265 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/08/lighting-up-my-path/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/08/adobe-edge/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/08/adobe-edge/#comments Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:42:35 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=259 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/08/adobe-edge/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/koalas-to-the-max/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/koalas-to-the-max/#comments Sun, 24 Jul 2011 22:00:45 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=252 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/koalas-to-the-max/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/lormify/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/lormify/#comments Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:08:27 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=234 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/lormify/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/tactile-wooden-keyboard/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/tactile-wooden-keyboard/#comments Tue, 12 Jul 2011 23:11:07 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=220 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/tactile-wooden-keyboard/feed/ 0 http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/red-bull-creations/ http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/red-bull-creations/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 02:41:08 +0000 Richie Lau http://departmentofrecords.net/?p=183 It was a hot sunny Sunday New York afternoon and thousands showed up to McCarren Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to check out the Red Bull Creations event challenging top inventors to build something imaginative and inspiring. The crowd was sun blazed as two large screens overseeing the main stage with musical performances projecting audio and visuals into the audience by musical performers. By midday, the music stopped and talented teams of inventors were introduced on the left and right side stages of the park. ]]> http://departmentofrecords.net/2011/07/red-bull-creations/feed/ 0