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Buzzer vs Twizz

Luca — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 15:40:39 +0000

Of course I had to check it out and of course I spent the whole yesterday checking my Buzz inbox. My impression is that Google Buzz is a smart play to follow the micro blogging trend and be sure that every Gmail account will have it (the first spalsh says: no setup needed!). Well, of course you can turn it off… if you can read the 7pt size text at the bottom: turn off buzz. I’m a bit tired to wait for the next bigger tool that will try eat the others. Each one has the bright-side and the dark-side and Buzz, even is a newbie, is doing its job pretty well.

But I’m not here to review the technology, I just want to share a custom script I’ve wrote to add the Google “Buzz it” button into AddToAny Wordpress Plugin. You just have to go in the Share/Save Buttons settings and add the following lines in the additional options field (replace EXAMPLE.COM with your domain):

var a2a_config = a2a_config || {}; a2a_config.custom_services = [ ["Buzz it", "http://www.google.com/reader/link?title=A2A_LINKNAME_ENC&url=A2A_LINKURL_ENC", "http://www.EXAMPLE.COM/googlebuzz_16x16.png" ] ];

I made a quick png version of the Google Buzz icon, but you can use any icon you want to.
16×16 px and 32×32 px

Try it out clicking on the Share icon below. If you find bugs or you improve it, let me know.

Behance network

Luca — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 11:25:52 +0000

I’ve recently joined Behance Network. Even if the set up it’s not really user friendly, I must say there is still fresh and hot material to get inspired. I wonder if and how they can check every single request to join. Anyway, I find it very useful to have access to awesome portfolio and search for quality inspiration. I would keep adding some works time to time, with more focus on typography. Here the artworks to start with.

Download the free fonts.

Greta

Luca — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 20:32:50 +0000

I’ve recently been working on a name, a typeface for her and a new life.
Been always upstairs and downstairs I’ve decided to make a typeface from an iPhone: yes! I’m making this font with my fingers (literally).
I just want to share the most creative moment of my life.
I will publish as soon I’ll finish the complete capital alphabet under Creative Commons with all the details and the making off.
Loving Greta.

Portraits and Stories by Enzo Dal Verme

Luca — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:40:35 +0000

Per Enzo Dal Verme “un ritratto non è una questione puramente estetica, per scattarlo occorre interrogare la realtà e lasciar nascere un’immagine che toccherà lo spettatore perché comunica una sensazione o uno stato d’animo”.

Everybody can do beautiful portraits, with a super cool camera and big names. What really impress me are Enzo’s stories behind the pictures. He brings the photograph to another level where there’s no more interest in lights, focus, deep field and the “behind the scene” becomes the main character.

Enzo Dal Verme exhibition opened Saturday the 5th of December 2009 at wave galley, Brescia. I took some iPhone pictures of his projected photographs over a wall with the words “divieto d’affissione” (post no bill) during the launch party. In another situation it could have looked like a testimonial campaign about removing prints advertising form public walls. Overall there was a friendly and warm atmosphere: of course, there were candles and a sheep!

Consulting at Project Group

Luca — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:36:51 +0000

I’ve recently joined a brand new team in Italy (Brescia), under a bigger organization called Project Group. They have expertise in consulting, human resources and professional training:

“Project Group nasce dalla voglia di creare un gruppo al servizio dello sviluppo e del miglioramento. Un gruppo di professionisti che lavora con impegno e passione per dare valore alle organizzazioni clienti.”

Actually I work in the web business unit of Project Group with the coolest guys around: Alessandro Mininno, Fabrizio Martire, David Saitta and Giorgio Mininn o. Everyone has a different background and together we are trying to make a better web 2.0. Brand analyses, viral and buzz, social media marketing, creative commons, design communication and nerd talks are our daily agenda. We’re still warming up, but stay tuned because we getting ready to beat you in Street Fighter whilst developing your web marketing plan and re-design your corporate identity.72VHKB78DPYK

Berlin with Leica

Luca — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:30:14 +0000

The best way to shoot Berlin is using a Leica camera, of course. During the last three years I went quite often to Berlin and every time I shared the coolest situation with my finger on the shutter (Digilux III, 50mm f 2.0 and 28-55mm f 2.8-3.5). Berlin is changing so fast that sometime I had the impression to discover new places just because a renovation or a demolition. You never get board to look around and the city excites your eyes constantly. I took thousands of pictures in the same places and I still haven’t enough. Your brain is always stimulated by the old-new sensation making you feel like a little explorer with his camera: you can’t miss a thing, even if you are walking back home again and again. Here a selection, and more on my flickr map.

Cosmopolitano cocktail

Luca — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 08:00:04 +0000

This is the third and probably the last of the series: three stop motion videos about How to make original cocktails and having lots of fun drinking them.

Laura Veronesi and I have started this project during an holiday trip to Nottingham UK, visiting Thomas Colombo: the craziest mixologist ever. He made me a Milano Torino Breakfast cocktail, yes! with a croissant aside. We shot it right away. After a couple of days he made another cool cocktail: 16 Red Snapper.
I definitely enjoy to make this kind of improvise photo sessions and do not know exactly where to go with the shooting.

This last video was shot in Italy during holidays with a little of pre-production and storyboard. We let Thomas four-five hours standing in the swimming pool with short and bow tie trying to keep everything in its right place and the cocktail done.
A special thanks to Pat, the chilliest man on pool.

Eye-Fi card test drive

Luca — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 11:13:33 +0000

A few weeks ago Joe from Photojojo emailed me asking if I was interested in testing a new product: the Eye-Fi card. Of course I accepted and got the gift in a week or so. The installation took me five minutes: just few steps Apple OS X set up and some online configurations (like automatic upload sharing and optional profile). huea4p5y23

What is it?
It’s a friendly orange card that stores up to 4GB worth of photos and videos – but also uploads files wirelessly to your computer and sharing sites like Flickr, Facebook, YouTube and more! The Explore and Pro cards will even geo-tag your shots invisibly and automatically (thanks to one free year’s worth of unlimited Wi-Fi hotspot access).

I decided to try it out during a three day “gipsy” wedding in Rovinj, Croatia. Sounds a bit crazy I know. But it was a real moving wedding from Friday to Sunday. It was the first wedding I’ve ever participated with a camera, plus wherever there was an hotspot available all my photos would be publish on my mobileMe account straight away. I had to think twice before shooting but at the same time don’t loose the “wedding moments”. After a couple of Croatian grappa around noon I just start shooting and having fun, completely forgetting rules technology and wireless. I must confess I had to delete a few pictures . Here my selection.

Thanks to Joe from Photojojo and thanks to Christiane and Dejan (husband and wife)

16 Red Snapper cocktail

Luca — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:28:48 +0000

August 2009, Thomas Colombo prepares a 16 Red Snapper cocktail at Bar Sixteen, Derby UK
Stop Motion Video to be continued.

Lisbon (lomo) shooting

Luca — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:43:31 +0000

I’ve always loved Lisbon and I’ve decided to live there for a while and find out more about the city and Portugal. I spent eight month in the capital from October 2008 to June 2009. Awesome!
Lisbon has a very special light that seems to ask you shooting every time. Thanks to my local friend, colleague and guide Francisco Uhlfelder, I had the chance to be at the right places in the right moments. I took many pictures with different cameras, but the ones most reflect my Portuguese atmosphere were taken with an old lomo lc-a and positive films (FujiChrome Sensia, Velvia – also Kodak Ektachrome).

Mi-To Breakfast cocktail

Luca — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 17:36:41 +0000

July 2009, 10.12 AM, Thomas Colombo prepares a Milano Torino Breakfast cocktail at Bar Sixteen, Derby UK
Stop Motion Video to be continued.

Gestweb icons set

Luca — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 10:17:16 +0000

2006 | Gestweb research, icons set

Key Family interface design

Luca — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 12:58:57 +0000

2007 | Gestweb research Key Family, interface design.

“KEYfamily è il software di protezione internet per minori che consente di gestire l’accesso in modo differenziato per ogni utente. Infatti è possibile stabilire le regole di navigazione fino ad un massimo di 5 utenti/ gruppi di utenti che comprendono filtri per la navigazione internet di analisi semantica (content filtering), eventuale gestione di liste personalizzate, accessi criptati, tipologie di file, visualizzazione dei log di navigazione ed attività e tempi di navigazione.”

Imager Campari jelly

Luca — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 09:31:50 +0000

2009 | IMAGER, Campari Jelly by Davide Franzoni

This is a video clip extracted from Imager project: www.imager.it

My Flowers

Luca — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:02:34 +0000

It’s been a long time I’ve tried to photograph flowers, but with no satisfaction. Lately, I took the chance to photograph some beautiful gardens around Sintra, Portugal with a different approach. Instead of trying to capture the beauty of the flowers (mostly much better for real then pictured) I went for the idea of them, the essence. I realized that blur and motion shots are perfect for my point of view because they abstract enough the subject giving a completely new shape and meaning.

Observer

Luca — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 10:29:26 +0000

Isn’t it nice, taking a different way home, to discover an hidden treasure? or simply watching things with a new twist? I’ve mixed several common sounds with everyday images (like birds chirps and antennas in the sky) creating a new version of my surroundings on the edge between reality and dream. Simply reframing the relation between images and sound open the door to funny and inspiring perceptions.

Container 12 corporate identity

Luca — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 15:33:03 +0000

A container for space creators. Movement defines space, dancing reinvent the space around us and a container is no longer a limited area but a receptacle of art expressions.

“È un luogo di produzione e spettacolo dove il movimento e le idee creano spazio all’innovazione nelle arti performative che necessitano una collocazione diversa rispetto al tradizionale teatro. È un luogo dove ogni individuo viene coinvolto in prima persona potendo scegliere tra un ampio ventaglio di corsi di danza e altre discipline del corpo, dove si può assistere e organizzare prove e spettacoli, incontrare artisti di tutto il mondo, partecipare a conferenze e stages mensili di respiro internazionale.”

Logo
Flash website www.container12.com
Blog News www.container12.com/news
Flayers, Posters and Postcards

2007 | Container 12, dance and performing arts, corporate identity

Imager Black and White Martini

Luca — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 09:33:30 +0000

2009 | IMAGER, Black and White Martini by Davide Franzoni

This is a video clip extracted from Imager project: www.imager.it

Typography #4 – evereverse

Luca — Thu, 28 May 2009 16:17:54 +0000

Download evereverse font

2007 | evereverse, visual communication, typeface, mac – pc (TrueType)

@identity

Luca — Sat, 23 May 2009 21:11:59 +0000

I recently participate to the first edition of Sillon 8 (Colombia) with three artworks about the issue topic: identity.
Here the magazine philosophy:

“Sillón 8, un nuevo periódico gratuito que se acerca a la cultura de modo divertido, brillante y dinámico, es una publicación totalmente criolla que sin embargo deja siempre sus puertas abiertas al mundo que se encuentra fuera de nuestras fronteras terrestres y mentales. Es un periódico trimestral en el cual todos podemos participar, en el cual todos tenemos un espacio para decir lo que pensamos, para que la riqueza creativa de nuestra tierra llegue a todos los rincones donde las personas quieran compartir y aprender.”

www.sillon8.com

@identity #thinkless

The meaning of the word identity is changing fast. My online profile is getting more and more important in my daily life and it’s not something just related to the screen anymore. Social networks logos are becoming strong brands and when I think how they interfere with myself, I image an identity function (with me, the community and the society) where I can morph my surroundings to best fit in, or just reverse the equation (vice-versa) causing a kind of freedom to express myself and communicate. But also, by definition, the identity function always returns the same value that was used as its argument, changing the hot spot from the result to the process to solve it. I find this path very interesting because it has affected all the people I know but still in so many different way that turns difficult explain the equation or understand what was their start.

Luca Lombardi website

Luca — Thu, 21 May 2009 15:28:24 +0000

2006 | Ritratti d’inchiostro by Luca Lombardi, writer, Flash website

www.ritrattidinchiostro.it

Container 12 website

Luca — Wed, 20 May 2009 17:12:04 +0000

2007 | Container 12, dance and performing arts, Flash website

www.container12.com

See the complete design project

Sergen serigrafia hot-site

Luca — Mon, 18 May 2009 13:44:17 +0000

2006 | Sergen serigrafia, Flash hot-site

www.serigrafiasergen.it (website offline)

Muovo website

Luca — Sat, 16 May 2009 10:00:10 +0000

2008 | Muovo, truck and alternative advertising, Flash website

Extra Ordinary ADV. Muovo crede nell’innovazione e nella ricerca. Evitia i luoghi comuni e il sovraffollamento visivo, selezionando solo spazi extra ordinari. Progettia, sviluppa ed allestisce spazi pubblicitari innovativi, dinamici e ad alto impatto.

www.muovo.net (website offline)

Format corporate identity

Luca — Fri, 15 May 2009 10:23:38 +0000

2008 | Format, progetti abitativi, corporate identity

Format is a design company from Torino, Italy, that offers a wide range of tailor made design solutions.
“Format propone soluzioni abitative contemporanee e progetti di design, con grande attenzione al trend attuale ed all’originalità.”

The project, started as a redesign, changed completely the visual identity of the company. The first thing to do was to choose a new name (before was “Spinello”) and a new tag name (the old one was “mobili”). After a few months of researching and exchanging ideas I came up with “Format, progetti abitativi”. We decided to redesign everything, but at the same time create some standards to make the corporate identity extremely easy to use. I ended up with simple square modules and well balanced color palette. The project is still on going: new flickr account, soon on facebook and a cool external project.

www.formatabitativi.it

Imager secret recipe

Luca — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:26:41 +0000

2009 | IMAGER, Secret Recipe Stop Motion VIdeo by Laura Veronesi

This is a video clip extracted from Imager project: www.imager.it

Container 12 logo

Luca — Fri, 08 May 2009 17:22:27 +0000

2007 | Container 12, dance and performing arts, logo

See the complete design project

Giovanni Ferrario booklet cd

Luca — Wed, 06 May 2009 18:00:12 +0000

2008 | Giovanni Ferrario, Headquarter Delirium, booklet cd design

It’s been a long time I’m working with Giovanni over his visual identity (years ago I did his website and press shots). Last year I designed his fisrt booklet cd released as Giovanni Ferrario (his last project was published as Micevice). We usualy collaborate remote, becouse both of us are used to travel quite often, and this time was funny becouse he was in Italy, I was in Berlin and the publisher was in Luxembur.
The fisrt design project concept was about a journey on four wheels, with pictures from travels I did using a SuperSampler Lomo camera (absolute fun!). But after a discussion with the publisher over the cover I decided to change the whole concept using only one picture and keep it clean with an easy to read booklet. Below some skratch from the first idea.

John Parish press shots

Luca — Wed, 06 May 2009 17:47:46 +0000

2005 | John Parish, Once Upon A Little Time, photo session

Wow! I had a really great time with John and the band: Jean-Marc Butty (drums) Marta Collica (keyboards/vocals) and Giorgia Poli (bass/vocals). We spent three days together at Perpetuum Mobile studio (by Marco Tagliola and Asso Stefana), Nave (BS) Italy. I was shooting their day life while they were rehearsing the upcoming Once Upon A Little Time show: intense, smooth and peacefull. Some photos were used to promote the new album release.

www.johnparish.com

Format website

Luca — Tue, 05 May 2009 13:20:24 +0000

2008 | Format, progetti abitativi, Flash website

www.formatabitativi.it

See the complete design project

Format logo

Luca — Sat, 02 May 2009 16:23:19 +0000

2008 | Format, progetti abitativi, logo
I have created a very simple color pallet to use with the logo and allow different combinations and mood.

www.formatabitativi.it

See the complete design project

Typography #3 – wwwar

Luca — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:12:41 +0000

Download wwwar font

2005 | Warweus, internet solutions typeface, mac – pc (TrueType)

Finenco Group corporate identity

Luca — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:46:24 +0000

2007 | Finenco Group, corporate identity

Finenco Architects was one of the first Italian Architectural and Design Firms registered in China, and now it is one of the leading companies in the entire Asian area.
During my Shanghais staying, I have created and developed:

logo rebrand
Finenco Architects website
Finenco Construction Service website
Brochure
Portfolio sheets
Business cards

Finenco Arch. website

Luca — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 21:28:26 +0000

2007 | Finenco Arch., architectural design firm, Flash website

www.finencoarch.com

See the complete desgin project

Imager trailer

Luca — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:10:01 +0000

Raccolta di ispirazioni gustative. Immagini, suoni e parole attraverso il cibo.

Imager è un cortometraggio interattivo.
Un’insalata di immagini e visioni con un filo conduttore extravergine ed un pizzico di immaginazione.
Aggiunta di ingredienti speciali, interazione qb.

Inspiration ‘à la carte’: food as mean of expression.

Imager is an interactive short movie.
Newly picked visions and images dressed with moisturizing creative power. Crunchy extra bits and tangy interaction.
Chill before serving to let the flavors mingle nicely.

www.imager.it