Hello, it’s been pretty busy here in MOO office, as we’re frantically working on new stuff. I can’t tell you what of course, as it’s Top Secret, but rest assured it’s all looking very exciting. In the meantime, here’s a quick round up of great creative ideas we’ve spotted. A feast for the eyes and the brain…
We featured allisonisugly’s sticker lamp in our last post, and she’s been at it again, with this cool MiniCards set. You put the top and bottom halves together to make a huge variety of faces. They're all kinda scary looking, but the idea is great. It reminds me of the polyorama cards, featured a while back, so if you like this kind of thing, check those out too.
Game designer joshleejosh has also been having fun with his MiniCards, creating a set of Bunny/Pig/Robot/Monster/Ninja cards. You can use these to play a game like Rochambeau (Rock, Paper, Scissors). I love this idea - and now I’m intruiged to know, does he have to hand out 5 cards every time, or are people happy with just the one? (I'd like the whole set, please)
Developer Aral Balkan has also been getting creative, but this time with code. He’s made a set of MiniCards featuring the code needed to get the 100 most recent photos from Flickr into Flash, using SWX. (SWX is the native data format for Flash - if you want to find out more about that, hot-foot it over to Aral’s site to find out more about that.)
And Flickr user anneso_cachemireetsoie has been creative with her designs, in every possible format! She's made beautiful looking Stickers, MiniCards and Notecards, featuring her lovely illustrations. I must admit, I spotted these as they were being processed, and it's great to see how well they've turned out.
It's Friday! It's sunny! (At the moment). So why not get out in the sunshine this weekend and do something almost healthy? I wrote about the ParaMOOs a while ago, but they really swung into action recently at a FlickrMeet in North Yorkshire.
ParaMOOs? Little MiniCards on parachutes, launched off hills or tall buildings and making their own way in the world. Not sure what the point is? Me neither, but it's cute and it's made for some great photos.
This is one from a lovely set by ~Glen~ aka Wickerman
And this one, by Robin Kelly shows just how far the group walked to start the launch.
See, doesn't that make you want to get out into the country and get some healthy exercise? No? Oh.
Well how about this instead... Susan Collins has submitted an article to JPG magazine, for inclusion in the next issue. All about how to frame your MiniCards she gives step by step instructions, and includes her own photography.
You might need a steady hand for this... See more images in the Flickr set
And if neither of those ideas take your fancy, but you've just received a StickerBook and really don't want to share a sheet, how about spending some time chopping your stickers up, so you can hand them out one at a time?
Josh Russel has worked his way through numerous books so these can be included in the dConstruct swag bags.
Talking of which, if you're going to the conference, in Brighton, put your orders in now so you get everything in time!
Have a lovely weekend, whatever you get up to.
