Archive for the ‘Design’ Category
Get an invitation for Starcraft 2 Beta Test
Although I don’t usually write about games on this blog, I have to say something about Starcraft 2, the new game from Blizzard. Many people play World of Warcraft, I think probably millions, but I prefer real time strategy games, and actually this is the only game I play anyway. I played the original Starcraft years ago, and the new Starcraft 2 has the same great gameplay, maybe even better, and many more things that make it more complex. Not to mention the graphic is really good, and it doesn’t kill your PC.
Anyway I don’t want to say to much about the game (it’s better if you play and see for your self how it is) that’s not the reason I post this, I usually write on Sensoria.ws about music, photography or design… well you could say this is a great game design
You can’t find Starcraft 2 in the shops yet, I’ve got an invitation from Blizzard to play the Beta Test, before the game is officially launched, and many people got one as well but they’re given kind of random. But I’ve got another invitation from Blizzard to give to a friend to play Starcraft 2 for free until the beta testing is finished, so I decided to give it to someone who really want’s to play Starcraft 2 before the official launch date.
Ok, let’s cut to the chase, I’m giving the invitation for Starcraft 2 Beta Test for free, all you have to do is comment here and say why wold you like to play the new Starcraft 2. The most interesting comment will get an e-mail from me with the key you need to download and play Starcraft 2 on Battle Net, yeah with other people, the most fun way to play it :). You’ll have to have an Battle Net account in order to download Starcraft 2 and use the invitation, that’s Blizzard’s requirements, but you can get one account if you have any original Blizzard game.
I will choose a winner from the one’s who commented, and announce it here, in a couple of days, on May 20th. Don’t forget to leave your e-mail address when you comment so I can send you the beta key.
Here’s the Official Cinematic Trailer of Starcraft 2 for those who didn’t see it:
The last day you can comment for the Starcraft 2 Beta Key is May 19th. You can pre-order Starcraft 2 and buy it from Amazon, just click the link bellow:
Edited on May 20th:
Thank you for all your comments. The winner is Razvan, I’ve sent him an e-mail with the Beta Key. I’m sorry for everybody else, I wish I could have more keys to give to everybody, but unfortunately I don’t have. But I hope to see you all in the game sometime in the future…
Adobe Creative Suite 5 - first look on April 12
Adobe Creative Suite is one of the most comprehensive solutions for the professional designers, and is well known for its powerful tools, and if you are unfamiliar with the complete package of Creative Suite, you are probably familiar at least with Adobe Photoshop which is included in Creative Suite.
Adobe Photoshop is a software used by many photographers as well as web designers and if you use it you will probably be interested in the new version that comes with the launch of the new Creative Suite 5.
Adobe is launching CS5 on April 12, and you can follow this link if you are interested in having a first look at the program.
Sensoria does follow
Today I made an update on Sensoria Web Site, by installing the wordpress plugin that enables “do-follow”. For the purposes of backlinks, I have enabled do-follow so that anyone who wants to comment on sensoria.ws to benefit from doing it, if they have a web site they want to promote.
So feel free to post comments ![]()
If you want the plugin, or want to know more about no-follow and do-follow you can go here.
Designing The Future - The Venus Project
People always tried to imagine how the future will look like, and how our lives will be, from cartoons like The Jetsons, to movies like Aeon Flux, we have seen diferent variations of posible designes for cities in the future. Future city designes are a thing of the present, there are many projects now and one of them is The Venus Project, a futuristic project about how will our lives will be if we make some changes.
Among a great design for a future city, The Venus Project presents a bold, new direction for humanity that entails nothing less than the total redesign of our culture, as you can read on the projects web site. You can find more information on www.thevenusproject.com
You can watch a small documentary abou The Venus Project in the following video:
Organic Logo Competition
The European Union launched a contest to create a logo for organic products that are to be labeled in all EU Member States. The logo will be implemented in the entire European Union from July 2010, so consumers from all EU Member States will know when they buy a product if they see that “organic logo” , that the product is environmentally friendly and meets certain quality standards . The new logo would be both original and intelligent and will be mandatory for all organic products.
12,000 euro is the prize established by the European Commission to appoint the best creations, the awards are as follows:
* First Prize: 6,000 euro
* Second Prize: 3,500 euro
* Third prize: 2,500 euro
The first three winners will also be invited to attend the official ceremony of the award in Brussels in the summer of 2010.
To participate in the contest you must be an art or design student from the European Union and over 18 years old (on 01.04.2009).
If you meet the rules above and wish to participate visit the following link:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/index_en.htm
Those who believe they can create an original and unique logo can send one until June 25, 2009, who knows… we may see your logo in stores, on organic products next year.
Online application form for the new EU Organic Logo is located here:
http://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/organic/logo/registration/registration_en.htm
Good Luck!