What is Blockchain?

Blockchain enables the existence of cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (the one for which this technology was invented) and is a leading artifact in the evolution of the internet. Therefore, Blockchain distributed ledger is a technology that promises to bring significant efficiencies to global supply chains, financial transactions, asset ledgers, autonomous cars and decentralized social networking. According to Hackernoon […]

10 Principles for Good Design.

Back in the late 1970s Dieter Rams arrived to the conclusion that a good design cannot be measured in a finite way. The german industrial designer popularized an approach summarized in the expression “less but better”, and wrote the 10 most important principles for what he considered was good design… 1) Good design is innovative The possibilities for innovation are […]

How to be more Creative?

As I have written before, one of the most common ideas of creativity is giving it a religious explanation, a way of seeing it as a God like process in which a great master work comes from nothing in an unexplainable way. Andrew Tate, a freelance writer and neuroscientist, tells that we are far more […]

The true poet is creative.

The french philosopher Voltaire, one of the main characters in the Age of Enlightmen, declared that “the true poet is creative”. Today it may seem strange to think of an author who writes verses that it´s not imaginative and ingenious, but to better understand the previously cited quote we must take into consideration the evolution […]

Design is about how something works.

According to Ecem Keskin director of product design at JotForm many people think UX is sketching and wire framing interfaces. However, UX design is the life cycle of the product. “Some people think design means how it looks but of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works”, Steve Jobs Basically, UI defines […]

29 Ways to Stay Creative.

This is a simple and great educational tool that will help inspire people or motivate them to explore their creativity brought to the forefront. The “29 Ways To Stay Creative” infographic illustrates the creative process and methods to keep a person moving forward and motivated to keep doing more. *(Picture: Islam Abudaoud).

Glitch Art: Digital Teratologies & Computational Aestethics.

Glitch art takes temporary pixelations, interruptions, bugs and errors in multimedia files and turns them into visually arresting pieces, questioning the forms and traditions of art using digital techniques. Wikipedia says that what is called “glitch art” typically is made by either “capturing” an image of a glitch as it randomly happens, or more often […]