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Volvo Moments that never happen

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Volvo is promoting the safety features found on the new Volvo XC60 with “Moments that never happen”, a beautifully crafted commercial. A young girl talks with her mother about the future possibilities that will come from her first day at school. As she walks down the footpath she visualises the two best friends for life, the journeys she’ll take, and the family she’ll raise. At the same time another woman sets out on her journey through the city, coping with tiredness and distractions. The Volvo Moments commercial’s plot comes to a climax when the young girl steps out to cross the street. The Volvo’s safety system detects the girl and applies its autonomous emergency brake, preventing what could have been a life-changing collision. The film ends with a conclusion: “Sometimes the moments that never happen matter the most.”

Volvo Moments Girl

Over 1.2 million people die in traffic accidents around the globe each year, but Volvo believes its vision of an injury and fatality-free future can soon be a reality.

The vehicle here is the XC60, which has several new safety features. A steer support functionality was added to the brand’s City Safety autonomous emergency braking system. And a new system, Oncoming Lane Mitigation, uses steer assist to mitigate head-on collisions. Also, the Blind Spot Information System (BLIS) has been updated with a steer assist function to reduce the risk of lane-changing collisions.

All of which should reduce the human factor, which after all is responsible for some 94 percent of traffic accidents.

“This film featuring the new XC60 highlights how important active safety systems have become and reflects Volvo’s leadership in this area,” says Anders Gustafsson, senior vice president for EMEA at Volvo Car Group. “We launched our City Safety autonomous emergency braking system as standard equipment in all new Volvos back in 2008, starting with the first generation XC60. Today, these systems are finally becoming an industry standard.”

In Sweden alone, Volvo says it has seen 45 percent fewer rear-end frontal crashes thanks to its collision warning with autobrake system.

“We have been working with collision avoidance systems for many years and we can see how effective they are,” says Malin Ekholm, vice president of Volvo Cars Safety Centre. “With the XC60, we are determined to take the next step in reducing avoidable collisions with the addition of steering support and assistance systems. At Volvo we take that extra step—we protect people inside and outside the car whenever possible.”

Volvo Moments Credits

The Volvo Moments campaign was developed at Forsman & Bodenfors by art directors Karl Risenfors and Andreas Malm, copywriter Gustav Johansson, account director Anders Bothén, account manager Ewa Edlund, graphic designer Martin Joelsson, PR strategist Bjarne Darwall, agency producer Jim Elfving.

Filming was shot by director Gustav Johansson via New Land with director of photography Chayse Irvin and executive producer Therese Engberg.

Editor was Sam Ostrove at Cut + Run.

Music is “Final Minutes and the Mountains”, by composer Dan Romer.

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25 Blast-From-The-Past Comic Designs

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In honor of the movie release of Logan, based on one of the most popular comics of all time, I’ve decided to put together a collection of comic based graphic design projects. But before we get into that, here’s 10 quick and interesting facts about comics!

  1. The font Comic Sans is based on Dave Gibbons’ lettering in the Watchmen comic books. (He calls the font “dreadful.”)
  2. The world’s largest comic book collection belongs to the Library of Congress. They currently hold over 100,000 individual issues.
  3. Comic book letterers avoid words like “Clint” and “flick” because during printing the letters can run together, making the words look like profanity.
  4. When the comics code was created, it prohibited judges and law enforcement agents from being depicted negatively.
  5. Our universe actually exists in the Marvel multiverse. Our Earth is Earth-1218.
  6. Michael Jackson wanted to play Spider-Man in a movie, so he tried to buy Marvel comics in the ’90s.
  7. Marvel got around a law that increases taxes on toys that resemble humans by claiming that X-Men figures were mutants, not humans.
  8. Wayne Enterprises, which is controlled by Batman’s alter ego, Bruce Wayne, owns The Daily Planet, the newspaper that Superman’s alter ego, Clark Kent, works for.
  9. Spider-man has a hyphen in it so that people don’t confuse him with Superman.
  10. Spock from Star Trek has taken on Wolverine in a battle. Spock won.

[Source:BuzzFeed]

Let’s get into it! Enjoy!

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Credit:Butcher Billy

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Credit:Matheus Lopes

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Credit:Mattias Johansson

Credit:Lola Beltrán

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Credit:Omar Molina

Credit:Mike Karolos

Credit:Mike Karolos

Credit:Ashok Hariharan

Credit:Cory Say

Credit:Cory Say

Credit:Reagan Wijaya

Credit:Reagan Wijaya

Credit:Richard Davies

Credit:Richard Davies

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25 Positively Awesome Number Logos

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Many brands and companies use number logos. 7/11, 7 UP, G4S, and Super8 are just a few examples of many. For that reason, I’ve decided to put together a collection of number related logos. But first, here are 10 quick and interesting facts about numbers:

  1. If you write out pi to two decimal places, backwards it spells “pie”.
  2. The spiral shapes of sunflowers follow a Fibonacci sequence.
  3. The Fibonacci sequence is encoded in the number 1/89.
  4. A pizza that has radius “z” and height “a” has volume Pi × z × z × a.
  5. The word hundred is derived from the word “hundrath”, which actually means 120 and not 100.
  6. 111,111,111 × 111,111,111 = 12,345,678,987,654,321.
  7. In a room of just 23 people there’s a 50% chance that two people have the same birthday.
  8. (6 × 9) + (6 + 9) = 69.
  9. If you shuffle a pack of cards properly, chances are that exact order has never been seen before in the whole history of the universe.
  10. There’s not enough space in the known universe to write out a googolplex on paper.

[Source: Buzzfeed]

Numbers really are fascinating! But enough of that. Here are 25 positively awesome number logos for your inspiration. Enjoy!

Credit to respective artists.

Credit:Steve Wolf

Credit:Steve Wolf

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Credit:George Bokhua

Credit:Alfrey Davilla | vaneltia

Credit:Kakha Kakhadzen

Credit:Jeroen van Eerden

Credit:José

Credit:Breno Bitencourt

Credit:Kakha Kakhadzen

Credit:Andreas Storm

Credit:Jetpacks and Rollerskates

Credit:Roma Korolev (kaer logo)

Credit:aninndesign

Credit:Kevin Burr

Credit:Darjan Gardinova?ki

Credit:Samadara Ginige

Credit:Zoran Trifunovic

Credit:Kasper van Eerden

Credit:Studio du Nord

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Credit:João Augusto

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24 Terrific Tokyo Photos

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After putting together this week’s photography roundup, I am definitely feeling inspired to take a trip to Tokyo. What an interesting and magnificent city! Did you know that:

  • There are 5 enormous cylindrical shafts underneath of Tokyo, Japan which fill with water in case of a flood so it does not to destroy the city.
  • The 2020 Olympics will take place in Tokyo, as predicted in the manga Akira in 1982.
  • The tallest free-standing tower in the world, the Tokyo Sky Tree, had its final height chosen solely because of wordplay; several numbers were considered because of their alternate meanings, they ended up choosing 634m for “Musashi”.
  • Japan has nearly twice as many 7-Elevens as the United States, with 2,079 stores in Tokyo alone.
  • There’s a hamburger joint in Tokyo called Whoopi Goldburger.
  • There’s a skyscraper in Tokyo which tells you, using colored lights, whether you should bring an umbrella when you go outside.
  • 45 of the 51 busiest train stations in the world are in Japan. The busiest, Tokyo’s Shinjuku Station, serves roughly 1.2 billion passengers each year.

[Source: KissAssFacts]

Fascinating! If that doesn’t make you want to visit, I hope that these 24 terrific Tokyo photos will! Enjoy!

Credit to respective artists.

Credit:Takahiro Yamamoto

Credit:Takahiro Yamamoto

Credit:Takahiro Yamamoto

Credit:Xavier Portela

Credit:Xavier Portela

Credit:Xavier Portela

Credit:Zivan Rosic

Credit:NHAN LE

Credit:Cheryl Marland

Credit:masaki ueda

Credit:Raphael Olivier

Credit:Takaaki Ishikura

Credit:Takaaki Ishikura

Credit:Nose of the Salmon

Credit:Masafumi Hirakawa

Credit:Hirolu Erikawa

Credit:Hirolu Erikawa

Credit:Octavio Kano-Galvan

Credit:Helton Yuji Yamamoto

Credit:Nakahara Satoru

Credit:David Tembleque

Credit:Jea Rueras

Credit:Michio Papers

Credit:Michio Papers

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Design deals for the week

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Every week, we’ll give you an overview of the best deals for designers, make sure you don’t miss any by subscribing to our deals feed. You can also follow the recently launched website Type Deals if you are looking for free fonts or font deals.

5 Gorgeous, Calligraphy Fonts from Genesis Lab

Add some real class and elegance to your latest project with this mini-bundle of 5 Calligraphy typefaces. Packed with loads of extra glyphs, alternate Stylistic Sets, support for Upper and Lowercase letters and more, you’ll have the perfect tools to design a variety of creative objects from invitations to logos to letterhead.

$12 instead of $71 – Get it now!

Web Development Masterclass: 100s of Tutorials, 20 Unique Sections

In 20 different sections, this online video tutorial covers everything from teaching you the latest scripting languages to walking you through the installation and administration of everything from LAMP stack to test servers.

$17 instead of $299 – Get it now!

Complete Cartel Deux Font Family

Is your typeface toolbox constantly screaming for something new? Well then feast your eyes on the Cartel Deux Font Family! This magnificent Mighty Deal is packed with 5 unique fonts in a variety of styles from Black to Sharp, as well as Script and Bold Typefaces. Additionally, you’ll get a fabulous set of professional premade logos to make your latest project even easier to whip in to shape.

$9 instead of $75 – Get it now!

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TOP 5 Services to Make a Well-Designed Business Website

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A business website is one of the most effective marketing tools. It performs several crucial functions at a time. It can help you drive traffic, increase the amount of sales, expand your business popularity and help achieve lots of other business goals depending upon the niche you specialize in.

There are two options you can choose from to build a business website today. This task can be effectively completed by a professional web designer, whose services, however, are not that cheap. This is not to mention the fact that the entire process may take several months before you manage to gain the expected result. The second option is using small business website builders. These services consider all the UI and UX nuances and make it possible to create websites, the design of which is not worse (or even better) than that of custom made websites. Let’s have a look at the most obvious benefits of website builders now:

  • Ease of Use. Website builders are very easy to use. The prevailing amount of them come with intuitive dashboards understandable to all users, irrespective of their web design skills and experience. These systems offer informative step-by-step guidelines users may follow to master the basics of web creation process. Everything is simple and convenient here, while the result is amazing.
  • Management Convenience. Custom made websites are more difficult to manage and update after they are ready. This cannot be said about website builders. Websites created with these systems are extremely easy to update whenever this is necessary and even a newbie can cope with this task.
  • Rich Choice of Templates. Website builders offer an extensive selection of templates. You can always choose the one that suits your business needs and niche specialization most of all. The prevailing amount of templates are responsive, which makes it possible to browse through the websites at any mobile device.
  • Powerful Customization Tools. Apart from offering templates, website builders also provide rich customization tools to enable users edit them and create any website structure and design they need. They often come with versatile blocks, modules and plugins that can be arranged and adjusted in any order to gain the best result possible.
  • Website builders are affordable and this is, probably, one of their major benefits. Many of them offer free trials to enable users to test their features prior to making the choice. For those users, who wish to get the most out of the major features of website builders chosen, these systems offer several paid plans with the advanced web building options.

Top 5 Website Builders to Design a Business Website

1. SITE123

SITE123 is a cloud website builder that comes with a WYSIWYG editor. This feature makes it possible to design website structure in a hassle-free and quick way. All the changes a user makes at the website are immediately reflected at the screen, which makes the process of designing a website simple and intuitive. It’s also possible to make use of SITE123 multilingual tool to create as many language website versions as you need for your business or personal use.

The system offers an extensive collection of responsive templates and powerful customization tools to give the chosen template unique design. SITE123 is a module-based system. To get the desired website design, a user has to select the required modules and adjust them at the page as needed. This esnures convenient and quick web design process.

2. uKit

uKit is a website builder that is known for its functionality and business website focus. The service can be used to create any types of websites, but it especially works great with business websites. The service offers a rich collection of templates, all of which are responsive, thematic-based and can be customized with regard to the needs of a user.

Design customization options provided by uKit cannot but attract the attention of users willing to create impressive websites. You just need to select the template and choose those design customization tools you consider appropriate. That’s it.

3. Ucraft

Ucraft is a cloud website builder that makes it possible to design visually appealing and functional business websites. It has a stunning collection of pre-designed templates, which are responsive and can make a website viewable on any mobile device or desktop computer. What’s more, the system offers an opportunity to create multilingual websites, which also contributes to their functionality and design appeal.

Ucraft offers users white labeling options. Just choose a template you wish, add your own brand and customize it to your liking. This is a great feature for freelancers, businessmen and people with creative professions.

4. uCoz

uCoz is rightfully considered a universal website builder, which can be used to create different types of websites. It’s quite easy to use the system due to the intuitive dashboard and powerful website customization tools it offers.

uCoz has two types of templates: standard and responsive. The latter are paid and have to be chosen in advance. All templates can be customized based on the requirements and preferences of users. What’s interesting, it’s possible to design unique websites with uCoz, if you have certain coding skills and experience. This is a surefire way to gain decent and high quality result.

5. Mobirise

Mobirise is a website builder that differs from all the systems discussed above. This is downloadable software users need to install before using. The system implies the use of blocks that are randomly arranged to form the required website structure and create unique design. To develop outstanding designs, Mobirise users have to choose responsive templates they like and customize them with regard to their personal or business needs.

Mobirise is an offline website builder, which is absolutely free granted that you make use of the standard feature set. Having created a website, you can choose any hosting to publish it. If you need more advanced design features, you can upgrade to one of the paid plans the system offer.

Bottom Line

There are different ways to create outstanding website design nowadays. If you need a complex large-scale project, you won’t go without the professional assistance of an experienced and skilled web designer. However, get ready to pay a lot for these services. In case you need a simple business website, you can use website builders that will allow you to design a quality, functional and visually appealing website with no hassle and considerable investment of effort and money. Fortunately, the choice of these services is versatile today to meet any needs and preferences.

Author: Howard Steele, SuperbWebsiteBuilders.com