http://blog.jovoto.com Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:53:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Look at the picture below. Now take a closer look, and see that the cat is literally build up from the letters C-A-T, and - ofcourse - the same for the mouse.  (Amazing right !) This is the work of  calligraphy artist Margaret Shepherd. An author of best-selling books about calligraphy and ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/calligraphy-art/ Now that's the kind of news we love and we are sure you'll be just as thrilled to hear as we are: Casio is so pleased with the running contest and the way the community is working that they want to show their appreciation in a very special and very nice ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/extra-prizes-great-treats-from-casio/ So-called trolls are a constant in the history of net culture. Luckily, the phenomenon is not very present on jovoto, but there's just no way to ensure a 100% troll-free zone. Who are these people? And what do they want? That's still quite a mystery, not only to us but also ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/something-about-trolls/ Forget about Avatar,  forget about alice in Wonderland and YES also forget about the geeky 3d glasses. Good morning future. Imagine somebody prints out a 2d print, and then suddenly buildings pop off from that print. Showing you exactly what the structure of - for instance - the building will look ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/real-3d/ Doing packaging design for tools doesn't really sound like the most inspirational thing to do. But when you start using nature as metaphors for the design it's getting more and more interesting. A hammer, an hammerhead shark A Saw, an crocodile A garden hose, an elephant Designer Marc Monguilod from Barca really did a ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/the-power-of-packaging-2/ Tadaa. And here it is, the first official commercial for the Ipad. Aired yesterday during the Oscars. We will be seeing them a lot i guess heading for the ipad release in - late april - in Germany. It's pretty much what you would expect from apple. Visually, it showes a variety ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/the-one-and-only-ipad-commercial/ Thanks to Jeroen, We have finally cleaned up our facebook representation, which had been sitting there undisturbed much like sleeping beauty in her overgrown castle. Time to wake up and stretch! The facebook page is the main jovoto representation on facebook. Become our fan to help us out of the misery ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/tiny-relaunch-were-getting-better-at-facebook/ Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts: Over the next couple of days you may experience some srange shifts and turbulence in the value we call Karma! We're adjusting the Karma system, trying to determine the ideal factors to have the BEST of you lead the Karma position. And by best ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/karma-enlightenments/ Absurd, bizarre, inspiring and funny. That's what the Alain duchamps "out of the closet" contest was. After a bit of chaotic kick-off, were it wasn't clear to everybody on the platform where this bizarre contest was all about,  you - the community - once again delivered ! We asked you to ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/contest-winners-out-of-the-closet/ While most people try to hide the fact they use photoshop to brush up their pictures, there are also artists who obviously distort images. Only in this case Erik Johansson does it so cleverly that you almost start believing in the amazing illusions he creates. Different from a lot ... http://blog.jovoto.com/2010/03/photo-manipulation-at-its-best/