Design Derata

The World of Movies, Entertainment, and News Through the Eyes of Designers

Larger Than Life – Swatch 2012 New Gent Lacquered Watches

It’s BIG, it’s BRIGHT and it’s LARGER than life. The Swatch New Gent range features a series of bold colors in the rainbow spectrum plus black and white applied onto the uplifted version of the ...

I, Design (Part 2)

PART 2 Image 1 – The Bauhaus School As the ranks of designers began to swell, latent emotions stemming from the search for true identity began to coalesce into heated discussion. Artists and designers began ...

Jan, 04 · in Design,History

I, Design (PART 1)

PART 1 Known as a “Pattern with a Purpose”, design is a natural tendency with specific and often methodical approaches to arriving at a goal. But what drives us to design? What is this innate ...

Jan, 03

Max Payne 3 – More Cynical Noir Action Hero Battling Drug Lords And Fighting The Demons Within!

That’s right, Max is coming back. Now older, bald and with the familiar constipated expression: The Max Payne Face Now armed with even better graphics and AI, the third-person shooter promises more of that old ...

Nov, 29

The Adventures of Tintin: Secret of the Unicorn

The Adventures of Tintin opened this month on November 11th and for those who haven’t seen the film yet, here’s a quick primer on the lore and background of the Belgian precursor to Harrison Ford ...

Nov, 28

Robots: Older Than You Think

Japan, The Edo Period (1608-1868) - Karakuri ningyo or “Mechanised Dolls” represent some of the earliest known (and operable) examples of modern day robotics. These masterpieces of mechanical engineering crafted in wood, clay and metal by ...

Nov, 06

Flash Can Spy On You Via Your Webcam

October 21st, 2012,  California, USA – A Stamford computer science student has discovered an exploit that uses Flash to access your webcam secretly, allowing images or even videos of you, your room/office and your O-face ...

Oct, 25