Author Archives: kzurawel

E-Books as a Blank Canvas

By kzurawel | Published: March 6, 2010
While reading a book yesterday I made an interesting discovery: a chapter that began on a verso (left-side) page. In a standard typeset book, chapters or other major divisions generally begin on a recto (right-side) page, leaving a blank verso if the previous section ended on a recto page. This book followed that standard everywhere [...]
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What Is The What

By kzurawel | Published: February 5, 2010
So, as you may have noticed, I haven’t posted anything in “104 Designs for 2010″ in over a week. “What gives?,” you might ask. Well, to be honest I’ve actually been pretty busy. I started the “104 Designs for 2010″ project in the hope that building a solid portfolio would net me more work, and [...]
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The Apple iPad, Flash, and the Future of Computing

By kzurawel | Published: January 31, 2010
On Wednesday, months of rumor and speculation came to an abrupt end when Apple chief Steve Jobs formally unveiled his “latest creation,” the Apple iPad. The death of rumor relating to the device ushered in an entirely new wave of speculation. Is this really the thing that Apple spent years developing? Will it actually sell? [...]
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Design 006: Local Newspaper

By kzurawel | Published: January 25, 2010
Two days after Design 005, here’s #006: a re-work of the Coral Gables Tribune, a free weekly newspaper distributed at retail stores in the area. The current site for the newspaper uses a Flash component to display the print version of the newspaper in exact page-by-page detail, including pages of ads. The Flash version of [...]
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Design 005: Art House Cinema

By kzurawel | Published: January 23, 2010
Today, I present Design 005, a re-imagining of the Miami Beach Cinematheque‘s website. The MBC currently has a Flash-powered website that also links in a boilerplate ticket ordering site from Tix.com. I liked the style of the existing site, but the use of Flash didn’t add anything to the site, while simultaneously making the site [...]
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Design 004: South Florida Real Estate

By kzurawel | Published: January 21, 2010
It’s a bit late in the week, but luckily Design 004 is good enough to compensate. This design is for a fictional South Florida real estate firm, “Heart of Miami,” selling condos and homes in and around the beaches. I created the firm’s logo in Photoshop (since I don’t own a copy of Illustrator) by [...]
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