designerZen » design http://www.designerzen.com design and work of zenon olenski Mon, 14 Nov 2011 13:57:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 NomadRadio.fm http://www.designerzen.com/2009/04/nomadradiofm/ http://www.designerzen.com/2009/04/nomadradiofm/#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 14:27:56 +0000 designerzen http://www.designerzen.com/?p=223 Continue reading →]]> Nomad Radio dot FM

Renegade Web Radio

Bored of the charts? Looking for sounds to keep you occupied? Look no longer with music and mixes from around the world in one simple interface – combining a podcast, blog and mix aggregator – held together with AJAX magic


check it out
nomadradio.fm

Features

  • Cross Fading between tracks
  • Prefetching of the next track so that there aren’t any gaps between songs
  • A fast visualiser that reacts onbeat as well as to the frequencies
  • Saved volume and a rotary dial :)
  • AJAX backend so that you can browse around without losing audio
  • Flash <-> Javascript bi-communication

Get involved and send over your mixes!

nomad radio player
]]> http://www.designerzen.com/2009/04/nomadradiofm/feed/ 0 Day 003 : Digital Layout Grids http://www.designerzen.com/2009/03/day-003-digital-layout-grids/ http://www.designerzen.com/2009/03/day-003-digital-layout-grids/#comments Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:50:13 +0000 designerzen http://www.designerzen.com/?p=109 Continue reading →]]> Yesterday I briefly touched upon the virtues of using the golden ratio (phi) to sub-divide squares into perfectly recursive harmonious sub-sections. Today, I hope to illustrate better what I mean with the help of some grids that I have designed specifically for web based media. The basic grid can be used anywhere from print to animation, but is tailored specifically to match the needs of current websites.

I have written a piece about the elegance of Phi here and how it can be derived mathematically.

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As promised, I am going to keep all my processes documented in this blog. The basic premise for the new site in my head is a strongly character based style with part animated, part static, all fun content! Starting out with a fresh sketch book and a head of ideas, I have already made some decisions way before starting anything about certain design restrictions that I am self imposing.

Firstly, I am designing for 960px screen width – that is 960 pixels maximum width – with a permanently visible section of 800px.

Secondly, for proportional prosperity, I will be using the classic 16 : 9 ratio for balancing whitespace.

Thirdly, and as ever, all guides, sections and margins are based on the golden section and Phi – this allows harmonious  subsections to fit anywhere on the site.

From these restrictions, it’s time to get the pen to paper :)

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Inbox excitement

In this modern day revolution, it is nice to see the mediums using each other, rather than competing. Here are a few newsletters used in campaigns designed to promote magazines and their online homepages.

Emailed every Sunday :

Mpora Streaming Media (biggest push)
RIDE : UK Cycling Magazine
OnBoard Snowboarding Magazine
Surf Europe Magazine

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