Industrial Facility's Holistic Approach

Another article from Business Week that speaks to many designers' ability to do more than make a company look pretty / modern / cool.

The London firm isn't content with the designer-for-hire role. Instead, it aims to shape clients' business strategy as well as design.

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Very Kuul.

Adobe has launched a great new tool for color scheme creation. It's called Kuler. I'm waiting for it load now. Ok. Still loading....

Ok. I have to sign in, hold on. Never mind. Here we go.

You can select other users color palettes based on popularity, highest rated (not sure the difference here) or create your own using a fairly intuitive interface. Depending on your color, you can pick from RGB, CMYK of HEX numbers. Then email it to your friend, client or spouse for approval.

I can see myself playing with this for quite a while.

Resist the urge.

This is a pretty neat concept: Can people actually override a force of habit?

DontClick.it is a Flash-based site which dares you to navigate its pages without the ubiquitous click. It's easier than I imagined it would be, and the site is both intuitive and filled with content. [DCI]