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New Tees only $20

Andy Law — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 00:00:14 +0000

New tees are available now from my online store over at mysoti.com. I’ve added four new designs all inspired by movies and TV shows I know and love. Juno, Star Wars, Darjeeling Limited and Lost. These tees are printed one-off from either California or England depending where you are in the world. You have your choice of tee color and you can pick either a generic or an American Apparel (recommended) tee. Thank you for buying my shirts and wanting more! Visit my store by clicking here.

August – My top iPhone 4 Apps

Andy Law — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:11:07 +0000

Living in Germany waiting for your visa does have it advantages; lounging around the flat, swimming in a beautiful lake and staying updated on my favorite iPhone 4 apps, just to name a few. This month I’ve started a new feature on my blog which if you have not already figured it out will be testing iPhone 4 applications. The following applications have been tested and proven to be productive, addictive and/or helpful. Let me know what you think of these apps in the comment section below.

SoundHound is a music identification application for the iPhone. It works just like Shazam only better. Simply hold your phone next to the device playing a song and click the”tap here” button. SoundHound will do the rest. You can also search by the title or artist of a song. The interface includes History, What’s Hot and Now Playing tabs which help you to navigate around your music world. SoundHound can be downloaded FREE (5 identifications are free every month) or you can purchase unlimited IDs for $4.99.	Rowmote is an application that allows your iPhone to take control over your mac. You can change applications, switch through your iTunes library or just increase your computers volume. The app sells for ($.99) cents and has an upgraded features option for just a few dollars more. The developer states that the application works just like apple hardware with over 30 different applications. This is a must have app for anyone that watches movies or video slideshows from their macs.
ShakeitPhoto gives your personal photography a vintage Polaroid effect. I’ve used this application for most of my German photography which can been seen in action on my last post (Life In Germany). I’d recommend this application for anyone that uses their iPhone camera regularly. The application sells for ($.99) cents and can be used to take photos automatically applying the effect or you can simple select a photo from your photo library and “shake it”. The application produces a Polaroid sound and “prints” your image out, all you need to to do develop the image is to shake your iPhone. This is a cool app for photogs.	Skype for the iPhone is one of the best application around. It allows you to stay in touch with your friends and family around the world for just a few pennies a minute ( or for Free if your on WiFi, Skype to Skype). You can also keep tract of chats, who’s online and your Skype credit all from within the application. The Skype application is FREE and allows me to stay in touch while I’m living abroad.
TextPLUS provides users with free app to app text messaging worldwide. I use this application to send my friends text messages even if they don’t have an iPhone. The application is FREE and allows you to keep track of your conversations, message multiple recipients at one time or join a TextPLUS community and chat with random strangers. The TextPLUS application is free but comes with general distracting advertisements, you can remove these ads for one year at a time ($2.99).	Hungry Sharks – Part 2 is a very addictive iPhone game that uses the tilt controls to navigate your hungry shark. Part 2 of the game ($.99) gives you access to two levels where your shark has even more to feast on. WARNING if you are prone to iPhone game addiction you better be careful of this one. The game takes you through an underwater land with plenty of prey to eat including; jet skiers, schools of fish, pelicans, license plates and even a gigantic king crab.

Life in Germany

Andy Law — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:47:36 +0000

I’ve lived in Germany for a week now and I’m finding life here interesting (in a good way!). This is the first time I’ve lived abroad in a country that does not speak my native language. I’m leaning to speak German from my Rosetta Stone software as well as my friends and daily interactions with the local people.

I’m hoping my design style will be influenced by the sights and sounds of Europe. Design inspiration is everywhere, from architecture, clothing and the local food, not to mention the graphic art that I see while walking around the city.

I’ve started to design t-shirts (Link Here)while living here and look to use local inspiration on a few new projects. If you have any questions about life here in Europe feel free to email me at andy@creativeswell.net

Graphic Shirts Available – Online Store

Andy Law — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 01:59:32 +0000

Tee designs are online now and available for purchase. Shirts available in 15 different colors for men, women and children. Click the green arrow below to be re-directed to the online store. Shirts are less than $20 each!

More design will be available shortly. Your purchase supports this website and my European travels.

I want to live here.

Andy Law — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 04:41:41 +0000

Check out this tropical dream house in Singapore. This might be the only reason I would ever live there. Great design from Singapore based design firm Guz Architects. More pics below.

Did you buy an iPhone 4?

Andy Law — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 22:19:25 +0000

The iPhone 4 was released just yesterday. So, the question is…Did you get your hands on one? and are you having any issues?

iPhone 4 Released – Valley Fair

Andy Law — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 20:17:47 +0000

Check out the extremely long line for the release of the iPhone 4 at Valley Fair mall in Santa Clara CA this morning at 7:00AM. I was not about to stand outside and wait with a thousand people to get the new iphone 4 so I thought I’d drive the line and show you how big this release is to the people of Santa Clara. I have reserved my iPhone but this line (judging by other posts line moving time equations) would have taken almost 5 hours to process. Most stores are reporting 5-9 hours for customers with reservations and 9+ hours for those without.

iPhone 4 Release Line from Andy Law on Vimeo.

iPhone 4 Pre-Orders Start Today!

Andy Law — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 07:19:38 +0000

Apple’s “We’ll be back soon” message has been posted which means only one thing…the new iPhone 4. Pre-orders start today.

Some things to note:

• All of the locations below offer pre-order, starting tomorrow, except for Walmart, which will just have the new iPhone on launch day.
• Apple.com is the only place to pre-order online. Update: Apparently you can pre-order online at AT&T starting tomorrow as well.
• AT&T and Apple are the only two of the bunch that sounded confident that you could get your iPhone 4 shipped to your house on the 24th, saving you from potential soul- and body-crushing line experiences on launch day.
• Best Buy’s $50 down payment is in the form of a gift card, so if you change your mind between tomorrow and the 24th, you won’t be out any cash.
• Prices, as previously stated, are $199 for 16GB and $299 for 32GB for the upgrade eligible; $399 and $499 respectively for an early upgrade.
• Radioshack will be allowing customers to trade in old gadgets—specifically phones, camreas, and game consoles, for credit towards the new iPhone. Call your local Radioshack for details.
• You can check your AT&T upgrade eligibility right here.

view the entire article at Gizmodo.

5 Line Inspired Logos

Andy Law — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 04:12:20 +0000

The dawn of the doodle has arrived and can be found on everything from international bank logo marks – like Ageas – all the way down to design schools and even creative personal logos. Here are a few doodles of inspiration that caught my eye. Whilst the marks are fun, creative and organic designers argue whether they should be considered “professional” logos at all. What do you think?

What my iPad will be wearing…

Andy Law — Thu, 27 May 2010 19:24:16 +0000

If you are going to spend $500+ on a glorified iPhone you’d better shell out a few more bucks to protect the sucker. The Heritage iPad case($79 BUY) is the best way to keep your case “close at hand”. Hard Graft is my favorite case company because they produce stylish, ergonomically engineered protective gear for all my beloved Apple products. Check out the description of this new case below and remember “you lose what you don’t hold”

CLOSE AT HAND
» Stretchy band to keep the case in your hand
» Leather pocket perfectly sized for most smartphones
» Stretchy band closure keeps your reader inside
» Leather pocket measures: 14.5 x 7.5 cm (5.7″ x 3″)
» Asphalt grey 100% wool felt
» Hazelnut brown 100% vegetable tanned leather

This product was made using leather that has been tanned with natural vegetable dyes. Various textures and irregularities in colour and shade add value to the appearance and make every single piece of leather unique.