Design @ Metal
A multi-disciplined branding design principal at Metal with extensive experience in corporate branding, personal branding, print, annual report, web, social media, mobile, blog, content, monetization, ecommerce, and retail merchandise design. Obsessed with strategic entrepreneurial thinking with a clear understanding of branding, marketing and business strategies, my designs were published in top publications such as Graphis, CA, Print, How and Archive. I will share my favorite projects, interesting things on design, business, technology, inspiration, and social media marketing for big and small business here.
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Introduction to social marketing at Metal
Every single small business faces the very same conundrum – when you’re busy servicing customers, you’re...
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If you are willing and obedient, you shall eat the good of the land - IS 1:19
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Sweet salvation
Dara penned a goodbye letter to her children, knelt by her bed and reached for the gun to end her life. The debts from her... -
Unforgettable 9/11 Story
On Sept. 11, Dave and Linda were on their way to New York City. They missed their flight and had to standby for the next... -
“God has a reason for allowing things to happen. We may never understand his wisdom, but we simply have to trust his will.”
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Extraordinary Answer to Prayer
Dr. Price grew up poor. He had a deep desire to help people in need since he was a boy. When he saw a program to... -
OBEY GOD.And leave all consequences to Him. - Oswald Chambers
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NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo
NBA legend Dikembe Mutombo uses the gift God gave him to help Africa.
From his towering height to his gravely voice,...
Lamps made from coffee grounds smell like fresh java
These mug-shaped fixtures are perfect for coffee lovers.
Some folks just can’t get out of bed until the scent of freshly brewed java comes wafting in from the kitchen, but Raúl Laurí’s Decafe fixtures achieve the same aromatic effect on their own, with or without the flip of a switch. The Spanish designer experimented for two years with various culinary techniques to perfect Decafe’s composite biodegradable material, a unique combination of coffee grounds and natural glue.
Efficient, low-temperature LEDs are used for illumination and emit just enough heat to intensify the smell, which is one of the strongest characteristics of the project. The pendants function with a standard power supply, but developing the intelligent electronics that operate the table models was a family affair; Laurí’s brother, David, created the exclusive system himself, which is integrated inside each individual unit. The light intensity changes depending on the tilt of the base, and it turns off in the upside-down position; this allows the user to interact with the lamp. The battery is long-life and quick charging and the pieces can easily withstand up to 100 degrees. The clever mug-like shape is achieved with a custom mold.
Laurí’s debut collection took home first prize at last month’s Salone Satellite exhibition in Milan, where young talent has the chance to display their work in a dedicated space at the fairgrounds.
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Metal is a strategic multidisciplined design firm in beautiful San Francisco.
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Philips improbable design-led turnaround
Anyone who blithely believes that the return on investment on design is self-evident needs to explain the decline of Philips. In the mid-Nineties, the electronics company boasted 650 designers on its books, more than Samsung at the time. Yet, since a high point in 2008, its stock value has halved. It was no surprise, then, when last year, on Sean Carney’s first day as Philips’s design chief, the CEO took him to one side and told him straight that he was less than convinced about the value of design. Here’s how he made the turnaround possible.
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Starbucks store rebranding
Located in the former vault of a historic bank on Rembrandtplein, the new shop will be a showcase for sustainable interior design and slow coffee brewing, with small-batch reserve coffees and Europe’s first-ever Clover, a high-end machine that brews one cup at a time.
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Starbucks Amsterdam - Reinventing the Brand
A new coffeehouse in Amsterdam will be the testing ground for ideas that will find their way to the rest of Europe.
Starbucks is known for its unwavering consistency, from its unoffensively homey store décor to its burnt-coffee smell. But this Thursday, the brand that normalized the $4 latte is opening an experimental concept store in Amsterdam that offers a glimpse of the Starbucks of the future—at least in Europe.
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Emo: Hug stool
The weathered-teak construction of the Hug stool adds a touch of rugged nature to interior environments. A colorful rope attached to the block facilitates moving the piece to another spot or from room to room. Measuring 12 inches square by 16½ inches high, Hug also can be a fun side table.
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Dick Clark’s Flintstone house in Malibu, CA
Perched on some 23 acres atop a mountain overlooking the Pacific Ocean, the house even had the faux-Stone Age furniture to match: rough-hewn chairs with rawhide-style seat backs around a table that looks like an ice floe and kitchen fixtures that may or may not have been carved from a huge slab of sedimentary rock. The one-bedroom house went on the market earlier this year for $3.5 million.
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Check out new Starbucks store made out of shipping containers outside of Seattle. What a brand designers and architects love to work for!
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Metal is a strategic multidisciplined design firm in beautiful San Francisco.
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McDonald concept store in Paris
In the battle between José Bové, the French antiglobalism activist, and his bête noire, McDonald’s, there’s no question that the fast-food giant emerged victorious. Today, France has effectively declared its love for Le Big Mac, becoming the No. 2 McDonald’s consumer in the world. To be fair, McDo—as the French call it—has changed things up to woo discerning customers: It sources most of its ingredients from French farmers and recently introduced 130 McCafés featuring espresso and pastries (we’re talking macarons here, not deep-fried apple pies). And now, it’s even classing up its interiors, with the help of Paris-based designer Patrick Norguet.
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From a dimly lit warehouse to $1 billion - The Instagram story
Past midnight, in a dimly lighted warehouse jutting into the San Francisco Bay, Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger introduced something they had been working on for weeks: a photo-sharing iPhone application called Instagram. What happened next was crazier than they could have imagined.
In a matter of hours, thousands downloaded it. The computer systems handling the photos kept crashing. Neither of them knew what to do. “Who’s, like, the smartest person I know who I can call up?” Mr. Systrom remembered thinking. He scrolled through his phone and found his man: Adam D’Angelo, a former chief technology officer at Facebook. They had met at a party seven years earlier, over beers in red plastic cups, at the Sigma Nu fraternity at Stanford University. That night in October 2010, Mr. D’Angelo became Instagram’s lifeline.
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Ultra cool Japanese Starbucks store
The store, by Kengo Kuma, is evidence that the coffee giant is becoming more aware of cultural differences. Starbucks recently commissioned starchitect Kengo Kuma to design an outpost in Dazaifu, a small city in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture, that, with walls covered in a matrix of wood planks, is a striking departure from the company’s typical interiors. Earlier this year, it opened an experimental shop in Amsterdam. And according to The New York Times, Starbucks is investing millions in making over hundreds of its stores in France to appeal to coffee aficionados who favor the personalized atmosphere of cafés. The Starbucks in Dazaifu is an outgrowth of the architect’s fondness for natural materials. More than 2,000 wooden batons line the 2,260-square-foot shop, creating a loosely woven lattice that extends beyond the storefront’s edge. A few signs are the only outward indicators of the brand. According to Kengo Kuma and Associates, the design is meant to blend with the other buildings along the road to Dazaifu Tenmangu, Fukuoka’s most famous shrine, dedicated to the god of learning.
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A nice day of camping on the cliff.
You should try it sometime. May help firing up your creativity.
Analyst says IPhone 5 was Steve Jobs’ last project; expected to be released this summer. If the story that Jobs headed iPhone 5 production sticks (and we’re sure it will), the device is likely to reach iconic status by the time it’s released. We’ve also heard that the iPhone 5 will sport a completely overhaul and new design with full 4.6” display. Gonna be a knock out.
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More traffic at Pinterest
Pinterest Drives More Traffic Than Google+, YouTube and LinkedIn Combined
Pinterest, the darling digital pin board that’s turned the social media world upside down, is now a top traffic driver for brands. That’s a good sign marketers should get their strategies up to speed.
You’re probably not surprised that 87% of Pinterest users are women. However, you may not realize that the site has a significant age range, with 80% of users fairly evenly distributed between 25 to 54. If you haven’t caught the Pinterest bug yet, be assured many others have. According to a comScore report, it was the fastest standalone site in history to pass the 10 million users mark.
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Design @ Metal is about design, business, technology, social media, inspiration.
Metal is a strategic multidisciplined design firm in beautiful San Francisco.
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Thought you might like to know that the book, “Understanding Women” is now out in paperback.
