2012 / 8 vol.133
1,470 Yen
Cover Photo: Kuratas (Suidobashi Heavy Industry)
The September Issue (out on August 18th) will dig out all the facts about “Kuratas,” a massive-scale art project that people can ride and navigate!
Features & Special Reports
Feature 1: Practical Guide to jQuery Mobile
From the Basics of Production to CSS Customization and WordPress Coalition
Developed though utilizing know-how amassed through jQuery and bearing its conceptual features, “jQuery Mobile” is emerging as a standard library for smart phone Website production with its ability to express mobile-specific functions and behaviors easily. With an excellently designed pre-installed UI elements, jQuery Mobile makes it possible to create a distinguished-looking mobile site all by itself.
If that’s the case, how can we avoid making a “typically jQuery Mobile” site? This feature introduces the “basic usage” of jQuery Mobile, while also teaching the ropes of how to construct highly original mobile sites by customizing themes.
Feature 2: Psychology 101 for Site Design
How to Apply Marketing and Cutting-Edge Chromatics to Design
I know this is out of the blue, but here are some questions: When imagining the future, which direction do you think our eyes point to? How much information do you think we can memorize from one glance? While such questions, relating to human psychology, sound familiar and trivial, answers to those can be greatly useful for site construction and Web design. We introduce a smattering of topics about the relationship between marketing, design and psychology. You will find in-depth knowledge useful as “how to break writer’s block” on site design. As to the answers for the two questions above, they can be found in this feature. Please try to tackle the supplemental “Feature Comprehension Test” also!
Collaboration Project “Choco Banana”
New Collaboration Project “SHOJI Tomoharu × Byebye World” Kickoff!
New Choco Banana collaboration project by SHOJI Tomoharu and Byebye World launched this month. They met up in Tokyo and had a preliminary discussion. How will Mr. Takahashi of Byebye World expand the possibilities of Shoji’s bodily expression with his digital technology and machinery!?
WF Inside Story
Old Yet New Site Design Through CD Jackets
Open Reel Ensemble, a group of musicians who use open reels as instruments, released their first album “Open Reel Ensemble” on June 27th. Kawakami Shun from artless handled art direction for their CD jacket and Website. The results of the collaboration between these individual creatives were a booklet-free transparent CD jacket and arresting Website with members’ hand-drawn illustration that serves as a booklet. Kawakami Shun from artless and Wada Ei and Yoshida Yu from Open Reel Ensemble talk about how they found their way into this old yet new design, where a booklet, usually a printed material, was replaced by Web and GIF animation-incorporated hand-drawn illustration was implemented using HTML5.
Portrait - Web Craftsman's Portrait -
SAKURAI Yu-ki / What Lied Beyond Struggle and Setback was the Sparkle of Art Direction
Metamosphere Inc.’s art director SAKURAI Yu-ki has garnered a reputation as a Flash site designer over the past few years and at the young age of 31 he handles art direction of Websites for corporate entities including Dentsu. We take a look back on the still-evolving career of this figure, who started as a graphic designer and is now involved with large-scale projects.
TSUKURUHITO
ENOKI Chu (Artist) / Man who Fires a Gun Salute
ENOKI Chu is an artist who has always engaged in sensational activities since the 1960's. Known for his metal work and mind-boggling performances, he is more active and stimulating than ever at the age of 68. Who on earth is “ENOKI Chu”? Here is an interview with him from the end of June, when his solo exhibition in Tokyo was about to be held.
Dialogue: What Design Can Do
SEKINE Shinichi × NAGAHARA Yasuhito “The Future of Locally-Run Design Workshops”
This time the dialogue materialized from how the name “Sekine Shinichi’s Production Room” often makes an appearance in comic books. Sekine Shinichi of Sekine Shinichi Production Room, handles a wide array of bookbinding from much-talked-about comics like “Thermae Romae” and “Uchu Kyodai” to subculture books. Here he will share with us his ideas on comics and design.
Running Stories
Web Designing Lab.
jQuery Lab._Implementing Infinity Scroll
Text: TOKUDA Kazunori, TANI Hiroki
SmartphoneLab._Let's Use jqMobi Practically
Text: Coding Factory
FlashLab._Let's Use New Mouse-related Functions
Text: IKEDA Yasunobu
Adobe CS Lab._Workflow for Prototype Design!
Text: HIGUCHI Yasuyuki
Server Quick Reference
(Usage of Hosting Server)
Text: INOUE Satoshi
movement
(Event & Artist introduction)
Worldwide Creator's Archive
The National Film Board of Canada / New Culture Through Interactive
WD Website Front
MINI CROSSOVER. BIG POINT, Only because we can, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.“Thunderbird Corporation”, Real Dasshutsu Game “REGAME”, AXE DRY HOT ANGEL, Haru Kurukuru! NHK, KDDI au “Jibungao Kazoku,” and more
one's view
“My and Your Mine Named Desire”
Text: SHIMIZU Qanta
Eye Beam Image Generator
“Always Carry Punk Spirit with You!”
Text: HAYASHI Tomohiko（nuuo)
Stop-and-frisk Watch
“Are You Expanding?”
Text: TANIGUCHI Akihiko
noog
“Awesome Rubik’s cube!”
Text: HARA Kazunari
Rubik's Cube with HTML5
Making a Mark on a Ruler
(Tota Hasegawa Visual Essay from "tomato interactive")
Text & Visual: HASEGAWA Tota
Mobile Contents Front Line
Suntory Town：“Smart Phone First” Strategy That Expands Customer Touch Points
Social Seeds
Social Gift Service Where You Can Send Gifts Through SNS
Text: NOZAWA Tomo (nitenichiryu)
Hop, Step, JavaScript! –Learning the Program’s Basics from Scratch–
A Box That Stores Data and Processing “Object”
Text: rukunana
From the Data of Web Designers Report: "The Landscape of this Job"
Work is Not Everything!?
Text: KOIZUMI Shinya
Tachibana School
What “Within-the-Site Search” Should Be
Text: TACHIBANA Mamoru
News Crawler
(News)
Hagihara Research Institute
Questioning Japan’s Low Relative Percentage of Chrome Users
Text: HAGIWARA Masashi
Exonemo’s “Touching the Web”
Vol.10 What’s Wrong (Bug) with This Picture?
Here is a puzzle quiz from Exonemo. Some might say “It’s impossible!,” but please give it a try. A clue is the “eye” symbol. For those who could solve the quiz, take a look at the Web also!
Manga AC Club Activity Daily Log
#15 “Real Time Manga Computer Graphics”
Thomas, who made an appearance in the last month’s issue, is about to take over this serial. It no longer takes a manga format!? The serial might be at stake! Thomas’ Twitter is here.
Others
List of Web agencies from all over the country
Monitor & Present
WD Square
Back Numbers