Illustration has been used for 10,000 years. One of the first ever recorded drawings was of a hand silhouette found in Spain, that is more than 66,000 years old. Fast forward to the introduction of the internet, around 1997, illustration has gradually increased in use. Popular examples of this are Googles daily doodles and the Red Bull energy drink, both of which use funny cartoon illustrations and animations to great effect.Typically, illustration was done using pencils, chalk, pens, etchings, and paints. But now everything is possible you can do both analog and digital or mixed media styles.As an example, although photography might be the most popular method to communicate visuals, it is not automatically the best default solution. Illustration offers a wider range of styles that help companies engage and communicate with their audience. Good illustrations create a mood and bring to life ideas and concepts from the text. To put it another way, visualisation.Good illustrations can also help give life to information in a better way than just using text, numbers, or tables.How do we determine what kind of illustration or style would be best? How should illustration complement or echo your corporate identity? What will your main audience prefer? What about the content, what would suit and highlight the content best, and how would it work for the age range it is primarily for? Before we dive into the examples, lets discuss the qualities of good illustration and the importance of understanding your audience. The rubric below will help you make good choices for your audiences benefit. What Makes A Good IllustrationVisualises something from the content (something that does not exist or has been described but not visualised).Must be aesthetically pleasing, interesting, and stimulating to look at (needs to have qualities and harmonies between colour, elements, proportions, and subject matter).Must have a feel, mood, dramatic edge, or attitude (needs to create a feeling and describe or bring to life an environment).The illustration should enhance and bring to life what is described in text and word form.Explains or unpacks what is written in any surrounding text and makes it come to life in an unusual and useful way (the illustration should complement and illuminate the content so readers better understand the content).Just look at what we are more often than not presented with.The importance of knowing about different audiencesIt is really important to know and consider different audiences. Not all of us are the same and have the same physical, cognitive, education, or resources. Our writing, designs, and illustrations need to take into account users make-up and capabilities.There are some common categories of audiences:Child,Teenager,Middle-aged,Ageing,Prefer a certain style (goth, retro, modern, old fashioned, sporty, branded).Below are interesting examples of illustrations, in no particular order, that show how different styles communicate and echo different qualities and affect mood and tone.WatercolourGood for formal, classy, and sophisticated imagery that also lends itself to imaginative expression. It is a great example of texture and light that delivers a really humane and personal feel that you would not get automatically by using software.StrengthsFeeling, emotion, and sense of depth and texture.Drawing With Real-life objectsA great option for highly abstract concepts and compositions with a funny, unusual, and unreal aspect. You can do some really striking and clever stuff with this style to engage readers in your content.StrengthsConceptual play.Surreal PhotomontagePerfect for abstract hybrid illustration and photo illustration with a surreal fantasy aspect. This is a great example of merging different imagery together to create a really dramatic, scary, and visually arresting new image that fits the musicians work as well.StrengthsConceptual mixing and merging, leading to new unseen imagery.CartoonWell-suited for showing fun or humorous aspects, creating concepts with loads of wit and cleverness. New messages and forms of communication can be created with this style.StrengthsConceptual.Cartoon With Block ColourWorks well for showing fun, quirky, or humorous aspects and concepts, often with loads of wit and cleverness. The simplicity of style can be quite good for people who struggle with more advanced imagery concepts, making it quite accessible.StrengthsSimplicity and unclutteredness.Clean VectorDesigned for clean and clear illustrations that are all-encompassing and durable. Due to the nature of this illustration style, it works quite well for a wide range of people as it is not overly stylistic in one direction or another.StrengthsRealism, conceptual, and widely pleasing.Textured Vintage Clean VectorBest suited for imagining rustic imagery, echoing a vintage feel. This a great example of how texture and non-cleanliness can create and enhance the feeling of the imagery; it is very Western and old-fashioned, perfect for the core meaning of the illustration.StrengthsAged feeling and rough impression.PictogramHighly effective for clean, legible, quickly recognizable imagery and concepts, especially at small sizes as well. It is no surprise that many pictograms are to be seen in quick viewing environments such as airports and show imagery that has to work for a wide range of people.StrengthsLegibility, speed of comprehension (accessibility).Abstract GeometricA great option for visually attractive and abstract imagery and concepts. This style lends itself to much customising and experimentation from the illustrator, giving some really cool and visually striking results.StrengthsVisual stimulation and curiosity.Lithography EtchingIdeal for imagery that has an old, historic, and traditional feel. Has a great feel achieved through sketchy markings, etchings, and a greyscale colour palette. You would not automatically get this from software, but given the right context or maybe an unusual juxtaposed context (like the clash against a modern, clean, fashionable corporate identity), it could work really well.StrengthsRealism and old tradition.3D gradientIt serves as a great choice for highly realistic illustration with a friendly, widely accessible character element. This style is not overly stylistic and lends itself to being accepted by a wider range of people.StrengthsWidely acceptable and appropriate.Sci-fi Comic Book And Pop ArtIts especially useful for high-impact, bright, animated, and colourful concepts. Some really cool, almost animated graphic communication can be created with this style, which can also be put to much humorous use. The boldness and in-your-face style promote visual engagement.StrengthsAnimation.TatooWell-suited for bold block-coloured silhouettes and imagery. It is so bold and impactful, and there is still loads of detail there, creating a really cool and sharp illustration. The illustration works well in black and white and would be further enhanced with colour.StrengthsDirectness and clarity.PencilPerfect for humane, detailed imagery with plenty of feeling and character. The sketchy style highlights unusual details and lends itself to an imaginative feeling and imagery.StrengthsHumane and detailed imaginative feeling.GradientEspecially useful for highly imaginative and fantasy imagery. By using gradients and a light-to-dark color palette, the imagery really has depth and says, Take me away on a journey.StrengthsFantasy (through depth of colour) and clean feeling.CharcoalIt makes an excellent option for giving illustration a humane and tangible feel, with echoes of old historical illustrations. The murky black-and-white illustration really has an atmosphere to it.StrengthsHumane and detailed feeling.WoodcutIt offers great value for block silhouette imagery that has presence, sharpness, and impact. Is colour even needed? The black against the light background goes a long way to communicating the imagery.StrengthsStriking and clear.FashionA great option for imagery that has motion and flare to it, with a slight feminine feel. No wonder this style of illustration is used for fashion illustrations, great for expressing lines and colours with motion, and has a real fashion runway flare.StrengthsMotion and expressive flare.CaricatureIdeal for humorous imagery and illustration with a graphic edge and clarity. The layering of light and dark elements really creates an illustration with depth, perfect for playing with the detail of the character, not something you would automatically get from a clean vector illustration. It has received more thought and attention than clean vector illustration typically does.StrengthsDetail and humour.PaintIt serves as a great choice for traditional romantic imagery that has loads of detail, texture, and depth of feeling. The rose flowers are a good example of this illustration style because they have so much detail and colour shades.StrengthsTradition and emotions.ChalkWell-suited for highly sketchy imagery to make something an idea or working concept. The white lines against the black background have an almost animated effect and give the illustrations real movement and life. This style is a good example of using pure lines in illustration but to great effect.StrengthsHand-realised and animation.Illustration Sample CardHow To Start Doing IllustrationThere are plenty of options, such as using pencils, chalk, pens, etchings, and paints, then possibly scanning in. You can also use software like Illustrator, Photoshop, Procreate, Corel Painter, Sketch, Inkscape, or Figma. But no matter what tools you choose, theres one essential ingredient youll always need, and that is a mind and vision for illustration.Recommended ResourcesAssociation of Illustrators20 Best Illustration Agents In The UK, And The Awesome Illustrators They Represent, Tom MayIts Nice ThatBehance Illustration

Poul Kjrholm, prolific Danish furniture designer, is arguably best known for his work in steel. Bending sheets and rods into compound forms, he would use these shapes in a variety of applications across his career. In his earlier years, bent ply was a fascination for him, warping planes that once were completely flat into expressions of life. The PK23 Lounge Chair by Fritz Hansen takes on this quality, a wide, double-seated piece, seemingly floating above the ground on elegant metal legs, consistent with his style at the time. Having completed the design in sketch form in 1954 at age 25, this is a beautiful example of his early work as a designer.Fritz Hansen consulted with the Kjrholm family to bring PK23 to life, a testament to the bond between designer and producer. This was an opportunity for Kjrholms children to represent a different side of their fathers work. There is a distinct vibrancy in the expressiveness of the piece, with signature details that tell this is indeed an original. The radical design of making a shell, cutting it in half and then twisting it, so that it holds you, is very much in the Poul Kjrholm idiom. Also showing everything, not hiding the structure behind upholstery or foam, and the way it is held together with the metal bracket, says son Thomas Kjrholm. The chair is like a sculpture, I have a very early drawing from behind where he drew a red circle that is either the sun or the moon. This grounds us within the context of the piece, the early vestiges of which formed over 70 years ago. Now, this idea comes to life, bringing a sense of history to a modern production from Fritz Hansen.Steels constructive potential is not the only thing that interests me; the refraction of light on its surface is an important part of my artistic work. I consider steel a material with the same artistic merit as wood and leather, said the designer. Indeed, materiality was very important to Kjrholm, highly invested in the ergonomics and use scenarios of every piece released. All hardware need not be hidden away, displaying the intricacies of how the piece is constructed. With nothing to hide, the genius fell within the use of bent ply, an incredibly innovative material at the time. Lightness was paramount, a natural response to the heavy, wrought furniture of decades past. These designs were considered, elevating interiors regardless of status reminding us that bigger is not always better.The PK23 Lounge Chairs laminated veneer shells are available in three options: black-painted ash veneer, walnut veneer, or oak veneer. The double bracket connector adds a design detail by joining the backrest together in an elegant manner. Additional choices are available for the chairs base, which comes in stainless steel or black powder-coated steel.To learn more about the PK23 Lounge Chair by Poul Kjrholm, visit fritzhansen.com.

If early reports are indicative of future results, 2025 is going to be a messed up year. We're barely two weeks in, and already the kids are leaving TikTok, accusing Elon Musk of cheating at video games, and drinking water from glaciers. Self-proclaimed "TikTok refugees" are flocking to Red NoteAn online group calling themselves "TikTok refugees" are downloading an app called RedNote in advance of a possible TikTok shutdown. TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, has vowed to start winding down the app in the U.S. early next week if the Supreme Court doesn't step in to delay the upcoming ban, leaving 170 million U.S. users unable to watch trending dance videos or share their personal information with the Chinese government. In advance of the possible shutdown, young people are searching for an alternative. That alternative for many is , also known as Xiaohongshu in Mandarin or "RedNote" in English. The social media app is currently at the top of Apple's App Store's most downloaded chart, despite not being available in English.The potential TikTok ex-pats are already posting videos on both TikTok and RedNote where they give each other tips on navigating an app in a language you can't read or speak, or simply reacting to what it's like to use RedNote. Consider TikToker xlvxlv1, who simply says, "I'm here and I'm scared:" In the most interesting TikTok/RedNote crossposts, users talk about why they're switching to a Chinese social media platform when Western options like Instagram and Facebook are readily available. Turns out they're actually picking RedNote because it's Chinese. The government shutting down TikTok is seen as censorship, and many think the real reason the U.S. is banning TikTok isn't over "national security concerns," but because of one man: Mark Zuckerberg.Here's how new RedNote user Candacce explains it: "I would rather stare at a language I can't understand than to ever use a social media that Zuckerberg owns. Mark Zuckerberg lobbying to congress so TikTok gets banned and everyone has to use his social mediait feels like when he was in college and he would try to force people to be friends with him." Burn.I don't know whether Zuckerberg's congressional lobbying is a factor in the TikTok ban, but if TikTokkers think it is, I doubt any of those young people are going back to one of Zuck's properties. Most of TikTok's users are under 30, and they see Facebook and Insta as apps for old people. They're essentially uncool, and once you have that image, you're not going to shake itjust ask anyone labeled a nerd on the first day of freshman year. Viral video of the week: Does Elon Musk cheat at video games? In other "billionaires who are totally childish" news, let's talk about Elon Musk, the subject of this week's viral video. Musk, an adult, recently posted a video of himself playing video game Path of Exile 2 on X, ostensibly to test the site's streaming capabilities, but really so he could show off the totally cool armor or magic wands or whatever bullshit his character, "Percy_Verence," uses in the game. (Yes, that's really what Musk chose as his character name.) Musk clearly wanted to brag about his high rank in Path of Exile 2. "This is max difficulty, on hardcore," Musk, a grown man, proudly proclaimed on the stream. That would be funny/pathetic (fathetic?) enough, but probably not fathetic enough to go viral. But then actual players of Path of Exile 2 analyzed Musk's stream and concluded that the richest man in the world is a gaming fraud, and hires other people to play a video game for him, presumably so he can look cool to people who really do play video games a lot. "He clearly has no idea," says YouTuber Quin69TV, "100 percent, some guy plays this account for him," he added. I can't say whether what Quinn69 and others say is true (I'm an adult but not Elon Musk, so I don't know anything about Path of Exile 2) but the YouTube video evidence seems compelling. But mostly it's hilarious. I can't believe Elon Musk is a real person, and not the main character in a poorly regarded Adam Sandler movie from 2004. The controversy over what "TS" means onlineI like to keep up with the slang kids use, so I was all ready to tell you the "TS" means "this" when used online, but that's only partly true. Like most modern online slang, TS originally comes from AAVE, where it means "this shit" or "that shit." In a way, "this shit" is just a different way of saying "this" anyway, but the whole thing highlights the "AAVE to Brainrot pipeline" that has claimed words like "rizz" and "gyatt." (The slang word "skibidi" does not have origins in AAVE, however; it's native Brainrot.)Is TS's widespread use another example of appropriation? Probably. A lot of people online think so, anyway. Whether there's anything anyone can do about it is a different question; language tends to develop how it develops, regardless of whether people like it or not. Warning: Do not drink water from glaciersIn part 4,623 of my 9,690 series "Don't Do Anything You See Online," let's consider videos of people drinking the melted run-off from glaciers. If you're thinking this sounds like a great idea, I have news for you: It is not. The trend has been growing in popularity among people who have the means to travel to faraway places to drink melted ice, including rapper Ludacris, who sampled the meltwater from an Alaskan glacier recently and posted video evidence. I can't deny that the glacier water looks mighty refreshing, but apparently, there are lots of things in water that you can't see. Scientists (remember them?) have studied ice from glaciers and found it rife with microbes. It seems bacteria, phages (which are viruses that live inside bacteria), and other creatures pollute our ancient glaciers. There could be something else in there toosomething sinister that's been waiting for thousands of years for its chance to strike. "We know very little about viruses and microbes in these extreme environments," Lonnie Thompson, a glaciologist, told Forbes. Until proven otherwise, I'm going to assume that Ludacris has been taken over by the creature from John Carpenter's The Thing, and our current Ludacris is a murderous alien simulacra. Also, I've changed my mind: Drink as much glacier water as you want. Whatever happens to you can't be worse than just existing in 2025.

Photoshop is officially becoming a team project. Adobe has announced the creation of live co-editing on Photoshop, allowing multiple individuals to simultaneously work on the same file from different computers. If you're sick of waiting around for a document back then this is probably great news, but, if you're keen to only share the final product, then you might not want to alert your boss.Adobe suggests a slew of uses for live co-editing in Photoshop, such as collaborating with other designers, allowing clients to directly edit and comment on a document or having students follow along to a teacher's lesson. To be fair, my design skills might be better if I had that option during my college Photoshop class.The feature isn't completely finalized, with live co-editing only available in beta testing right now though the company does offer a similar feature in Adobe Express. You can sign up to be part of the beta testing group here if you want to test it out for yourself. You can also look at competitors like Canva, which already offers real-time collaboration.This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/adobe-tests-live-co-editing-on-photoshop-155202670.html?src=rss

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Leading the noms are Dune: Part Two, The Wild Robot, Shgun and The Penguin.The Visual Effects Society has announced the nominees for the 23rd Annual VES Awards. The Awards will be presented on February 11, 2025 at The Beverly Hilton hotel.Special honorees at the 23rd Annual VES Award include: Actor-producer Hiroyuki Sanada, receiving the VES Award for Creative Excellence; Director and VFX supervisor Takashi Yamazaki receiving the VES Visionary Award; and VR/immersive tech pioneer Dr. Jacquelyn Ford Morie receiving the VES Georges Mlis Award.The VES Online View and Vote System will be available at 12:00 AM PST on January 20, 2025 and will close at 11:59 PM PST on February 2, 2025.Here are the nominees:OUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATUREBetter ManLuke MillarAndy TaylorDavid ClaytonKeith HerftPeter StubbsDune: Part TwoPaul LambertBrice ParkerStephen JamesRhys SalcombeGerd NefzerKingdom of the Planet of the Apes Erik WinquistJulia NeighlyPaul StoryDanielle ImmermanRodney BurkeMufasa: The Lion KingAdam ValdezBarry St. JohnAudrey FerraraDaniel FotheringhamTwistersBen SnowMark SoperFlorian WitzelSusan GreenhowScott FisherOUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATUREBlitzAndrew WhitehurstSona PakTheo DemirisVincent PoitrasHayley WilliamsCivil War David SimpsonMichelle RoseFreddy SalazarChris ZehJ.D. SchwalmHorizon: An American Saga Chapter 1Jason NeeseArmen FetulagianJamie NeeseJ.P. JaramilloNosferatuAngela BarsonLisa RenneyDavid ScottDave CookPavel SgnerYoung Woman and the SeaRichard BriscoeCarrie RishelJeremy RobertStphane DittooIvo JivkovOUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN AN ANIMATED FEATUREInside Out 2Kelsey MannMark NielsenSudeep RangaswamyBill WatralMoana 2Carlos CabralTucker GilmoreIan GoodingGabriela HernandezThe Wild RobotChris SandersJeff HermannJeff BudsbergJacob Hjort JensenTransformers One Frazer ChurchillFiona ChiltonJosh CooleyStephen KingUltraman: Rising Hayden JonesSean M. MurphyShannon TindleMathieu VigOUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODE Fallout; The HeadJay WorthAndrea KnollGrant EverettJoao SitaDevin MaggioHouse of the Dragon; Season 2; The Red Dragon and the GoldDai EinarssonTom HortonSven MartinWayne StablesMike DawsonShgun; AnjinMichael CliettMelody MeadPhilip EngstrmEd BruceCameron WaldbauerStar Wars: Skeleton Crew; Episode 5John KnollPablo MollesJhon AlvaradoJeff CapogrecoThe Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power; Season 2; EldestJason SmithTim KeeneAnn PodloznyAra KhanikianRyan ConderOUTSTANDING SUPPORTING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A PHOTOREAL EPISODEExpats: HomeRobert BockGlorivette SomozaCharles LabbTim EmeisLady in the Lake; It Has to Do With the Search for the MarvelousJay WorthEddie BoninJoe WehmeyerEric Levin-HatzMike MyersMasters of the Air; Part Three; The Regensburg-Schweinfurt MissionStephen RosenbaumBruce FranklinXavier Matia BernasconiDavid AndrewsNeil CorbouldThe Penguin; BlissJohnny HanMichelle RoseGoran PavlesEd BruceDevin MaggioThe Tattooist of Auschwitz; PilotSimon GilesAlan ChurchDavid SchneiderJames HattsmithOUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A REAL-TIME PROJECT[REDACTED]Fabio SilvaMatthew ShermanCaleb EssexBob KopinskyDestiny 2: The Final ShapeDave SamuelBen FabricEric GreenliefGlenn GambleStar Wars OutlawsStephen HawesLionel Le DainBenedikt PodlesniggBogdan DraghiciWhat If? An Immersive StoryPatrick N.P. ConranShereif FattouhZain HomerJax LeeUntil DawnNicholas ChambersJack Hidde GlavimansAlex GaborOUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A COMMERCIALYouTube TV NFL Sunday Ticket: The Magic of SundayChris BayolJeremy BrooksLane JollyJacob BergmanDisney; Holidays 2024Adam DroyHelen TangChristian Baker-SteeleDavid FleetVirgin Media; Walrus WhizzerSebastian CaldwellIan BerryBen CroninAlex GreyCoca-Cola; The HeroesGreg McKneallyAntonia VlastoRyan KnowlesFabrice FiteniSix Kings Slam; Call of the KingsRyan KnowlesJoe BillingtonDean RobinsonGeorge SavvasOUTSTANDING VISUAL EFFECTS IN A SPECIAL VENUE PROJECTD23; Real-Time RocketEvan GoldbergAlyssa FinleyJason BrenemanAlice TaylorThe Goldau Landslide ExperienceRoman KaelinGianluca RavioliFlorian BaumannMTV Video Music Awards; Slim Shady LiveJo PlaeteSara MustafaCameron JacksonAndries CourteauxTokyo DisneySea; Peter Pans Never Land AdventureMichael Sean FoleyKirk BodyfeltDarin HollingsBert KleinMaya VyasParis Olympics Opening Ceremony; RunBenjamin Le SterGilles De LusigmanGerome ViavantRomain TinturierOUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN A PHOTOREAL FEATUREBetter Man; Robbie WilliamsMilton RamirezAndrea MerloSeoungseok Charlie KimEteuati TemaKingdom of the Planet of the Apes; NoaRachael DunkAndrei CovalJohn SoreNiels Peter KaagaardKingdom of the Planet of the Apes; RakaSeoungseok Charlie KimGiorgio LafrattaTim TeramotoAidan MartinMufasa: The Lion King; TakaKlaus SkovboValentina RosselliEli De KoninckAmelie TalarmainOUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN AN ANIMATED FEATUREInside Out 2; AnxietyAlexander AlvaradoBrianne FranciscoAmanda WagnerBrenda Lin ZhangThe Wild Robot; RozFabio LigniniYukinori InagakiOwen DemersHyun HuhThelma The Unicorn; Vic DiamondGuillaume ArantesAdrien MonteroAnne-Claire LerouxGaspard RocheWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl; GromitJo FentonAlison EvansAndy SymanowskiEmanuel NevadoOUTSTANDING CHARACTER IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC, OR REAL-TIME PROJECTSecret Level; Armored Core: Asset Management; Mech PilotZsolt VidaPter Krucsaignes VonaEnric Nebleza PaellaDiablo IV: Vessel of Hatred; NeyrelleChris BostjanickJames MaYeon-Ho LeeAtsushi IkarashiDisney; Holidays 2024; OctopusAlex DoylePhilippe MoineLewis PickstonAndrea LacedelliRonja the Robbers Daughter; Vildvittran the Queen HarpyNicklas AnderssonDavid AllanGustav hrenNiklas WallnOUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN A PHOTOREAL FEATURECivil War; Washington, D.C.Matthew ChandlerJames HarmerRobert MooreAdrien ZeppieriDune: Part Two; The Arrakeen BasinDaniel RheinDaniel Anton FernandezMarc James AustinChristopher AnciaumeGladiator II; RomeOliver KaneStefano FarciJohn SeruFrederick ValleeWicked; The Emerald CityAlan LamSteve BevinsDeepali NegiMiguel Sanchez Lpez-RuzOUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN AN ANIMATED FEATUREKung Fu Panda 4; Juniper CityBenjamin LippertRyan PrestridgeSarah VawterPeter MaynezThe Wild Robot; The ForestJohn WakeHe Jung ParkWoojin ChoiShane GladingTransformers One; Iacon CityAlex PopescuGeoffrey LebretonRyan KirbyHussein NabeelWallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl; AqueductMatt PerryDave Alex RiddettMatt SandersHoward JonesOUTSTANDING ENVIRONMENT IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC, OR REAL-TIME PROJECTDune: Prophecy; Pilot; The Imperial PalaceScott CoatesSam BesseauVincent lHeureuxLourenco AbreuDune: Prophecy; Two Wolves; Zimia SpaceportNils WeisbrodDavid AnastacioRene BorstRuben ValenteShgun; OsakaManuel MartinezPhil HanniganKeith MaloneFrancesco CorvinoThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Season 2; Doomed to Die; EregionYordan PetrovBertrand CabrolLea DesrozierKaran DhandhaOUTSTANDING CG CINEMATOGRAPHYBetter ManBlair BurkeShweta BhatnagarTim WalkerCraig YoungDune: Part Two; ArrakisGreig FraserXin Steve GuoSandra MurtaBen WiggsHouse of the Dragon; Season 2; The Red Dragon and the Gold; Battle at Rooks RestMatt PerrinJames ThompsonJacob DoehnerP.J. DillonKingdom of the Planet of the Apes ; Egg ClimbDennis YooAngelo PerrottaSamantha ErickstadMiae KangOUTSTANDING MODEL IN A PHOTOREAL OR ANIMATED PROJECTAlien: Romulus; Renaissance Space StationWaldemar BartkowiakTrevor WideMatt MiddletonBen ShearmanDeadpool & Wolverine; Ant-Man ArenaCarlos Flores GomezCorinne DyChris ByrnesGerald BlaiseDune: Part Two; The Harkonnen HarvesterAndrew HodgsonTimothy RussellErik LehmannLouie ChoGladiator II; The ColosseumOliver KaneMarnie PittsCharlotte FargierLaurie PriestOUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN A PHOTOREAL FEATUREDune: Part Two; Atomic Explosions and WormridingNicholas PapworthSandy la TourelleLisa NolanChristopher PhillipsKingdom of the Planet of the Apes; Burning Village, Rapids and FloodsAlex NowotnyClaude SchitterFrdric ValleurKevin KelmTwistersMatthew HangerJoakim ArnessonLaurent KermelZheng Yong OhVenom: The Last Dance; Water, Fire & Symbiote EffectsXavi Martin RamirezOscar DahlenHedi NamarYuri YangOUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN ANIMATED FEATUREKung Fu Panda 4Jinguang HuangZhao WangHamid ShahsavariJoshua LaBrotMoana 2Zoran StojanoskiJesse EricksonShamintha Kalamba ArachchiErin V. RamosThe Wild RobotDerek CheungMichael LosureDavid ChowNyoung KimUltraman: RisingGoncalo CabacaZheng Yong OhNicholas Yoon Joo KuangPraveen BoppanaOUTSTANDING EFFECTS SIMULATIONS IN AN EPISODE, COMMERCIAL, GAME CINEMATIC, OR REAL-TIME PROJECTAvatar: The Last Airbender; Legends; KoizillaIoan BoieriuDavid StopfordPer BalaySaysana RintharamyShgun; Broken to the Fist; LandslideDominic TiedekenHeinrich LweCharles GuertonTimmy LundinStar Wars: Skeleton Crew; Pilot; Spaceship Hillside TakeoffTravis HarkleroadXiaolong PengMarcella BrownMickael RiciottiThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power; Season 2; Shadow and Flame; Balrog Fire and Collapsing CliffKoenraad HofmeesterMiguel Perez SenentMiguel Santana Da SilvaBilly CopleyThree Body Problem; Judgement DayYves DIncauGavin TemplerMartin ChabannesEloi Andaluz FullOUTSTANDING COMPOSITING & LIGHTING IN A FEATUREBetter ManMark McNichollGordon Spencer de HasethEva SnyderMarkus ReithofferDune: Part Two; Wormriding, Geidi Prime, and the Final BattleChristopher RickardFrancesco DellAnnaPaul ChapmanRyan WingKingdom of the Planet of the ApesJoerg BruemmerZachary BrakeTim WalkerKaustubh A. 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Canadas ambassador to Washington said Monday that Canada is prepared to buy more from the United States, including its next fleet of submarines, to appease President-elect Donald Trumps concerns about the U.S.-Canada trade deficit.Ambassador Kirsten Hillman also warned Americans in an interview with the Associated Press that prices will go up for Americans almost immediately if Trump follows through with his plan to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian products.The ambassador also dismissed Trumps talk of Canada becoming the 51st U.S. state, saying thats how Trump negotiates.He has a negotiating style which involves positioning himself in the best way he can for discussions. I think that is what this is, Hillman told the AP.Trump continues to erroneously cast the U.S. trade deficit with Canadaa natural resource-rich nation that provides the U.S. with commodities like oilas a subsidy.Hillman noted Canada buys more from the United States than any other country but is prepared to buy more.We are happy to source what we can from the United States. And we have some big military procurements coming up for example, replacing our entire submarine fleet, she said. Maybe those are some purchases that can happen from the U.S.Hillman said 70% of Canadas military procurement is American sourced. That includes a plan to purchase 88 F-35 fighter jets.Albertas Premier Danielle Smith said earlier Monday she favors appeasing Trump by trying to narrow the trade gap, saying the solution is that Canada finds ways to buy more American goods. Smith visited Mar-a-Lago, Trumps home in Florida, over the weekend and spoke to Trump.Hillman has said the U.S. had a $75 billion trade deficit with Canada last year but noted a third of what Canada sells into the U.S. is energy exports.Hillman said trade with Canada supports over eight million jobs in the United States and Canada is the number one customer to 36 U.S. states. She said Canada provides a lot of primary materials that go into U.S. manufacturing.Adding 25% tariffs to those products will raise the price for Americans almost immediately, Hillman said. And at a time when the cost of living is challenging, when food prices are high, it seems like the wrong direction to go in.Hillman also reiterated that Canada will retaliate if tariffs are placed on Canadian goods and that will mean a cost for Americans.Canada will respond, she said. Therefore your number one customer will make American products more expensive and Canadians will probably look for alternatives to those products.Hillman said Canada is not interested in a trade war but said it will be hard for the Canadian government to not respond if the U.S. government makes choices that hurt Canadians.She said it doesnt make sense for Trump to reverse what he accomplished in his first term when he renegotiated the free trade deal with Canada and Mexico.We are 99% tariff free with the United States, 99% tariff free. And that tariff level is as a result of the USMCA, Hillman said, referring to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. That was negotiated by President Trump. He achieved that success so why would we backtrack from this success that he achieved in his last administration. It just doesnt make a lot sense.Hillman gave Trump credit for accelerating Canadas plans to increase security at the border. Trump initially threatened to impose 25% tariffs on all Canadian goods if the government does not stem what Trump calls a flow of migrants and drugs in the U.S.even though far fewer of each crosses into the U.S. from Canada than from Mexico, which Trump has also threatened.Canada now has a billion plus border security plan.We have moved really quickly, Ill be honest, because President Trump focused the mind to put together a full package of improvements, Hillman said.Hillman said also said the U.S. and Canada are in a generational struggle with China, a powerful adversary. Trump has been clear about the economic and security threat that Beijing poses, she said. The ambassador said Canada has the energy America needs to drive the artificial intelligence revolution.That is really not possible, based on our experts and American experts, without greater cooperation with Canada through oil and gas, through nuclear, through hydro electricity, Hillman said.If we are working at odds then frankly China wins. China is trying to drive us apart. That is clear. They look for every opportunity to do so. Thats not good for us, our citizens and Americans.Rob Gillies, Associated Press

Promotion: the enduring popularity of Humanscale's iconic Freedom Chair is attributed to its radical design approach around ergonomics and comfort, according to its CEO Bob King.The global ergonomics brand is reflecting on the 25th anniversary of a chair which, said King, was "designed to improve the human condition", and became a milestone in workplace design.Speaking to Dezeen, King said he and Freedom Chair's designer Niels Diffrient approached the chair less like furniture and more "as an ergonomic tool" ahead of the Freedom Chair's launch in 1999.Humanscale is celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Freedom ChairTo mark the anniversary, Humanscale is launching a special collection of the chair called Freedom 25, comprising 250 models of the office chair."He approached it by trying to solve a health problem rather than a mechanical problem," said HumanscaleCEO Bob King in attributing what lay behind Diffrient's "breakthrough" design.The late American industrial designer Diffrient, dubbed the "father of ergonomics", designed the Freedom Chair for Humanscale in a bid to challenge traditional office chairs particularly those that required adjustments tediously made with knobs and levers, reducing natural movement.It was designed in 1999 by "father of ergonomics" Niels DiffrientKing said Diffrient had been working on the challenge for 20 years. "He figured that to solve that problem, you had to allow people to move. So you had to get rid of these obstacles to movement," King added.King developed a friendship with Diffrient after collaborating with him for the Freedom chair. "He had seen people sitting still and hunched over their desks, just like I had. And we often talked about how posture is really unhealthy for spine health."It is intended for home or office environments, "wherever work happens", says HumanscaleHumanscale was set up by King in 1983 at the time computers entered the office at scale. "It was mayhem. People had neck, back and wrist issues. I figured it made sense to start a company that made tools allowing you to adjust your work to your body, rather than adjust your body to your work."King said he approached Diffrient in 1997 to design a chair that's easy to use. Shortly afterwards, King recalled, Diffrient showed him a prototype of a chair he had been working on for seven years without a client.Freedom Chair is celebrated for its self-adjusting designOne of the chair's main points of difference compared to office chairs of that era was it used the person's weight rather than springs. It also had a responsive headrest and synchronous arm rests.The weight-sensitive recline mechanism for the Freedom Chair automatically adjusts to each user, negating the need for manual adjustments.Humanscale has launched a special Freedom 25 to mark the anniversaryThe Freedom Chair's comfort is further enhanced with armrests that move synchronously, and with a dynamic headrest.While marking a shift in ergonomic seating design, it also became synonymous with dignitaries leading Humanscale to name it "the chair of power".The chair is known to have been enjoyed by employees at NASA as well as by leaders including former US president Barack Obama and Apple CEO Tim Cook.The limited edition special features aluminium detailingKing said the chair also reflected design for the sake of function as opposed to "making something pretty"."Restyling something is quick, inexpensive and predictable, but doing real innovation and coming up with something that that that works better is really slow, really expensive and really unpredictable," he said.The armrests move synchronously, for "effortless adjustment""People recognise this as a chair that is designed to improve the human condition," King said."They may not understand that all of this design came from function but on a subconscious level, I think people understand that this design is honest."To mark the anniversary, Humanscale is launching a special collection of the chair called Freedom 25th Anniversary Signature Edition, comprising 250 models of the office chair with updated upholstery and added aluminium detailing, on its backrest, headrest and handles.Freedom 25th Anniversary Signature Edition features Diffrient's signature alongside an edition numberIt also features Diffrient's signature alongside an edition number and an authenticity certificate will be available with each chair.The Freedom chair will also be made available as part of Humanscales growing Ocean collection, in which furniture is made with ocean plastic such as reclaimed fishing nets.To learn more about Freedom 25, visit www.freedom-25.humanscale.com and for more information on office furniture brand Humanscale visit www.humanscale.com.Partnership contentThis article was written by Dezeen for Humanscale as part of a partnership.Find out more about Dezeen partnership contenthere.The post Humanscale reflects on how its Freedom Chair transformed ergonomic design appeared first on Dezeen.

Construction Specialties, Inc. designs and manufactures specialty architectural products, particularly healthcare facilities. They make this unusual door, which has a second door within it:So what's the application?"Our barrier-resistant doors offer a unique solution for behavioral health facilities. [They] feature a small compact door within the main door providing staff easy access to a room if a barricade is used by a patient."Additionally, the door stiles are replaceable, should the patient damage them.