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What I’ve Got: Fashion Photography

Dovima with elephants, evening dress by Dior, Cirque d’Hiver, August 1955 This iconic photograph by Richard Avedon uses shape, contrast, and humor to sell a lifestyle. The model, Dovima, is wearing th

What I’ve Got: Nail Art How-To’s

Though this image is no longer seasonal, it’s a great example of the appeal simple visual how-to’s for nail art. As someone who struggles just to give myself a manicure, painting nail art often seems

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What I’ve Got: Excited GIFs A GIF is worth a thousand words when it comes to communicating emotion on the Internet. With all the convenience of a photograph but the same range of expression as a short

What I’ve Got: Venmo

Venmo is an app that lets you pay your friends back electronically. Its convenience makes it extremely popular on college campuses. It definitely comes in handy when splitting a restaurant bill, gas m

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What I’ve Got: XKCD XKCD is a web comic written by Randall Monroe, a CNU graduate with a degree in physics. Every strip has a very simple and appealing design that is easy to look at. Its tagline is

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What I’ve Got: Animal Puzzle Boxes I spotted an elephant box similar to this at SoWa market over the summer. I normally don’t buy random and somewhat expensive craft items, but after going home and th

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What I’ve Got: Infographic poster The appeal of this poster is not only is it interesting to look at and informative, but it also involves the viewer who will attempt to use the information to categor

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What I’ve Got: Mural This mural is desirable because it’s more than your typical street graffiti. Tourists love it because they can get involved in the art. A photograph with this mural creates some k

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Home Base My app will help with the affordable housing application process. ES 22 App Draft, a set on Flickr. (I apologize for my lack of drawing skills). Approach: https://docs.google.com/document/d/

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What I’ve Got: 2048 This game is desirable because it is simply designed, easy to understand, and satisfying to play. People have gotten addicted to this game (and spinoff versions, such as Doge 2048:

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What I’ve Got: Bookshelf This bookshelf, while interesting to look at, would be horrible for organizing books because of its uneven shelving. This is an example of where beauty loses function.

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What I’ve Got: Zombies, Run! app This running app is a game – keep your headphones in while you run and it sends you on a mission in the zombie apocalypse. It tells you where to run to collect crucial

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What I’ve Got: Swiss Army Knife This is a knife, scissors, bottle opener, corkscrew, nail file, etc. all in one conveniently tiny package.

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What I’ve Got: GarageBand After struggling with Ableton Live, I’ve found that Apple’s GarageBand is a much more user-friendly program that probably takes care of any needs I’ll ever have in the way of

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What I’ve Got: iMessage for Mac I’m always surprised when I learn that people who own both iPhones and Apple Macs don’t have their messages synced up on both devices. I find it incredibly convenient t

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What I’ve Got: 3D printing pen from 3Doodler With a 3D pen that uses plastic as its “ink”, I could construct a model of virtually anything. Hopefully it doesn’t get too messy.