На интерфейсном курсе: срисовываем виджет погоды

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Показываю, как добиться, чтобы виджет выглядел нормально, срисовывая системный виджет погоды.  10 минут с Фотошопом в руках:

ЧатГПТ от моего лица: «В этом фрагменте я показываю, как полезно буквально „срисовывать“ готовый интерфейс — не для копирования, а как упражнение. Я беру виджет Эпла, накладываю на него свою версию и начинаю дотягивать по отступам, размерам, плотности текста, цвету, логике выравнивания. Иногда в процессе выясняется, что что-то у меня „не так“, хотя я даже не сразу понимаю, почему — просто на фоне оригинала моя версия выглядит неритмичной, рыхлой или слишком жирной. И вот через эту кропотливую механику выравнивания и подгонки приходит понимание: как устроена композиция, какие отступы считаются нормой, где оси выравнивания, как работает цвет и что именно делает оригинал „живым“».

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Scusa Restaurant / Spacegram

© Francisco Nogueira architects: SpacegramLocation: Lisboa, PortugalProject Year: 2024Phtoographs: Francisco NogueiraArea: 250.0 m2

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Rocky garden hugs Banánka house by Paulíny Hovorka Architects in Slovakia

Exposed concrete and stone gabion walls reference the surrounding rock garden at this home in Slovakia, designed by local studio Paulíny Hovorka Architects.

Named Banánka after the word for a female resident of the nearby village of Banka, the home sits on a craggy site at the end of a small valley surrounded by forest, through which a small stream flows.

Paulíny Hovorka Architects organised the home with a Y-shaped plan, which negotiates the site's natural terrain and existing trees and maximises its relationship with the surrounding garden.

One of...

Is this the twilight of the smartphone?

When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPhone in 2007 it marked the beginning of the smartphone era. Now there's speculation that frustration with our devices and a new AI project from legendary Apple designer Jony Ive could bring it to an end.

It's hard to picture life without the smartphone. For most of us, it is not just a communication device, but our only photo album, our password vault, our banking portal, our portable media player and much more.

Its primacy in our lives is unprecedented by any other physical object, and the device itself has changed little since Jobs walked on...

Louis Vuitton creates ship-shaped store formed of trunks in Shanghai

Luxury fashion brand Louis Vuitton has unveiled The Louis, a boat-shaped concept shop in Shanghai, with upper levels designed to resemble its classic trunks.

The new shop is located at the front plaza of HKRI Taikoo Hui, a shopping mall in central Shanghai.

The main body of the ship is wrapped in a metallic monogram, with a silvery anchor shaped like the LV logo dropped from the front of the ship to the ground.

The ship's upper levels were designed to look like Louis Vuitton's historical trunks, stacked in different sizes....

Senior Shelter / i29 architects

Courtesy of i29 Architects architects: i29 architectsLocation: Hoofddorp, The NetherlandsPhotographs: Courtesy of i29 Architects

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UK Green Building Council warns British buildings "not ready for extreme weather"

The UK Green Building Council has warned that many homes, schools, offices and care homes in the UK are not prepared for the effects of global warming, calling for millions of buildings to be adapted to mitigate the effects of rising temperatures.

In a report titled UK Climate Resilience Roadmap, which will be published publicly later today, the UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) claims that climate resilience should be declared a national emergency.

The report aims to set out a plan to make buildings more resilient in a future with increased heatwaves, flooding and storms, stating that failing to adapt the built environment...

"We're talking about 50-million-year-old species on the brink that just needs a brick with a hole in it"

Architects should get behind the campaign to support endangered birds by installing swift bricks in all new UK homes, writes Hannah Bourne-Taylor.

Swifts are small black birds with a sickle-shaped silhouette, the weight of a KitKat. They fly almost 70 miles per hour in level flight, inspiring fighter-jet design.

They spend more time airborne than any other bird on earth, with adults spending nine months of the year on the wing flying to the rainforests in the Congo basin, and young swifts spending three years in maiden flight. Doesn't that just blow your mind?

Our contemporary building habits are proving a disaster for...

Architects Climate Action Network "condemns the ongoing genocide in Gaza"

Activist group Architects Climate Action Network has released a statement demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, claiming Israel's war in the region amounts to genocide.

The statement, which was published earlier this month, called for architects and built environment professionals to demand a ceasefire in Gaza, support Palestinian efforts to rebuild the region and "reject the instrumentalisation of design for political violence and settler-colonial agendas".

"The Architects Climate Action Network International unequivocally condemns the ongoing genocide in Gaza by the Israeli government," said the group.

"We are horrified by the relentless systematic targeting of civilians, the widespread destruction of homes and infrastructure, and the...

Noren acoustic curtain system by Impact Acoustic

Dezeen Showroom: Swiss acoustic solution brand Impact Acoustic has unveiled a ready-to-install curtain system designed to help quieten busy workplaces.

The Noren acoustic curtain system has two outer layers, a strip at either end of the curtain to hold when pulling them apart or together, and a hidden inner layer that absorbs sound.

This inner layer is made up of three parts: two absorber layers made of 96 per cent post-consumer felt, and one polymer compound acoustic blocker. The resulting structure means that the curtains have both insulatory and sound-quelling properties.

The outer elements of the curtains are...