I’ve been having this discussion with my brother recently about usability in web design. I know…a bit of a geeky conversation, but since my brother and I have overlapped in some areas of our careers, it was just another thing that we talked about. It all started out when he sent me a pretty cool collection of CSS scrolling websites. This type...
Read MoreOsaka water display
I won’t say it. NO! I won’t say how jealous I am that there are amazing giant futuristic mysterious water jet displays out there in the world, and I never get to see it because I’m stuck on an island. I’m going to get the inevitable, “Well why don’t you just move then” remark. “Bitch, get me some cash to go...
Read More10th anniversary
Hard to believe it’s been 10 years since September 11th, 2001. I hadn’t blogged or kept any record of my experiences back then…but if I had, I clearly would have had difficulty expressing my thoughts on that day. All I remember was waking up early that day getting ready for work and then having my mom call and ask me to turn on the TV....
Read MoreDesign is everywhere
In the late 70’s my father had a crazy job over in the 1 year we spent in Australia. I think he spent MONTHs behind one of those giant desktop magnifying glasses, hand-engraving a seamless texture pattern that was eventually applied on the handles of a ski pole. Think about that…one tiny random pattern at a time was custom hand-engraved one...
Read MorePicture orders
Ordered Kingston’s photos last week? It came back looking pretty sweet. I might end up doing the full set of 12 of these and have them hung down one wall of my living room. Hmm…then again, I think having these picture tiles within reach of a 2 year old will mean I’ll get little cubes pulled off the walls and tossed at my head whenever he...
Read MoreAbout Me
LoweStudio Inc was founded by me, Raphael Lowe, a Honolulu based illustrator and web designer. I presently design and manage a few dozen commercial websites, but my main focus these days is acting as the head developer for Kapiolani Community College and teaching New Media Arts.