Reminder to all my clients and friends that I will be away on vacation from March 31st – April 15th. The funny thing about heading towards a vacation is that it always seems it suddenly gets really busy. Projects suddenly come flooding in. I love it — scheduling work around and after a vacation is a great way to feel like things will keep...
Read MoreGood old days
I’ve been doing web-design since I first discovered it back in 1995-1996. Put it into perspective…most sites were hand-coded, I think HTML editors were just starting to turn up (I remember one of my favorite editors at the time was one called HotDog made by a company called Sausage), Photoshop was maybe around version 2 or 3 (there was no such...
Read MoreBrochure Design
Some beautiful sources of inspiration in the form of “22 Beautiful Examples of Brochure Design” today. /sigh. I have one brochure project like this that is supposed to be very fancy. Die-cuts, metallic paper, non-standard folds… sitting in limbo right now waiting on the bosses to approve it. It’s been a year. I suspect...
Read MoreHow Web Design Goes Straight to Hell
Sadly this comic strip describes the hazards of being a designer so well I had to post it. Just recently I had a small project I was doing for a friend put to a halt for similar issues. That issue got resolved in a friendly manner but it honestly does make you fantasize about changing careers to “give sponge bathes to the elderly” (via The...
Read MoreDay in the life
There was a 2-alarm fire at a house not more than 70 yards away from here. I saw the tips of the flames peeking above a neighbor’s rooftop this morning and watched as tons of firetrucks and police vehicles came flooding in. Luckily they got it under control and I understand everyone got out. Tough day for that family today. Makes me want to reflect a...
Read MoreFlash vrs HTML5
One of the common complaints that had been going around with iPhone and iPads (that name still brings me a little chuckle) is the lack of Flash support. During the last big reveal of the iPad, Steve Jobs was quoted to have said that they had no plans to adopt Flash for their devices because he thought Flash was buggy and that it would get replaced with...
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.