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Apomechanes is an international intensive computational design studio held each summer in athens, Greece. The studio is devoted to furthering techniques and concepts of algorithmic processes as means for design and fabrication.

Apomechanes brings together individuals from divers backgrounds and fields of study to discuss, exchange and collaborate on projects that investigate modes of algorithmic and machinic processes in architectural design.

Apomechanes is now accepting applications, further information is available at: www.apomechanes.com

I’ve been flirting with the idea of creating a basic Photoshop course for well over a year now, and since I had more time on my hands (as I’ve quit my job, if you don’t already know), the idea is becoming reality as “The Secret” states.

Who is it For

This course was prepared for you, casual cool, talented architects, or designers that want to learn Photoshop in an easy relaxed manner. I hope to be able to help you with that, as I would have wanted to receive help when I first started using the software.

Why Another Photoshop Course, Dude?

Yes, there are a lot of courses and guides out there on the subject, and you can go ahead and hunt them down if you like. I won’t stop you. I believe this one is suited for architects best, and it gets you through the basics in a simple (and coherent) manner.

Ever imagined a tool to edit existed SWF directly? Here comes the program named Sothink SWF Quicker. With this app, you can edit a ready-made SWF or author a SWF from scratch. I’ve just got a message from Sothink.com. They are offering our visitors 20 coupons for SWF Quicker, each coupon values $25. You can enjoy 29% discount instantly.

Here is a short product description from their official site:

Sothink SWF Quicker is the leading Flash Editor and Flash Maker. With this Flash Software, you can create stunning Flash effortlessly by editing SWF (Flash CS4 & AS 3.0 supported) directly or adopting rich built-in effects. You can also make Flash from scratch with the same vector editing capability as Adobe Flash but spend less. Diverse export formats (SWF, EXE, GIF, AVI, and Flash Lite) will enable you to apply the Flash everywhere you need.

If you’re into CGI, than you heard about e-on software. The products these guys created proudly stand behind big name movies like Avatar, G.I.Joe, Australia, Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasius, Prince of Persia – Sands of Time and a lot others. You can check their official website to learn more here: http://www.e-onsoftware.com/

What you might not know, is that these guys work on a new plugin for SketchUP, and SketchUP Pro for architects, a plug-in that will revolutionize how we visualize architectural projects in real-time 3D with photo-real illumination called LumenRT.

From the creators:

Thanks to LumenRT, architects no longer have to choose between high-quality images and real-time visualization: They can walk or fly through their designs and experience the true quality of light in fully interactive 3D!

LumenRT real-time environments can even be packaged into convenient, self-contained executables that can be run on any computer without requiring additional software.

This is a special occasion, and not only because it’s a holiday, but because now you have the chance to acquire the things you desire at the best prices available.

And because we like to find buy stuff now and then, and also help our fellows architects and designers out there, we’ve selected the best deals we could find on the items we would like to buy for our personal use.

So here it goes, a list sorted in descending order:

1. Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection Student & Teacher Edition

List Price: $2,599.00
Price: $824.99
You Save: $1,774.01 (68%)

Product Description

Tell your story using Adobe’s full range of creative tools with Adobe Creative Suite 5 Master Collection software.

Move projects easily among applications for print, web, and interactive design. Take them to video production and create stunning motion graphics and effects.