Kiva South Africa

Did you ever ask yourself how you could make a positive difference in the lives of those who work hard yet just cannot make it for one reason or another – drought, sudden loss of family members or work animals, illness, floods… you name it – and who have little or no access to what is the norm in industrialized countries in terms of banking, loans and credit?

Well, I’ve found a solution I like, a solution that doesn’t distribute fish for a day but rather helps people to fish or to continue fishing – brief: I have signed up with KIVA!  Click on the picture here for more information!

While noone is obliged to take this step, I decided to become a “KIVA Lender”. It means that I made my first small investment of only $25 in a loan that will definitely change lives! What I like is that the funds go directly from my PayPal to KIVA and from there 100% to the microfinance client, in my case three business women in Benin – as I found nothing on KIVA South Africa – but I love to help empower Africa’s strong and compassionate women, never mind where they are!

Kiva South Africa

After some research on Google, I found that KIVA South Africa is already pretty active – which doesn’t come as a surprise to me as micro-loans have been popular here since quite a while.

I don’t want to explain here what is beautifully presented on the website itself; therefore I invite you to check KIVA out by clicking right HERE! You will find it highly professional, serious and inspiring! What a great initiative – and so easy to support!

Why not stand together and make a difference? Yes! We CAN!

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Logo Design Study for Zo Nicholas

Here below some images from a first logo design session with Zo Nicholas; the purpose is to create a logo which can be applied online as well as on printed matters. The following images represent the first 20 output shots. More to come.

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Branding your Printed Matters

Using Microsoft Office, it is a relatively easy task to brand your printed matters. The most recent Ycademy Seminar dealt with the various features provided by Office 2010 and this weeks calls will apply the branding concepts further.

Business Card Design

Starting from a template in Microsoft Publisher 2010, we can adapt the templates to the style and design of our websites.

Here some examples from last night’s workshop:

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Polo Sneakers at Global

Polo shirts by Ralph Lauren will forever be in style for those looking to dress with a more causal vibe compared to the streetwear style today. If your one of the many who rocks Polos on the regular check out the new Latton by Polo Ralph Lauren. The Latton models we feature here have an all canvas upper and a skid resistant rubber sole. The Polo logo is stitched onto the side of the upper while on the back of the heel theres a rubber Polo stamp. These Kicks are the perfect shoes to go along with the whole causal vibe when your just trying to kick back and relax this coming Spring/Summer. Polo did the Canvas Latton up in a few colorways as well, which use single color uppers accented by a secondary color on the Polo logo, making sure theres a color scheme or two to match up with your Polos.

Visit your Global in London to check on availability or scoop up a pair up at Westside Ealing where they retail for £70.00 a piece. More colourways in store.

Spizike Boots more stock in at Global

Jordan Brand winterized the Spizike for their Holiday Collection to create the Spizike Boot. The Boot features a layered upper of leathers, suedes, and ballistic mesh. The plastic “Wings” from the Air Jordan IV (4) have stuck around from the casual version. Cushioning is provided via an Air Sole unit in the heel and a rubberized outsole offers long-lasting durability. Three unique styles will be introduced from this Winter: grey/cherrywood-red-even, black/anthracite-flint, and dark cinder/black. Customers seem to be asking for them regularly hurry whilst stock lasts.

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On the Insert tab, the galleries include items that are designed to coordinate with the overall look of your document. You can use these galleries to insert tables, headers, footers, lists, cover pages, and other document building blocks. When you create pictures, charts, or diagrams, they also coordinate with your current document look.

You can easily change the formatting of selected text in the document text by choosing a look for the selected text from the Quick Styles gallery on the Home tab. You can also format text directly by using the other controls on the Home tab. Most controls offer a choice of using the look from the current theme or using a format that you specify directly.

To change the overall look of your document, choose new Theme elements on the Page Layout tab. To change the looks available in the Quick Style gallery, use the Change Current Quick Style Set command. Both the Themes gallery and the Quick Styles gallery provide reset commands so that you can always restore the look of your document to the original contained in your current template.

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Polaroid Effect with Photoshop

Referring to last night’s training, here some additional tips and instruction to create the Polaroid effect:

Polaroid Effect with Photoshop

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T600 high format
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Time Zero wide format
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Finisher INDOOR

Use WIDE for photos in wide format e.g. 3000px width x 2000px height
Use PANEL for photos in panel format e.g. 2000px wide x 3000px height
(you can use images of ANY size and up to 599 dpi)

Choose the desired action with the right alignment and press PLAY in the action tab

After rendering you can optionally change/adjust all parameters in the Layer tab e.g. decreasing the opacity of the grain layer etc.

When you’re done choose the FINISHER action and press play. It will flatten the image, add a layer with streaks like they occur on real Polaroid prints and furthermore a bevel and a fill layer with the background color.

Sample Scrapbook or Grunge Design application from last night’s deYcademy Web Design Workshop

The above was just a quick sample. Leave a link to show your creations.

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Vans Authentic new Colours

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Feel free to brighten up our cold winter days with one of these vibrant pairs of Vans. The brand drops off 3 new Neon colors of its hipster friendly Authentic in what is sure to cheer up even the most dreary weather. Blue, yellow or orange done in the standard canvas for probably an easy to stomach price point. Can’t be mad at that can ya!

Check out in store for all range of colours Come on you know we got it poppin at Global !

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Tru Religion Jeans Spring 2010

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True Religion has had quite a busy year. The company has expanded and opened more freestanding stores. This spring will also launch a new style campaign for the brand.

They have enlisted Sports Illustrated Model, Tori Praver and men’s model Gabriel Aubry to be the face of the new campaign. Jeff Lubell, the company’s director, feels that the new campaign will help shift the brand’s image from hippy to upscale. “It is a lot more glam, more glitz, but not moving away too far from our roots,” said Lubell. “They both had that hippie, bohemian-chic look that I look for in choosing high-fashion models,” he said. “At the same time, they also gave me the glamorous side of the business.”

The new ads will also be featuring more of the non-denim aspects of the brand, such as vests, shoes and shirts, which were modeled by Gisele Bündchen in last year’s campaign but will highlight their accessibility to the consumer.

Global customers can look forward to the latest release before anyone else in the UK as you know we allways get our hands on the latest shizzel !

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Air Jordan Spizike Black Cement Red

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Jordan Brand will be releasing a new Air Jordan IV Black and Cement inspired colorway of the Air Jordan Spizike, this is the second pair

of the “Fresh Since ‘85″ Spiz’ike collection, the first pair came in White and Fire Red  This Black and Cement pair comes with a hint of

Varsity Red and Military Blue and like the White pair it features a repeated graphic print on the inside lining of the shoe. The Air Jordan

Spiz’ike in Black, Cement, and Varsity Red is available starting today, February 20th, at Global London.

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