Archive for January 25th, 2006

Mix 2006

Published at January 25, 2006 in Design Events.

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New Microsoft event to be held in March for designers and developers. Mix is described as ‘A 72-hour conversation between developers, designers and business professionals to explore high-fidelity commerce, content, media, services and security’.

Sparkle

Published at January 25, 2006 in Design Software.

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Microsoft’s new graphic applications have just been made public in a series of community technology previews (CTPs).

The new Expression line is comprised of Expression Interactive Designer (formerly Sparkle) aimed at the GUI/User Interface crowd while Expression Graphic Designer (formerly Acrylic) is hoping for a share of the Illustration and Graphic Design market.

With the recent Macromedia and Adobe merger now well in place it looks like Microsofts latest entry into the graphics market is going to signal the mother of all marketing showdowns.