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I am currently working on Zen Cart projects and thought of leaving some views after working on several osCommerce designs before. This review is solely based on the view point of a designer regarding the template systems on both e-commerce softwares. So which is better, Zen cart or osCommerce?

Talking about the dreaded “Table” coding, Zen cart has moved away from this since version 1.3.5(well – nearly table-less layout). osCommerce is table-based and codes are pretty messy(to me) where I had to mix around with table and css based div.

Another feature that I like is the template overrides system in Zen cart: you can customize your cart by creating your own custom template folder instead of writing to the default templates and thus any future upgrades will not overwrite the customized theme design. See snapshot below.

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Article Tags: E-commerce, osCommerce, Zen cart

I am so excited when I stumble upon these creative inspiration videos featuring Tokidoki designer Simone Legno. There are 3 free videos on site and I especially like the one where “Lynda sits down with Simone”, talking about his background, how he started sketching and the branding of Tokidoki, advices for people who want to get into design industry and more. The next video will bring you into Simone’s Sketchbook where he sketches one of his famous character "Sandy". I am really tempted to signup at Lynda.com in order to view the rest of the online exclusive videos as they are only available for the paying subscribers.

Article Tags: artist, inspiration, Simone Legno, tokidoki, Video

Attention to all fans of cute characters design: here is another wonderful and unique illustration site from Meomi which featured the works done by Vicki Wong (Vancouver) and Michael Murphy (LA).

There are free download of the cool desktop wallpapers and icons. Also there is an online store that sell their art prints, mini posters, cute buttons, vinyl toys and many more..

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Article Tags: Art, Design, inspiration

As I am browsing the net today, I stumble upon this inspiring digital artist from Austria, Teodoru Badiu. He uses the assemblage technique in which he collects a group of objects using his camera and assembles them to create fantastic sculpture arts in photoshop and 3D program.

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Article Tags: Art, Design, inspiration