Alex Buga

About me

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About me

Hi there,
My name is Alex Buga, I’m from Bucharest, Romania and I am a design-addict - in the good way. (Voices: “Helloooo Aleeeex !”)

I was the Creative Director at MB Dragan, an interactive agency based in Bucharest and I can tell you: It was the most fun place to work at.

Experience

I have an over 7 years background in webdesign in which I had the chance to gain experience and meet cool and smart people in great agencies like Kondiment, Firedive Interactive or Baritchi Advertising and MB Dragan.

If you want to work with me or just say hello, just do it

Have a great day,
Alex Buga

About this blog

So maybe you’re wondering what’s with all this stuff thrown in this page ? Well, the concept name of this version is “Alex Buga’s Livingroom”. And in my real livingroom you can find lots of things like my guitar – Squier American Stratocaster, my Native Instruments Maschine – depicted in the Music section, my Leica – because I’m a hobby photographer and I love to shoot film, an iPad for the Portfolio – although I don’t currently own one :D

I really love to inspire my designs from real life objects so that’s why it looks like a real room.
Some people don’t like the Autoscroll (there’s a button to disable it). Some people might not like animations (there’s a button for that too), some people might not like the roulette menu… etc.
But those people must understand this is a designer site, an experimental site. It’s not meant to be usable, viewable in Shiternet Explorer, etc, etc.

This site is meant as an experiment, and I love it. If you don’t – I don’t care. If you do, and want to make a suggestion, I’ll love your feedback.

Cheers!

Recent Articles Archive

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  • Using the iPad as a creative tool
    Although everyone seems to regard it as a bigger iPod touch, I don’t. As a matter of fact, since day 1 I saw the real potential of this device. Having…
  • Walking on Lipscani
    I really love the old city center of Bucharest. It’s full of life now. Enjoy !
  • The beginning of a new beginning
    Hi, long time no see. Well… I’ve been busy. And a little stressed. Oh, blame Twitter for that. Anyway… I decided to change some things in my life to lose…
  • Yo Dawg ! We’ve heard you like glossy
    Yo Dawg, we’ve heard you like glossy, so we’ve put a glossy LCD inside a glossy iMac so you can curse the reflections while you curse the reflections while trying…
  • Connect your guitar to your iPhone
    So now there are a lot of iPhone apps like Ampkit or iRig that simulate guitar amps. And you’re dying to connect your guitar to the iPhone and play some…
  • I heart autumn 2010
    Call me bohemian or romantic or whatever, but I love autumn! It’s the season that makes me feel like a kid again – no worries, no nothing. Yesterday I visited my grandparents,…
  • What I’ve been up to lately. Future thoughts
    Missed me ? ... Aw… C’mon, not even a little ? Well, I’ve missed you guys! I’ve been busy like a bee with office work, and some personal work. The…
  • Brit pop - late night jamming
      Brit Pop by alexbuga Did this while jamming on my Maschine to clear my mind and forget some stuff that’s been bothering me for a while… now going to…
  • iChoice – An iPhone fan thoughts on Android
    First of all, a little bit of history. I was and still am an iPhone fan. I had a 2g iPhone wich now resides in my fiancee’s purse, then upgraded…
  • iOS 4 metallic wallpapers
    The iDots Wallpaper set for iPhone OS 4. Now that you can actually put on a wallpaper on your iPhone without jailbreaking it, I’ve decided to relaunch the iDots series.…
  • iPhone 4 Wallpaper
    Random iPhone 4 wallpaper to ease the waiting Photoshop CS5 source is zipped for your pleasure.
  • Summer office
    Since it’s so bloody hot in the office and we have a great deck and view, I decided to move my shit outside. Good music, the best coffee I can…
  • Hit or Shit
    Roton in collaboration with MB Dragan proudly presents Hit or Shit, a cool contest for indie musicians. Design is signed by me, so feedback is welcome. Enjoy ! http://musicnonstop.ro/hitorshit/
  • Some updates
    I know it’s been a while since I’ve posted anything on this blog, but things have been really busy and I decided to post only things that worth posting. The…
  • Adobe Photoshop is turning 20
    Adobe Photoshop is celebrating its 20th anniversary. I don’t know if anyone has noticed this, with all the fuss about Apple not giving love to Adobe lately, but today, with…
  • iPhone theme
    You can view it here if you’re on a desktop browser, or if you visit my blog from an iPhone of iPod touch, you’ll be automagically redirected :D Thank you,…
  • iPad Analog Edition
    I present you the iPad Analog Edition. Now featuring Braille Display.
  • iCan haz Portfolio section
    After 2 versions of my website and almost a year, I finally managed to make a portfolio section. Yeah, yeah, I know… “Dude, why did you used an iPad?” Because…
  • O hai! Long time no see !
    Hi there folks! I’ve missed you so much! First of all I’d like to thank all those visitors that kept coming back to see what’s up with my new blog.…
  • Walk in the park
    My latest post on this version of the blog Hope you’ll enjoy the photos. And stay tuned for more. I’ll put a static page until my next design is ready.…
  • Meet the “Little Bunny Wabbit”
      Little Bunny Rabbit  by alexbuga Making of Latest track done with Maschine. Enjoy and don’t forget to leave feedback.
  • Bye bye current design hello new design
    Hi everyone, With sadness in heart I announce you that this blog will go into a “under construction” phase – again. I know it didn’t lived that long like the…
  • Logo design for NowMedia
    http://www.nowmedia.ro I didn’t got the chance to design the website though :( I would’ve loved to. PS: I promise to refresh that portfolio pretty soon.
  • First jam video with my Maschine
    This is my latest tune. Enjoy !
  • Cutout effect tutorial
    Hi guys, Sorry for the delay, but here it goes… since a lot of people have asked me how to create the “Cutout effect” I decided to make a small…
  • Happy Easter ! The easter bunny ain’t commin
    He’s got some important stuff to do
  • Dev:world
    I kind of kept this as a secret because I didn’t knew for sure if I will or will not be speaking at this event, but here it goes: I…
  • Pictures from Paris and Spain
  • Studio upgrade
    Yes. I finally bought it. The Maschine from Native Instruments. I must tell you, it’s one kick ass piece of hardware ! I actually played it about an hour while…
  • The new iPod shuffle
    ... or how is Apple making you buy crap First of all, I must say it looks cool. But don’t be fooled by their extraordinary marketing tactics. It’s small ?…
  • GE Smartgrid
    You got to check this out if you have a webcam. Trust me. It’s worth the waiting !
  • I made it into .NET Magazine
    Although I wanted to keep it a secret until I received the actual magazine, looks like someone was faster than me :D Last month I was interviewed by .NET magazine…
  • Native Instruments Maschine
    I’m not sure if you know it or not, but this is the latest coolest thing from Native Instruments and the most wanted in my wishlist (i hope to get…
  • The Office Project is live
    Remember this teaser ? Well I’m sure you do. We finally launched our “Office project”. Check it out. It’s something awesomely interactive that nobody has done before on the internet.…
  • CockMySuckRemake
    I was trying to find an appropriate desktop for my 2 monitors so I decided to remake this old wallpaper I’ve made last year. Enjoy it !
  • The Office Project
    Our team is cooking something special for you. But until we bake the cookies, here’s a special trailer for you. Romance… Desire… The trailer We’re so excited about this project…
  • Oren Lavie - Her morning elegance
    I found this great stop-motion video on my feed reader this morning. I love it! The song is great too ! Enjoy!
  • I’m on Smashing Magazine again
    It came as a surprise this morning, from my colleague Alin Alexa and it really made my day! It seems the wonderful guys at Smashing Magazine, have decided to feature…
  • My Portrait
    Yesterday my portrait was finished by my colleague, Andreea and I thought you should see it. I’m pretty amazed of how it turned out and I can’t get my eyes…
  • Merry Christmas everyone !
    MB Dragan wishes you a Merry Christmas in their own kinda way :D Unfortunately, non-romanian speakers will miss all the fun
  • Hobnox Audiotool
    I had the chance to play with Hobnox Audiotool these days, and I can tell you one thing: It’s a pretty darn good music machine packed in a website. I…
  • One pixel can make the difference
    These days I’ve been busy designing a project that involved some icon work. Since the style was a little minimal, I decided to go with some pixelated icons. While working,…
  • Time Tuner by Antrepo Design
    Man how I want one of these… Although its name states it, it’s not a radio tuner with a clock. It’s just an old fashion alarm clock with mp3 player…
  • The best iPhone related idea I’ve seen so far
    The best iPhone related idea I’ve seen so far. After that comes Ocarina :D “Used with an app store application, designed in mind, for the Blind and the Visually Impaired,…
  • St. Nick brought new clothes
    Hi there! First of all I would like to thank all the people reading and appreciating this blog for what it is: a playground to test my design and development…
  • The story behind the Hollywood logos
    You see these opening logos every time you go to the movies, but have you ever wondered who is the boy on the moon in the DreamWorks logo? Or which…
  • Helvetireader is launched
    Helvetireader is a userscript created by Jon Hicks that styles Google Reader to a wonderful minimal interface. It’s not going to suit how everyone uses Google Reader, so you can…
  • Design drafts for 2009
    Some drafts I’ve made for my new blog design. I posted them because I created a fourth draft that I actually implemented. Stay tuned because I will launch it pretty…
  • New photos
    Enjoy
  • Who is Max Kerning ?
    Improper letter spacing is a visual assault. Stand against bad type! Visit Max Kerning .com
  • New photos
    I shot these to test my new lens, and I’ve tried to capture some of the great autumn colors in Bucharest.
  • Nu.
    Stau cateodata si imi pun fel de fel de intrebari retorice, ale caror raspunsuri se pierd undeva in negura gandurilor mele: Oare noi romanii, ca natie ne vom schimba vreodata…
  • CREATIVE FRIDAY - lansare Adobe CS4 si concurs DESIGN JAM
    Desi e cam tarziu, si deja a aflat toata lumea, Adobe lanseaza suita CS4 in Romania, Vineri, 17 Octombrie 2008. Premii consistente puse la bataie pentru creativi, seminarii interesante, bunatati…
  • London on film
    These photos were my first 2 rolls taken with the Zorki 1
  • London - Ad:Tech 2008
    These are some photos that I took in London during Ad:Tech. Enjoy !
  • Bucharest’s 549th anniversary
    These are some nightshots I’ve taken on Bucharest’s 549th anniversary. I hope you’ll enjoy them. Click the photo, or here to view the whole set
  • Macrabbit is preparing a strong espresso
    I don’t know about all of you webdesigners/developers out there, but I’m pretty enthusiastic about this new software, Espresso. First of all it’s made by Mac Rabbit, my favorite Mac…
  • Leica M8.2 is out
    Either if you’re an amateur photographer like me, or a professional shooter, you must know about the new baby from Leica - The Leica M8.2. The M8.2 is a compact…
  • Tudor Chirila’s blog
    We were supposed to design Vama’s website, but due to some issues we never got the chance to do this, hence the blog died too. too bad, because I liked…
  • Hello world
    First of all I’m sorry for not updating my blog as often as I used to, but I was on vacation for 2 weeks and I preferred to stay away…
  • Photos from Brasov, Romania
    These were taken in Brasov and Poiana Brasov this weekend. I really love some of them. PS: My “cheap sunglasses” UV filter does it’s job perfectly !
  • Fed 5 - Soviet camera
    These are some of the first shots grabbed with my Fed 5 analog camera. I really like how they turned out, especially the oranges.
  • iPhone 2.0 auto correction Enable/Disable
    So if you’re like me and write a lot of emails in a non-english language, as Romanian, you are probably pissed of by iPhone’s auto correction. First of all you…
  • Monday morning wallpaper
    I took the Incase wallpaper from www.incase.com and modded a little bit to suit my desktop :D Enjoy. Credits go to the Incase team
  • Yiying Lu - The fail whale artist
    I’m sure you all recognize and love this illustration. But does anyone know the artist that created it ? Well, I found out who’s behind the Twitter’s fail whale. His…
  • How color blind people see colors
    I found this great article on Colour Lovers about color blind people. It’s very interesting how they see the world. I was very interested about the subject a while ago…
  • What I have been up to lately
    First of all, I’m sorry I haven’t updated anything on my blog, but I’ve been very busy with a lot of stuff. So what have I done lately? We launched…
  • Photoshop CS4 news: GPU Acceleration
    TGDaily reports that the next version of Adobe’s Photoshop application will take advantage of video card graphics processing units (GPUs) to provide a dramatic improvement in performance. So, what can…
  • HTC launches the Touch Diamond
    Although I’m a huge fan of Apple’s and therefore iPhone, I must admit: Windows Mobile never looked so good. Do check out the animations. I’m not sure yet about the…
  • Safari Developer Menu Easter Egg
    For those of you who haven’t discovered this yet, Safari has a built-in, slick developer console. It’s kind of like Firebug for Mozilla Firefox, but it looks cooler.
  • The coolest Mac RSS reader ever
    “Times is a new type of newsreader for Mac OS X Leopard. By rethinking the way you read news, we’ve created the best possible news experience straight from the ground…
  • The Science Machine
    Science Machine from Chad Pugh on Vimeo.
  • CG Textures
    “CGTextures strives to be the worlds best texture site. Being a 3D artist myself, I know how hard it is to create textures without good photo materials. Making textures should…
  • Bak Magazine issue no. 12
    Bak Magazine released a new issue. Issue no. 12. Enjoy it
  • Liquid Resize app finally made public
    Liquid Resize is a “content aware” image resizing application for Mac OS X and Windows. Liquid Resize is now available for download as a Product Preview from onOne Software. Liquid…
  • Logo Design trends for 2008
    “Logos are the ultimate mark of distinction and everyone loves them. We see logos everyday - on the highways, on consumer goods, on the Web and in the institutions and…
  • Great flash experience
    Saizen Media Studios is an internationally acclaimed and award winning design firm that specializes in highly cinematic and detail oriented imagery with offices in both Milan, Italy and Yekaterinburg, Russia.…
  • Lightpainting
    Awesome lightpainting pictures. Via Abduzeedo
  • April Fools Day
    Sorry for the yesterday “flip-horizontal-site” prank. It was April Fools Day so I decided to do something funny with the blog. Hope you enjoyed it
  • Sharpie Lamborghini Gallardo
    The car was actually done in sharpie markers on the paint and then finished with a clear coat for protection. It took about 2 weeks total. Prestige (Lamborghini Miami) definitely…
  • Compfight
    San Francisco based Art Director Bryan Denman and designer Ryan Teuscher built a special flickr search bar specifically for the creative community. According to Denman, “It pulls in a flickr…
  • Adobe Photoshop Express
    So… they finally did it! Adobe launched Photoshop Express, an online image editor with functionalities like crop, resize, filters, etc, aimed at people who share pictures online. While this may…
  • Xtrabold Portfolio
    Xtrabold is the website of Nelson Balaban, an 18 years old self-taught graphic artist currently based in Curitiba, Brazil, where he works independently as a full-time freelancer. My friend Graft…
  • Kumi Yamashita
    Kumi Yamashita A beautiful portfolio of light and shadow photographs.
  • Inspiration for the non-inspired designer
    The purpose of this article is to make a mini-survey of how you manage your inspiration library. Come on… don’t deny it. We all know you make a screenshot of…
  • Newspaper eye movement
    Here’s a study that shows how the eyes are reading the newspaper. Very interesting!
  • Sales at Noumax
    I was browsing the Noumax website yesterday and found out that they were making BIG sale cuts on the
  • Sorry for the downtime
    Last night I was updating my Expression Engine installation and never got the chance to put it online. So the whole night the offline page was on. This morning, when…
  • Fabrix Cases
    ”Fabrix is a Singapore-based company that provides exclusive customised cases for all gadget lovers who seek protection for their precious gizmos. They specialise mostly in cases for iPods, iBooks and…
  • Illustrator quick tip
    Have you ever tried to draw some vector art in Illustrator in RGB mode and tried to paste it as a smart object in Photoshop? I guess you had But…
  • MB Dragan launches MyRecruiter
    MB Dragan, the true interactive agency I work for, has launched today a new project. MyRecruiter is a HR Recruitment app, done for professionals by professionals. Enjoy the site, although…
  • The evolotion of tech companies logo
    The evolution of logo design of the most renown companies in the world. Interesting reading :D Check it out
  • The new crib in beta stage
    I’m in love with this apartment. It’s what I always wanted. And the fact that was almost done just in time for my birthday it’s AWESOME ! A lot of…
  • Hair Style saloon ad
    A very cool ad from Rediffusion DY&R, Mumbai, India.
  • Cock my suck wallpaper
    So i was talking with a friend of mine couple of days ago, who’s far away from Romania right now, and remembering us in high-school pretending to be so called…
  • Sorry for the blog break
    Hello there! It’s been a while since I wrote something on this blog. I have a draft about creating seamless tiles in Photoshop but never got the chance to finish…
  • Renault - Wicked
    Happy new year to everyone! Feast your eyes with a new print from Renault
  • Flip clock
    Doritorii de ceasuri tip “flip clock” sunt rugati sa comenteze aici. Il vom cumpara de aici
  • Blogzoner.com - Put your blog on the map
    MB Dragan released an application called Blogzoner, that allows you to put your blog on the map, and socialize with other bloggers around you. Why Well you’ll be surprised how…
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