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.
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
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!
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 a touch surface that can be used as a music controller is huge. There used to be a touch based music controller called Lemur, which did cost way over a thousand bucks. Guess what: now it’s not selling anymore. Why? Because the iPad can do that, oh… and much more because it’s “a bigger iPod touch” too :D
So I’ve bitten the bullet and bought one too. And I really love it. I can carry it around with greater ease than my Macbook, and the best thing is I have Garage Band installed on it. That means I have a small DAW in my backpack all the time. It’s great to be able so sketch musical ideas while on the go, and finish them later in the studio.
I’ve sold my MIDI keyboard and use the iPad as a wireless one instead (see article photo). It doesn’t compare to the real thing, but since my main instrument is guitar and I’m using the keys just for chords, it does the trick for me. Oh, speaking of guitar, I bought an Apogee Jam, and using Garage Band and other two cool apps I can turn the iPad into a guitar effects processor with built in looper, drums, instruments & shit and use it for practice, or recording sketches.
I can also use it as a touch turntable to lay down scratches on my beats. Really helpful. You should definitely check out DJay if you’re into scratching and have an iPad/iPhone.
So there you have it. The iPad is not “just a bigger iPod touch used for consuming content”.
UPDATE: Here are some songs composed and arranged entirely on the iPad: Modjo - Lady (cover) and Retro Electro
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