Tech gadgets are always nice.  And when they succeed in combining crisp design with clever energy saving, they’re even better.  The following two concepts are some great examples we recently stumbled upon (thanks to Link Drop Today).

In search of new online talent, Adobe Italy organized a competition inviting graphic designers, video makers, photographers, web designers and developers to create a project with Adobe technologies. To participate in the Adobe YouGC Contest, competitors had to submit their work within nine weeks, after choosing one of six categories: tutorials, desktop applications, demos, white papers, flash websites or inspirational mood.

When you’re offered the possibility to attend a lecture by Ji Lee, you don’t hesitate. You grab it, you go and you scribble away to take in as much as possible from what he has to tell!  So here’s a little resume of his first lecture in Belgium, held at Design at Work in Kortrijk last month.