freedomandpartners
Posted on | April 19, 2009 | No Comments
freedom and partners has a quite interesting website. you can spin the site content at any given point around x and y axis. of course not only their own website is pretty fxxxxx cool but they also have a lot high profile clients such as crispin porter or adobe for example.
check it out: http://www.freedomandpartners.com
shinichi maruyama
Posted on | April 19, 2009 | No Comments
shinichi maruyama, born 1968 in nagano, japan now based in nyc, does some amazing photography and art. his kusho fluid series is just beautiful and poetic. take a look at his website.
lipton pyramid
Posted on | April 19, 2009 | No Comments
definitely different and that’s a start but i have two issues. i don’t get, why just women? the other thing i’d say is the average age of those people shown in the commercial is a bit high and probably unattractive to younger tea drinkers. it has a little bit of an old folks home going nuts.
imagine the possibilities
Posted on | April 17, 2009 | No Comments
the research group touch explored the possibilities of attaching an RFID reader to an iphone. if the phone then gets close to an RFID tag attached to certain objects, different actions or windows are triggered on the phone.
in the experiment, the creators linked favorite videos, ads, and their podcasts to individual toys that could represent objects at a store, on the street or wherever.
iPhone RFID: object-based media from timo on Vimeo.
louis vuitton gets designed QR code
Posted on | April 17, 2009 | 3 Comments
tokyo based creative agency SET is specialized in marketing solutions that combine design and technology. for louis vuitton SET designed a QR (quick response) code. QR Codes are the bar codes of the future, linking online and physical graphics to websites and multi-media.
the QR code is an extension of the continuing partnership between louis vuitton and famed japanese animator takashi murakami who in 2008 made time magazine’s “100 most influential people” list.
the QR code is meant to generate traffic to the louis vuitton mobile website, create buzz (like here), demonstrate the possibilities of designer QR codes and raise awareness of the potential role of QR codes in marketing.
since i got a lot of reader feedback that the code doesn’t work i want to add the following statement from set.
“the LV QR code was meant for domestic use only. consequently in the testing of the code we conducted trials using handsets from the three phone companies, au, docomo and softbank.
we literally did not have the time to test it using phones used overseas and there really didn’t seem to be too much point. japanese phones are equipped with higher grade lenses and upgraded software to deal with issues such as macro settings etc. this account for some of the reading issues abroad.”
would call this QR code from BBC software engineer duncan robertson an early attempt to design a QR code by incorporating the BBC logo. due to an error margin of 30% while still being readable this was possible.
memento mori & more
Posted on | April 17, 2009 | No Comments
this painting from mac & retna is called “memento mori” and is a latin phrase for “be mindful of death” and can be translated as “remember that you are mortal” or “remember that you must die”. that could seem a little grim, but the point is really to encourage us to properly value and make the most of our time here. like it!
check out more cool stuff from mac & retna
couple other paintings from mac
spamshirt
Posted on | April 15, 2009 | No Comments
fun. the guys from spamshirt.com (as they claim) clean up the online environment by putting spam subject lines on t-shirts and making actually use of all the rubbish floating around out there.
portrait by michel gondry
Posted on | April 15, 2009 | No Comments
michel gondry’s website claims he will personally draw a portrait of yours for $19.95 (you can pay via paypal) once you submitted your photo via his website and payed. delivery time is 6-8 weeks.
taking in account how many fans he has i wonder if he ran out of money and i question if he’d seriously be able to draw that many portraits in 6-8 weeks.
in any event, fun site, check it out here.
bridge the distance between business strategy and design
Posted on | April 15, 2009 | No Comments
this is a really good and well executed slideshow for anyone how is interested in business strategy, branding and design. easy to understand and fun to go through. highly informative and educational.
greenpeace design awards 2009
Posted on | April 15, 2009 | No Comments
“In recognition of the strong role visual communication has played in Greenpeace actions we have established the Greenpeace Design Awards. The aim is to motivate the global creative community to develop visually striking artwork that encourages the public to support Greenpeace and take action on critical environmental issues.
The brief is to design a poster that delivers the message ‘Be a Part of the Action’ – this does not necessarily have to be expressed in words. The poster could bear witness to catastrophic environmental damage and in doing so, cause outrage. Alternatively the poster could actively encourage peaceful protest to expose an environmental problem.
Registration and submission may be conducted between 1 March 2009 and 15 June 2009.”
greenpeace designawards website
now what audi?
Posted on | April 14, 2009 | No Comments
that’s when advertising gets really exciting. the intellectual, urban, brand fights and stand-offs, love it! seen in santa monica, california. thanks to chris raykovich.
pin-up horses
Posted on | April 13, 2009 | 1 Comment
quite interesting and fun idea the photographer julian wolkenstein executed. he took horses, gave them hair extensions and shot them like pin-up girls. doing one image a day this was a pretty intense shoot he says and it almost took 3/4 of a day to get the horses hair done – poor stylist.
think he has some other interesting shots in his portfolio but this feels unique, it’s something new i haven’t seen before. and, the horses look pretty hot i think.
laure van den hout
Posted on | April 13, 2009 | No Comments
interesting piece of genuine graphic design. the graphic designer laure van den hout created a thesis about the artist gordon matta-clark. “for the design of this thesis i used affiches of him that i collected at a expo where his work was shown. by clipping the text on it you get the feeling you can change the structure of things. which is, in my opinion, a very gordon matta-clark thing to do.”
check out more work. http://www.vijfzes.nl
keep on rockin’
Posted on | April 13, 2009 | No Comments
came across an article about a rocking chair design competition and think these three are pretty damn cool, and not only for octuplet moms or those to be. would be nice for creatives as a comfortable office island to give birth to some rockin’ ideas.
no commment
Posted on | April 12, 2009 | No Comments
