AdFreak- A 'Relax' cover? Oh Red Stripe, don't do it. July 28, 2010You'd think an elder statesman like the Red Stripe Ambassador would know better than to cover Frankie Goes to Hollywood's "Relax" in his musical debut. […]Adweek Blogs
- Did this tweet merit a $70K copywriting job? July 28, 2010Saatchi & Saatchi L.A. exec Mike McKay's idea of hiring a copywriter based on a single funny tweet seemed like bad idea jeans from the get-go. […]Adweek Blogs
- Go earn that GED and trash your crappy job July 28, 2010The Ad Council makes a potent, straightforward case for getting a GED: It can help break down barriers and lead to better jobs. […]Adweek Blogs
- A 'Relax' cover? Oh Red Stripe, don't do it. July 28, 2010
- Brand New
- Virb is the New Virb July 29, 2010In the Mesozoic era of social networking — that distant year of 2007 — a new community was poised to take over the web, replacing the aging and visually painful MySpace species. Virb allowed users, who joined by invitation only, to craft and customize extremely elegant and sophisticated personal profiles with all the accoutrements of online social behavior. […]Armin
- More Tickets Available for Brand New Conference July 28, 2010Thanks to the positive response we received earlier this week and plenty of sad-faced emoticons in Twitter and our inbox of people who missed out on registration, we are definitely upgrading the capacity of the conference. The switch to the bigger auditorium means that an additional 25 student tickets and 210 regular tickets are now available for purchase. I […]Armin
- Pac-10 does The Wave (and The Mountain) July 28, 2010I have always been amazed at both the freakish passion with which Americans love their college sports and the economical, social and logistical complexity of its athletic governing body, the NCAA. Every layer of the operation matters. Which is why something as natural as a redesign can be turned into a big media crusade when one of the more than thirty confe […]Armin
- Virb is the New Virb July 29, 2010
Category Archives: Design
The future of “Print”?
There has been much debate on the future of “print”. As technology progresses and information is made available quicker and quicker, print will indeed have to change or die. But also, we need to look at how we define “print”. To us, print can be defined as any presentation of words or content that the [...]
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McBess is awesome!
A short while back, some friends of our were asking us about what motivates us to be “creative”. Our answer, INSPIRATION. Inspire us and the wheels start turning, the juices start flowing and the thoughts begin to tumble in our heads like snow in a blizzard. This is one of the things that has inspired us [...]
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Renegade Rollergirls Roll Again!
One of our really fun clients is the Renegade Rollergirls of Central Oregon. You will probably never meet a group of more interesting ladies than the rough-and-tumble girls that are known as Renegades. The thing is, underneath the “my-mom’s-tougher-than-your-mom” persona, they are some of the nicest, most fun-loving people we know. It’s an honor to [...]
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Art inspiration
Chris Piascik from Quarter Productions on Vimeo. You can find the artist’s web site here.
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Fantastic animation from Emmanuelle Walker
Après la Pluie ©2008Gobelins from Emmanuelle Walker on Vimeo.
Vice Versa
vice versa from jacques khouri on Vimeo.
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Karim Rashid on ideas
“I think people who are sacred with and idea and they feel like they don’t want to be copies, have no other ideas.” – KARIM RASHID More here: http://www.idsgn.org/posts/karim-rashid-inspiring-a-new-way-of-thinking/
Find the Unexpected
Here’s a creative challenge for you. Find the unexpected. That was the challenge posed to Seattle agency WongDoody for the Seattle International Film festival. Many agencies might stumble on this one but WongDoody pulled out some great ideas. Kudos WongDoody, we’re fans.
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When I Grow Up
This is an odd but strangely interesting video we found. Some interesting camera work in here. When I Grow Up from Fever Ray on Vimeo.
“Onward” Nike + AKQA = Good stuff
Here’s a great animation done for Nike by James Jarvis. Simple, engaging and a great story-telling example. We enjoyed it. We thought you might too… Onwards from AKQA on Vimeo. See it full-size here.
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Beautiful animation that inspires us.
The work of Joaquin Baldwin originally from Paraguay. The voodoo dolls rise up against their master. Beautifully executed. Sebastian’s Voodoo from Joaquin Baldwin on Vimeo. Found on fubiz.net.
The Beauty of Simplicity.
We just launched a new web site for Affect Strategies (www.affectstrategies.com), and we’re pretty darn proud of it. Now to be clear here, let’s talk about what we didn’t do. When we first started discussing this assignment, the original wireframe, basic structure and starting look had already been established, so there wasn’t much here for [...]
The race is on. Enjoy.
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The future of interaction and interface design
So the iPhone is the global hit of massive proportions right now. I, Tim the nerd, have fallen deep within it’s seductive qualities. As the saying goes “I am special and unique, just like everybody else” (who also owns an iPhone). I truly believe that the reasons that Apple has succeeded where so may others [...]
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Proud to be working with the Central Oregon Renegade Rollergirls
We’re proud to launch the next event poster for one of our clients, the Central Oregon Renegade Rollergirls. If you ever get the chance to attend one of these events, do it! It’s a blast! The first 3 people that send an email to them at themdidit.com with their contact information and that live can [...]
Things that inspire us today…
Metallica identity redo Film is not dead Beautiful visuals created by science Urban Typography
New York State of Mind