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
Tag 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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Art inspiration
Chris Piascik from Quarter Productions on Vimeo. You can find the artist’s web site here.
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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/
Creativity can be anywhere
It doesn’t matter what business you’re in, there are creative ideas you can use to make your customer’s experiences with you unique and memorable. Remember that marketing is not just about cool ads. Marketing is based on a relationship with your customers. Let them have fun with your brand and give them something to talk [...]
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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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 [...]
Entertaining and inspiring.
An amazing animated short. Enjoy.
The crisis of credit visualized
Great explanation and great execution. The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo.
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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The Renegade Rollergirls rule!
Some agencies have great clients. We happen to be one of those lucky ones. The Renegade Rollergirls of Central Oregon have welcomed us with a zeal that’s amazing. Just to explain, these ladies balance jobs, families and their other family, The Renegade Rollergirls. This is no small commitment. In addition to competing pretty much twice a month, [...]
Welcome to THEM!
First off, we’d like to say that truly great creativity and thinking is what pushes our buttons. It’s not something that we really chose. It’s just kinda part of who we are. We are a non-traditional marketing agency in the sense that we don’t have a ton of committees that review and kill great ideas. [...]
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