Thursday, May 22, 2008

Coldplay Apple, spot

Pretty awesome.
Rainbow gradients are back.

Wednesday, May 21, 2008

nolaf.org

Great example of how to use the web to advertise a product
and entertain viewers.

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Red Bull: Flight Lab

Red Bull give you wings...
build your own flying machine, paint it anyway, flap your wings and take off..

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Calgary Font! New from VEER!


Paint That S**T GOLD!


The Minneapolis hip-hop duo lets fans play graf artists.
Promoting their newest album When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint that S**t Gold, the Minnesota duo of producer Ant and MC Slug, better known as Atmosphere, are giving fans some virtual spray cans and stencils to tag any site on the web. 

Go to Google for instance and paint the site gold while listening to cuts from the latest record. Artwork and/or tags can be saved to the site’s web gallery where users can vote or comment on creations. There are also tour dates, downloads including MySpace skins and wallpapers and webisodes that offer the "making of" scenes of the album.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Britt Spencer, Illustrator

A fellow SCAD graduate's website and work... great stuff!
Always great to see fellow alumni doing wonderful things in the world.



Nice Illustrations




Wednesday, April 23, 2008

McDonald's Outdoor in Europe.

Outdoor posters were turned into large interactive push puzzles that consumers
could solve in order to "sort your head" This was done to promote
McDonald's Large Coffee for only 1 Euro.



Monday, April 21, 2008

CommArts: Exhibit

162 pages of the latest and best deign and advertising projects from around the world!
Great Inspiration to begin the working week!!!


Book World poster campaign: Ad agency JWT Dubai created this poster campaign for Book World, a beautiful store off a quaint lane in Dubai, crammed, corner to corner, with rare, old and very old books.





Bountiful Bicycle Center: advertising posters Richter7
(Salt Lake City, Utah) saw skyrocketing gas prices as an opportunity
to sell road bikes to current repair customers.


Thursday, April 17, 2008

Letterpress Cards

Check out these two great sets of cards I purchased.
I'm going to frame them and hang them around the our new house!!!


Letter Cards are from L|2 Design Collective



Hat prints are from Hammermill Press

The Rather Difficult Font Game

It offers 34 random fonts (different every time you visit).
For fellow type geeks to enjoy!


Friday, April 11, 2008

Time Magazine's: Design 100

Today's Most Influential Design
Great design is no longer reserved solely for museum-worthy products, as multitasking designers turn their attention to everything from books to artisanal food, and from lighting to transportation.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

This book cover is fun!
Love the 'alternative' approach to type.


Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Top 10 Sites for Designers

Blue C
An ad agency based in Orange County, CA.

CreativePro.com
Educational and inspirational site for designers (print and web) and photographers. Strong how-to tendencies.

Design and the Elastic Mind
This fascinating MoMA show explores the intersection of science and design.

farshid monfared
Monsters and other creatures from Iranian illustrator Farshid Monfared.

Happiness Factory
With the Happiness Factory, the Coca-Cola website turns an animated TV ad into a series of engaging interactive games.

Idea2Dezign
This visual culture blog is a showcase of websites, designers, design tips, ideas and resources.

MAGROUND landscapes
MAGROUND is a picture agency for landscape, urban and background photography. The high resolution images are optimized for the use in advertising and CGI.

Nikolay Saveliev
Stunning portfolio of New York City-based designer Nikolay Saveliev.

SuperKonductor
SuperKonductor.com showcases the screen-printed posters of Chicagoan David R. Head, Jr., as well as blog posts about visual culture and a calendar "to-do" list of upcoming art events across the country.

Tacos al Pastor
The art and design of Joel Martinez.

Monday, March 31, 2008

Travelers Insurance-Delivery

A dapper man and his 35-foot umbrella come to the rescue of all they meet on a whimsical trip to the city. An umbrella for all season.