March 2010
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TROLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO →
Here is a true example that not everything you need to do has to make sense.
February 2010
2 posts
Die Antwoord →
Fake or not? Either way, they were the best thing on the Internet this week.
January 2010
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So many gadgets, even the gadgets have gadgets. →
Kick your feet up, check out the top ten gadgets for the new year, and imagine the possibilities.
November 2009
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Installing Windows 7. Not easy. →
Windows shows us a demonstration on the installation method for Window 7. It is quite a clumsy and convoluted process which you might need IT help for. Compared to Mac, there is no comparison for usability.
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Have you ever wanted to freak people out with some crazy text? Now you can do exactly that by writing your text upside down with our flip text generator!
http://www.sherv.net/flip.html
October 2009
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Bing & Google face off at - bingandgoogle.com →
For centuries, the age old decision: Should I use Bing or Google? Has shaped the way we search for things online.
But now, that search is over, because in a strange twist of fate, you can finally do both at the same time. The split screen results page from two of the leading search engines lets you compare and contrast search results and decide for once and for all which you prefer.
The future is closer than ever. →
An interview with Dean Donaldson from Eyeblaster pretty much sums up the future of digital marketing.
In the short interview, he discusses at length, how far we’ve come with digital marketing possibilities and gradual implementation into all aspects of life.
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September 2009
4 posts
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artwiculate - improve your vocabulary on twitter →
“The twitter-based Word of the Day competition that helps clever people look clever and helps the rest of us learn new words.” Improve your vocabulary and make yourself look good to your followers by using Artwiculate’s Word of the Day - words from the past week include ennui, mellifluous and sempiternal.
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iStocklogo is on its way
Getty images and istockphoto is launching a new logo trade platform. (via techcrunch)
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August 2009
3 posts
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Yugop.net
Yugop.net isn’t new in terms of web years. The site’s been around for a while and in its time has broken new ground with its creative and rich interactive pieces.
The site showcases the work of “Yugo Nakamura”, a web designer with a strong hand in programming, who seeks to imitate the mathematical complexity of the natural world through his code.
http://yugop.net
The 50 Most Influential people on the Internet →
A guide through the top 50 most famous and influential people of the Internet, interesting read.
Blink-182 Rocks ‘Augmented Reality’ Show in... →
Blink 182 resurges, bigger, badder and more augmented than ever with this Augmented Reality concert. This technology is so brand new, and helps you make the Blink 182 concert your very own.
July 2009
9 posts
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Facebook Connect: Vying to become the universal...
Facebook Connect takes users, developers and publishers a click closer to a richer social experience on the web. This technology, a single button placed on a website, allows the user to sign up to the website with their Facebook login, thus giving the website access to the users Facebook information and in turn giving Facebook access to the users activities on the website. A great example of this...
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WatchMTV unleashes Mister Furry as part of a global rebranding effort.
Sheffield based Universal Everything recently completed an extensive rebrand of MTV Internationally. Mister Furry is one of many creations that will be aired in over 160 countries MTV is now broadcast in. We recommend your head on over to their website to read about the project and see the rest of the work in HD. It’s...
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Augmented ID Mobile App: Say goodbye to being... →
With the imminent arrival of iPhone OS 3.1, this impressive augmented reality concept by TAT is one step closer to reality. With the aide of facial recognition, Augmented ID is a mobile app that visualises the digital identities of those people you come in contact with by simply pointing the camera in their direction. The implementation looks incredibly slick for a concept.
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Amazon's Mechanical Turk collects 2088 voices to... →
Bicycle Built For 2,000 is comprised of 2,088 voice recordings collected from online workers via Amazon’s Mechanical Turk - a crowdsourcing web service. The Workers were prompted to listen to the tune ‘Daisy Bell’ then record themselves imitating what they heard. The project is a collaboration between Aaron Koblin & Daniel Massey.
Why Daisy Bell? It was the song HAL sang...
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Energy meters get tweeting
German utility company Yello Strom is keeping its customers informed by enabling meters to tweet about energy use.
Each “Yello Sparzähler” smart meter (designed by IDEO) is allocated its own Twitter account, which is automatically updated with energy consumption data. The owner can follow the account to receive regular updates, leading to greater awareness and hopefully lower energy...
Cufon Font Replacement →
I recently discovered this simple script, which converts HTML heading tags to whatever font you want. There are a few other alternatives out there but this seems to do the trick quite well. I’ve used sIFR before a number of times but found it cumbersome to style across multiple browsers. Plus the thought of using flash to modify and display HTML code doesn’t seem to make a lot of...
Eternal Moonwalk - Clever M.J tribute site →
June 2009
7 posts
WatchCheck the new Uniqlo Calendar.
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Home. An aerial exploration of earth. →
Yann Arthus-Bertrand who is famous for his stunning aerial photography book ‘Earth From Above’ is back with a film project called ‘Home’ which is the story of our destruction of the natural world. Co-produced by Luc Besson and screening on YouTube util June 14, Home is the result of 2.5 years’ work, 500 hours of footage filmed across 54 countries. The 90 minute...
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Twitter & Facebook integration for Xbox360
At E3 2009, Microsoft announced that Xbox 360 users will be able to update their Facebook & Twitter status through their console. In addition to this, they’ll also be able to use services like Last.FM to listen to streaming video. According to Microsoft Rep, “we’re not oly extending the walls of your living room beyond your home to your friends in different corners of the world,...
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Twitter your Nike runs with Twiike.com →
Twiike, an unofficial Twitter App from Jason Wiener will automatically post any run you sync from your Nike+iPod to your Twitter account. With Xbox 360 soon to include Twitter & Facebook integration, functionality like this will fast become the norm for brands looking to tap into social media.
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Watch Louis Vuitton goes into space for it’s latest campaign. Louis Vuitton commemorates the 40th anniversary of man’s conquest of the Moon, elevating the theme of travel as a personal journey to a celebration of a voyage of unsurpassed significance for all mankind. The campaign features astronuats Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell and Sally Ride discussing how the experience of space changed their lives....
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May 2009
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Alter Ego. Real world vs virtual world... →
Alter Ego by Robbie Cooper
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Do You Want Fries With That Logo? →
From low-budgets to rush jobs to piss-poor project management, every designer has one time or another faced the inevitable, “I need a logo (brochure, website, etc.) done ASAP” scenario… But for many full-time designers, this “rushing creative” is a very real and necessary part of their job requirement.
By Stephanie Orma.
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WatchLast Day Dream by Chris Milk. A man watches his life pass before him. The film was shot on the Canon 5D II - a hybrid still/movie digital SLR shot with Lensbaby lenses to create the selective focus effect.
Love, hate, twitter, QR codes and guerrilla. →
Clever guerrilla action to an online bookshop. Twitter posts become QR codes that become books.
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GTI Project launched →
GTI Project launched | VW GTI project is an interactive microsite giving users virtual access to there work room. Designed as an online slot car game that showcases the car’s handling and performance capacity, users can race and lap times under 40 secs will enter into a draw to win a new MkVI Golf GTI for 3 months.
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Skittles goes twitter
www.Skittles.com | have converted there home page to the twitter search page for anything skittles post related. Before entering you have to register your age, as twitter does not control what people post. This marketing strategy is all about “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about” theory.
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Sprite Campaign - Brutal Honest Truths →
Sprite Campaign - Brutal Honest Truths | Awesome microsite that lets you have the ultimate revenge on your ex! A voodoo doll of your ex is created by uploading there photo, and you get your choice to perform brutal acts to doll, which is then made into a movie you can watch or send to friend… or ex…
Campaign had almost a million unique visitors to site supported by tvc & blogs -...
Cold War Kids Interactive Video →
Change the music interacting with the musicians.
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WatchLady Noire : A short film about a Dior handbag featuring Marion Collard.
Dior’s creative director John Galliano: “We wanted to capture the glamour, the intrigue, the heroine and the mysterious allure that radiates around her. Marion has brought the Dior woman to life. She is incredible” concluded Galliano. (via LadyDior.com)
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Mechanical expressions from Wrenchmonkees →
I’m a huge fan of the custom bikes the team at Deus Ex Machina craft here in Sydney. I’ll be adding Wrenchmonkee’s to my list of motorcycle fantasies! (via ffffound)
papier maché sculptures →
Gwon Osang makes extraordinary life-size sculptures of people. He uses hundreds of photographic images to build up the surface appearance of his models, including the face, their hair and their clothes.
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Commercial Art Must Be Creative and Effective →
Eric Hirshberg, Co-President, Chief Creative Officer, Deutsch L.A. takes a look at creativity and effectiveness in the awards circuit.
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Finders Keepers. Independent design & art market →
The Finders Keepers Markets is a bi-annual event that showcases the work of over 60 emerging designers and artists. You can follow them on Twitter or check out the Blog which features the work of artists attending the market.