From Messy To Masterpiece

We've all scribed our tag into the filth that accumulates on car windows at some point or another. Someone was bound to take it to an OCD level. Celebrate non-traditional mediums (and pray for dry weather).

Check out the rest of homie's portfolio:Dirty Car Art

For the Record...

This is a great commercial by Brand New School for Zune, using faux album covers to construct a sentence.

World's Biggest Ego

You ever find yourself looking at a map of the world thinking, "You know what would make this better? A portrait of me, across the whole thing." If not, you are probably a sad and modest and unimaginative type of person, at least compared to Eric Nordenankar. With the assistance of DHL (the international shipping company), a suitcase filled with GPS tracking equipment, and an overactive sense of self-importance, Eric did just that. Check out the full story:Biggest Drawing In The World

Flashing Lights

The rock &  roll ensemble known as Radiohead made a rare appearance in Charlotte recently and brought with them a brain melting display of LED technologies and projection video. Below are some photo highlights and (really) short video. The presence their "LED Fortress" created was undeniable, with a depth and versatility that was seemingly endless.

Muto by Blu

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Some great stop-action animation. Enjoy.

The Cans Festival - Flickr Slideshow

"Last weekend, Tristan Manco invited a number of A-List street artists to come down and paint up a tunnel under the old Eurostar terminal in London. Then they invited the public to add their stencils. Then the rest of us took photos of the vast collection of modern contemporary art - on Flickr you can already find 39,367+ results matching cans and festival." (excerpt from psfk.com)

More information and photos can be found at http://www.cansfestival.com/.

MGM Substitute

I just discovered a new feature on my computer

This is video I made this morning... by mistake... at first. I was trying to fix Joe's movie/keynote issues and discovered that I could make my own movies in imovie (which you all probably know by now-as I'm the loser when it comes to key commands and the like). Basically, I think this feature could be useful in the future.

Flogos (aka the Flying Logo)

Quote taken from http://bldgblog.blogspot.com/.

Over on LiveScience we learn that a new company has started using "a mixture of soap-based foams and lighter-than-air gases such as helium" to create "floating ads and messages" in the sky. Unfortunately dubbed Flogos, these floating logos can be made – or printed, really – every 15 seconds by "re-purposed snow machines," thus "flooding the air with foamy peace signs or whatever shape a client desires. Renting the machine for a day starts out at a cost of about $2,500."

Type Coming At You

Question: How much fun is this?

Answer: Too much, enjoi

Design In Politics

Interesting design perspective of political campaigning.

News Flash - Men are Not Idiots

The way the advertising industry portrays men has drawn increasing scrutiny in both the trade press and the mainstream media. Defenders of the status quo -- in which men are depicted as irresponsible fathers and lazy, foolish husbands -- are starting to feel outnumbered. It's an understandable feeling. More -->

Dictionary in Leopard

Under the "Go" menu in Dictionary.app, there is an option labeled "Front/Back Matter." 

Clicking this brings up a whole slew of useful reference material 

History of the Peace Logo

It started life as the emblem of the British anti-nuclear movement but it has become an international sign for peace, and arguably the most widely used protest symbol in the world. It has also been adapted, attacked and commercialised.

DPI Conversion Scale

Participate in Get Out the Vote:

Motivate voters through poster design

Create nonpartisan posters that inspire the American public to participate in the electoral process and vote for a presidential candidate in the 2008 general election. To be considered for the juried selection of posters that will be professionally printed and distributed nationally, submit your design by May 1. Contribute your poster to help get out the vote and fulfill an ongoing AIGA objective of demonstrating the value of design to the public, by providing a clear call to action for an activity that is important to everyone.

Trippin' on some RGB/CMYK/LAB

In the same vein as Joe's presentation, here's a vertigo-inducing public service announcement from the Mumbai police department.

Poolboy

Thought you'd want this here too Santiago :)

Also, if you all just received an email from the blogspot about entering your password... that was my fault... i forgot mine and somehow managed to get google to email the whole blog subscriber list. Oh well.

The Royal Mint's New Coins

The new British coin designs have been chosen via an open competition which was widely publicised in the national media in August 2005 and attracted 4,000 entries. The winning designer is 26-year-old Matthew Dent, originally from Bangor who now lives and works in London as a graphic designer.

Outstanding Infographics

A great collection of information graphic illustrations by the Dutch design company "Catalogtree". they seem to be behind several informational charts & diagrams in the New York Times & Metropolis magazine.

Jakob Trollbäck

Super cool website from an excellent motion graphics designer. Select typography for some really sophisticated stuff.

Enjoy...

Logos In The Round

Building upon the theme of where design, music and nostalgia intersect, here is a collection of record label logos. 

In A World Before After Effects

If that Justice video tickled your underbelly, check this one out. The inspiration for that video, all of the old production studio logos. Not quite as danceable, but an interesting snapshot into this graphic design niche nonetheless.

Dance to the motion... graphics

Get your retro motion graphics on. 

Justice - DVNO

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Why Design?

Watch Phillipe Starck giving his TED talk.

Huh?

This is a fabricated website that, sadly, captures contemporary "eBusiness" with a satirical, yet tragically accurate depiction of modern design/marketing consulting firms (I'm trying to sound educated- hope all my mad SAT vocab skillz aren't confusing you). Oh, and my favorite section is the "About Us."

Face it, this is awesome.

Ok, so if the pantone coffee mug is a bit out of your price range... I'm just putting it out there.

the NEXT word it

The "Word It" for December has been announced (visit link to find out what IT is). And, as an added incentive to participate, I'm offering to buy the first round at our DUI event for those who post.

Also, I'd just like to give a shout out to those who posted in November (Elaine).

Cuppa Joe (not Chaffee)

Brilliant! Just thought I'd put an item from my holiday wish list out there... you know, in case you're interested and feeling charitable...

marketing Simpsons

Create a Simpon's character in your own likeness!!! (example shown of Kelly, me, and Melissa... i created the incubator backdrop in illustrator though).