Showing posts with label Advertising. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Advertising. Show all posts
Friday, June 26, 2009
WICKED! Nokia N96 + Bruce Lee...
A very cool bit of video editing here... in this commercial for the Nokia N96 - Bruce Lee Limited Edition (I wouldn't mind having this phone). Watch the embedded video above or via YouTube, here - enjoy!
Via swissmiss - cheers!
Labels:
Advertisement,
Advertising,
Animation,
Brands,
Communication,
Computers,
Cool,
Culture,
Design,
Graphics,
Marketing,
Marketing Tools,
Martial Arts,
Packaging,
Textiles,
Video,
WTF?,
YouTube
Thursday, May 21, 2009
WICKED! Type War...
Too cool. This typographic animation/ad was created by Optix Digital (Hamburg), for Inlingua Business English schools. Watch the video embedded above, on YouTube or via Motionographer, here - enjoy!
Thanks again to Mr. Simpson for the link - cheers!
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
COOL! Micrography: Text Art and Typography...

Image: Obama word portrait by Jeff Clark.
Wikipedia says "Micrography, also called microcalligraphy, is a Jewish art form developed in the 9th century, with parallels in Christianity and Islam, utilizing minute Hebrew letters to form representational, geometric and abstract designs. Colored micrography is especially distinctive because these rare artworks are customarily rendered in black and white.”
View some beautiful examples of this art form, here - enjoy!
Thanks to Mr. Mark Simpson for the link - cheers!
Labels:
Advertisement,
Advertising,
Animation,
Art,
Communication,
Computers,
Cool,
Design,
Drawing,
Graphics,
Illustration,
New Media,
Technology,
Typography,
Vector Art,
Video,
WTF?,
YouTube
Monday, May 4, 2009
May the 4th Be With You - Happy Star Wars Day...
(WARNING: Video may not be suitable for minors and is potentially NSFW - view at your own discretion)
Apparently, today is Star Wars Day... or, one of many Star Wars days/events which honours the epic Star Wars franchise. Well, in light of that fact, I offer you the above Youtube video, originally seen on Gizmodo.
May the 4th be with you... ;) Cheers!
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Recommended Viewing | The American Package Museum...

If you're a fan of nostalgia or packaging, I highly recommend that you take the time to visit The American Package Museum... where curator, Ian House has taken his personal collection of early 20th century packages and created an online gallery/archive to share with everyone.

There are some really neat old packages in this gallery, it's interesting to recognize some familiar brands and see how they've evolved... check it out at http://www.packagemuseum.com/ - cheers!
Labels:
Advertising,
Art,
Brands,
Communication,
Cool,
Culture,
Design,
Graphics,
Illustration,
Logos,
Packaging,
Patterns,
Recommended,
Resource,
Sustainability,
Symbols,
Typography,
Website,
WTF?
Friday, December 12, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
COOL! Car Logos Quiz...

A great little bit of fun, Car Logos Quiz... guess the automotive logo with just a part of it showing. Try it out for yourself, here.

I ended up with 45/50, and I totally guessed on a few of them. ;)
Thanks to Marie-Aline Oliver for posting the link to the GDC Listserve - cheers!
Labels:
Advertising,
Automotives,
Brands,
Cars,
Communication,
Computers,
Cool,
Culture,
Design,
Graphics,
Identity,
Logos,
Marketing,
Recommended,
Symbols,
Typography,
Vector Art,
Website
Friday, September 12, 2008
Friday Fun: The Family – Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates Microsoft Ad...
Here's something fun to watch on YouTube, it's an advertisement for Microsoft featuring Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates. I found it to be rather humorous... hopefully, you will too. You can watch the embedded video above or on YouTube, here - enjoy!
Thanks to Craig Medwyduk for posting the link to the GDC Listserve - cheers!
Monday, September 8, 2008
2008 Guardian Challenge Kyokushin Karate Knockdown Tournament – Saturday, November 15th...

My apologies for the lack of posts... I've been busy. ;P First things first:
Congratulations! to my Senpai(s) and kōhai(s) who fought in the Kyokushin-kan Pan American Championship this past weekend in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. From what I've been told, our fighters were atop the podium for the majority of events they competed in. More information will be posted to the Guardian Dojo website upon their return... check often for news updates. Osu!!!
Anyhow, one of the things that has been occupying my spare time is the design of applications for this year's 2008 Guardian Challenge – Kyokushin Karate Knockdown Tournament, one of which you can see above. The image shows the promotional poster I created for this year's event which is scheduled to take place on Saturday, November 15th at the St. Vital EMC, it's the same venue as last year.
The poster and the majority of additional applications were output digitally by the fine folks over at Industry Images, they've been very helpful in accommodating my 'small-run' projects. This version was for the initial run... we've got more sponsors to include, but only these were confirmed (and had their logos available) at the time of printing.
Tickets will be going on sale for the event shortly... if you're interested in watching the event, drop me an email and I'll see what the best way to get you tickets would be (a limited number of advance tickets will be available at Miyabi in Osborne Village, from members of the Guardian Dojo, and at the Dojo during regular class hours). Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door (there may be only a limited number available at the door so I'd recommend you purchase in advance if you plan to attend). If you'd like an idea of what you can expect to see, you can see amateur footage from last year's tournament on YouTube, here.

Here's a detail from the poster... all the images used to create the poster are from last year's tournament, which you can see collected on my Flickr (the photos were taken by my friend and local designer, Doug Fedrau). I'll post more information, and additional imagery as it becomes available... check the Guardian Dojo website often for more info and updates, go to http://www.guardiandojo.com/ - cheers!
Labels:
Adrian Shum,
Advertising,
Art,
Artist,
Communication,
Cool,
Culture,
Design,
Flickr,
Guardian Dojo,
Kyokushin Karate,
Marketing Tools,
MUHSASHUM,
News,
Sensei Diego Beltran,
Website,
Winnipeg
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Recommended Reading | ideasonideas - Running Your Own Race...

If you're a designer or working in the creative industry, I'd highly recommend that you take a few minutes to visit ideasonideas, where Eric Karjaluoto (of Smashlab) discusses design, brands and experience. In particular I recommend that you read one of Eric's recent posts entitled, Running Your Own Race.
I found the article to be quite interesting, and felt that Eric made some keen observations and raises some interesting points (thanks for sharing your thoughts Eric). Anyhow, I'll let you decide for yourself... go and read the article at ideasonideas, here. I'd welcome you to make a comment here after reading it. Enjoy!
Labels:
Advertising,
Blog,
Brands,
Communication,
Cool,
Culture,
Design,
GDC,
Identity,
Marketing,
New Media,
Recommended,
Resource,
Sustainability,
Symbols,
Technology,
Website,
WTF?
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Visiting The Neon Factory...

Visited the Neon Factory on Main Street (in Winnipeg) today, as part of a project we're currently working on at Circle. I've always been fascinated with neon and was able to learn a lot more about it, and the fabrication during the visit. Looking forward to seeing the project come to light! ;) Shouldn't be long now...
Image: inside the Neon Factory... you can see Rob (or at least his back) on the right.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Recommended Viewing | Art of the Luggage Label's Flickr Set...

Friend and design colleague at Circle, Robert L. Peters recently blogged about a really cool collection of historic luggage labels on Flickr.
Excerpt from Rob's blog post: I stumbled across this lovely little collection today, an “image stream and information resource devoted to the art of luggage labels and related travel ephemera. Luggage labels are fascinating bits of hotel history from the golden age of travel, roughly the 1900s to 1960s. During this time these labels were used by hotels as advertising and eagerly applied to steamer trunks, suitcases and all sorts of luggage by hotel staff, mainly bellhops.” Check out the Flickr set here - enjoy!
Visit Rob's News+ blog at http://www.robertlpeters.com/news/ - there's a wealth of knowledge and cool things to browse through! Cheers!
Labels:
Advertising,
Art,
Artist,
Communication,
Cool,
Culture,
Design,
Drawing,
Flickr,
Graphics,
Illustration,
Marketing Tools,
Recommended,
Resource,
Stamps,
Typography,
Website
Thursday, February 14, 2008
COOL! Fifa Street 3 Viral...
Okay... this is either a video of some insanely talented footballers or else some clever video editing... or it could be some amazing martial artists, a la Shaolin Soccer... ;) Check it out for yourself here - enjoy!
Via Motionographer.
Friday, January 18, 2008
COOL! PSYOP - Adidas "Together"...

The incredibly talented folks over at PSYOP have gone and outdone themselves again with their latest project for Adidas. Working with the agency TBWA/China they've created an amazing piece called "Together", it's the anthem spot for a four spot campaign... the concept, Olympians literally being supported by their countrymen. You have to watch it! See more of PSYOP's works on their website at http://www.psyop.tv/ - cheers!
Via Motionographer... see the original post here.
Labels:
Advertising,
Animation,
Brands,
Communication,
Cool,
Culture,
Design,
Experimental,
Flash,
Graphics,
Illustration,
Marketing,
New Media,
Recommended,
Sports,
Technology,
Video,
Website
Thursday, January 3, 2008
Spotlight Ideas...

I recently visited http://www.spotlightideas.co.uk/ through a comment posted on my blog. Spotlight Ideas is a blog about Advertising, Media and Creative Thinking. The blog administrator, Eamon worked for some time as an Advertising Account Planner (in some of the leading advertising agencies in London and abroad), as well as a Researcher and Developer for TV and Radio. The blog seems to be full of useful information for anyone in the creative industries... check it out at http://www.spotlightideas.co.uk/ - Cheers!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)