Headquarters—a new iPhone (and iPod Touch) app for Basecamp users, by Select Start Studios.
Posted by March 3, 2010 permalink
Have a cup of tea with Joshua Davis. Take a look around at clickforart, there are lots of other great artists represented there too.
Posted by January 28, 2010 permalink
Ever wanted to match Helvetica with a Japanese typeface equivalent? Johan Prag has written a little piece over at his blog to help you in making that decision.
Posted by January 21, 2010 permalink
Aflac have one of the lamest ad campaigns of our time. I think most would agree (if you’ve got cable). However, this microsite does it’s job extremely well—captivating, educating, and intriguing: what a microsite should be.
Posted by January 12, 2010 permalink
Seth Godin speaks with Nora Young on Spark. A great interview to start off the new year—download the interview here. Seth is also offering his book What Matters Now as a free ebook. Seth really hits the nail on the head in this interview.
Posted by January 4, 2010 permalink
I have posted a website review over at COMMANDOpera. This is the first in a series of reviews I will be doing for the fine folks over there.
Posted by December 16, 2009 permalink
37signals begins it’s “37signals ID” rollout this week. They are another good example of a company with design woven into the fabric of their being. This should simplify and unify the 37signals product experience. Smart move.
Posted by December 15, 2009 permalink
Bugtrapp: a coming bug-tracking web application from Hashbrown Inc, about to make it to beta…
Posted by December 12, 2009 permalink
Dropbox is a cloud-computing service that I can no longer picture not having at our disposal. I’ve always worried, in the back of my mind: what if the 100-year old Glebe mansion (at one time) burns to-the-ground? No matter how many back-ups you have (external drives, DVD’s, USB sticks)—in a fire, they all go up-in-smoke.
The reason we chose Dropbox was for several reasons: 2GB free account to start, simplistic UI and UX, and seamless iPhone/iPod Touch integration.
Sharing specific folders is a breeze, and the peace of mind it brings is priceless…
Thanks, Dropbox.
Posted by December 5, 2009 permalink
There is more to this than meets to eye. The design of Chanel N°5 is stunning and the delivery of the film is flawless. But there is more to it. As many people have probably noticed, Audrey Tautou is playing a very integral role in the campaigns for Chanel lately. She is the perfect choice to grace the pages of Vogue and help in promoting the most recognizable fragrance in the world. Her image exudes grace, class, and beauty.
Audrey also plays a very important role in the recently released film titled Coco Before Chanel. She plays the role of Coco Chanel herself and she does not disappoint. She seems naturally suited to the role of Coco and one only needs to look at early photos of Coco to see that the resemblance is uncanny.
The fact that she has been cast as Coco in a feature film, while at the same time being the image of the fragrance is sheer brilliance. It is an intelligent approach to something that could have been much less effective. Chanel could have easily decided to cast her in ads and a film that just mirrored the feature film that she is starring in—but they did not. Instead they showcased her in a completely different light and created an entirely different story around the fragrance.
It is in my opinion that the American-style approach to this would have been to tie the movie into the marketing of the fragrance in a much more obvious manner. Instead, the approach that was taken is much more intelligent, subtle, and thoughtful.
So what am I getting at here? I am trying to demonstrate that although there are many examples of great website designs that are visually and aesthetically stunning—it seems that the ideas and thought process behind them get left behind. This could have been an obvious cross-promotion campaign just like the countless others we all encounter, instead it tells another story. It demonstrates the undercurrents that are behind the success of many online experiences.
Posted by November 28, 2009 permalink
A couple days ago I posted a short piece about Shepard Fairey and his retrospective at the Warhol Muuseum. It got me thinking further about Shepard Fairey and the mark he is leaving on the art world.
Shepard Fairey 2009
I then came across his latest commission for Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers and it was clear to me.
Andy Warhol 1971
Shepard Fairey is the Andy Warhol of my generation. Sounds like a very strong statement—but I do believe it to be true.
Posted by November 25, 2009 permalink
