TV adverts that stuck in my head
Sunday 15 November 2009The recent Volkswagen commercial got me thinking about TV adverts that have made me stop what I’m doing and watch – and more importantly remember them. Here is my top 5: 1. Sony Bravia (the bouncy balls) Featuring 250,000 brightly-coloured rubber balls (not computer generated) and made by Nicolai Fuglsig . Why it stuck in [...]
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I need it… yesterday
Wednesday 11 November 2009I revisited an article that was written in May of this year by Staphanie Orma on the Smashing Magazine website. The article entitled Do You Want Fries With That Logo? was about the inevitable (and all too common) request from clients for logos, websites and other types of design work in an unreasonable amount of [...]
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Tilt shift Video
Monday 9 November 2009There are a few tilt shift photographic examples kicking around at the moment (see here and here and learn to do it here) but I came across this video on Vimeo which uses the same effect. Pretty cool. Looks like I’m going to have to dig out some old photos and give it a go.
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Thursday’s ‘Pretty Cool’ list
Thursday 5 November 2009I’ve seen a few things in the last week or so that have captured my imagination, inspired me or just made me think. This isn’t really a top 10 list or ‘best of’ list – it’s more of a scrap book of stuff I thought was pretty cool. 1. Dirtgirlworld Having a 1 year old [...]
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