This award winning campaign called “Flags” by Lisbon based agency Foote Cone & Belding is simply riveting. It illustrates the controversialities with which these nations battle on a daily basis. To me this is also a striking example of how most countries are looked upon by other nations. A stereotypical illustration. Click the first image [...]
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Award winning campaign “Flags”
Posted in Design, Politics/environment on December 21, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Theo Janssen Pt. 2
Posted in Design, Featured Artists, Videos on November 11, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ive featured Theo Janssen’s kinetic sculptures before but I recently found a longer video presentation. This youtube film by TED (www.ted.com) features more of his work and an in-depth presentation of his vision, ideas and creations. Taking a look won’t hurt!
Typography
Posted in ArtMinded, Design on October 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I’ve found myself interested in the world of typography. Typography has long since been used for a great variety of purposes but I had never heard of this style before.
In the following videos you will see typography being used in combination with some cool and sleek looking effects to render a scene or story [...]
Brilliant advertising
Posted in Design, Photography on October 11, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I love it when people come up with a creative and different approach to advertising in a way that was until then, unseen.
The power of creative branding
Posted in Design on September 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So simple yet so effective.
Design: Electric Table
Posted in Design on September 10, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
The sleek and above all functional design of this table really speaks for itself. It needs no explanatory writing of my part to tell you that this table really combines design with efficiency and effectivity.
Apartment Therapy
Posted in Design on September 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Appartment therapy wallpaper lets you play the word game you used to love when you were a kid. The wallpaper consists of a grid of letters which contain strings of words. The idea should sound all too familliar. I remember playing this game back at grandma’s house.
Designed by 5.5 designers this interactive wallpaper provides a [...]
Rocking rockchair
Posted in Design on September 5, 2007 | 1 Comment »
When you make a visit to your grandma’s place you are probably likely to find her sitting in a rocking chair staring out the window through her thick glasses. Rocking chairs have been around for decades and I must admit that it feels quite comforting to rock back and forth while …. basically doing nothing. [...]
