Tag: "advertising"

Are You A Victim Of Phantom Vibration Syndrome? (via Fast Company)

Red Lobster rebrands: Lobster-schmobster….right? (via Brand New)

Did you watch the ultimate New Old Spice Guy Face-off? (via The Inspiration Room)

We have judged these Oliver Sacks books by their cover…and the verdict is VERY good! What do you think of these designs? (via HOW Design)

MuchForgotten Logo: MuchMusic, often referred to as the MTV of Canada, introduced a new identity (via Brand New)

Why do YOU follow brands online? (via Turquoise Branding)

Who would you join up with to win the war? – beautiful social media propaganda posters by Aaron Wood… (via Design Milk)

The London Tube Map, Redesigned For A Multiscreen World: ‎”According to research by NYU professor Zhan Gao, 30% of travelers choose the wrong route on the current London Tube map, which has twice as many transit lines and is just as likely to be squinted at on a smartphone as gazed at on a wall. Is it time for an update?” Isn’t this true for most big cities? How many of you in D.C. have had a hard time figuring out your route via smartphone? Nearly impossible, no? (via rt Strategy)

LivingSocial Taxi: LivingSocial deals were promoted recently in London through surprise offers made in a London taxi. (via The Inspiration Room)

Due to power woes, ‘Super Cool Biz,’ a campaign launched by the Ministry of Environment in Japan, requires office buildings to reduce energy consumption by at least 15%.  (via Matador Network)

Like It or Unfriend It: there you have it, what America’s FB wall would have looked like on her birthday… (via NY Times)

Nice, simple logo for Royalty speed-shop by Greg Cuellar. (via Designspiration)

Attack of the Red Gradient: EDP (Energias de Portugal), the largest electricity and energy company in Portugal, unveiled a new identity designed by Sagmeister Inc. (via Brand New)

Apple Obtains U.S. Trademark For ’280′. Wait, What? (via Techcrunch)

Twitter founder Biz leaves Twitter for secret new project (via Matador Network)

Mekanism put four “friends” in a camper and sent them on a road trip through the US with nothing but a gas card and new Samsung SH100 digital cameras. (via AdPulp)

A guerrilla campaign that proves that even traditional advertising can go “viral”. To celebrate a “baby boom” of animals, the Zoo placed removable animal stickers on posters across the city. Anyone could remove the stickers of baby giraffes, penguins, parrots and other animals, and place them elsewhere. (via Adverblog)

VW uses beam-splitting techniques which at first glance may look fake, but the making-of video exposes just how real they are. (via AdWeek)

Artsy Animated GIFs Show Beer-Making Process: Dogfish Head teamed up with “cinemagraph”-makers Jamie Beck and Kevin Burg to document the process of creating their new gluten-free brew. (via Fast Co.Design)

Tassimo Brews Brand New Blend: Agreed, a definite improvement over their previous logo…Tassimo’s new look was designed by Turner Duckworth. (via Brand New)

Graphic labels to appear on all tobacco products, so people are asking: “Where are the graphic warning labels for junk food?” (via Make the logo better)

Time to Gogo? Gogo, an inflight Wi-Fi hotspot service, offered by Aircell releases official new logo (via Brand New)

Branding Is About Creating Patterns, Not Repeating Messages: Marc Shillum argues that branding lies in creating patterns that add up to a whole, rather than a single, monolithic message. (via Fast Co. Design)

New commercial for Carl’s Jr.: If machines can’t eat it, machines shouldn’t make it (via AdWeek)

Cannes 2011: Final Winners and Post-Festival Thoughts: Wieden + Kennedy Amsterdam picks up Film Grand Prix for Write The Future spot for Nike. (via Creative Review)

Shortmail: trying to fix our email woes with Shortmail.com, a service the Baltimore-based company considers the Twitter of email. (via Fast Company)

Happy 4th Anniversary, iPhone: Four years ago, Apple released the original iPhone. (via Mashable)

Nokia N8 Contest: J.W. Griffiths wins the Nokia Shorts 2011 Competition for Splitscreen: A Love Story! (via AdWeek)

Lego – Imagine. This is how you truly integrate your ad INTO its’ environment  (via Ads of the World)

Google turns fire on Facebook (again) with ad-friendly Google+: According to Google engineering V-P Vic Gundotra current online sharing (ie Facebook) is “awkward” and “broken” and Google aims to “fix it.” (via More About Advertising)

AT&T “The Last Text”, a road safety advertising campaign, wins a Silver Integrated Lion at Cannes International Festival of Creativity 2011. (via The Inspiration Room)

New Greenpeace campaign - Volkswagen The Dark Side: ”Volkswagen opposes key European laws that we need if we’re going to save our planet from climate change. All is not lost. We feel the good in Volkswagen.” (via I believe in Advertising)

Justin Timberlake to take a “major role” in the new direction of Myspace after he emerged as one of those behind deal for the ailing social network. (via PSFK)

President @BarackObama to hold first @TownHall on @Twitter next week (via Tech Crunch)

Colorful Insurance: FBTO, one of the largest insurance companies in the Netherlands, introduces new identity designed by Amsterdam-based VBAT and a new online and offline campaign created by agencies Qi and ONLY. (via Brand New)

All Good Bananas: Listen To Your Conscience: All Good Fair-trade bananas uses new audio-spotlight device to simulate voice of conscience  (via I believe in Advertising)

Tok&Stok – the little business card that could: To allude to their easy to assemble furniture, the brand launched the business card that converts into a little chair. (via Ads of the World)

Facebook Launches First Agency-Designed Ad Unit With Allstate, Hallmark – Unit Designed to Be a Conversation-Starting Question. (via Ad Age)

Genius use of white space in this Citroen C-Zero ad: 100% Electric (via I believe in Advertising)

Diesel Makes Facebook Look Like Excel, so You Can Slack Off at Work  (via Ad Week)

The Van Gogh museum in Amsterdam introduces a new, clean identity designed by Amsterdam-based Koeweiden Postma. (via Brand New)

The results are out for the 2011 Cannes PR Lions, honoring the creative use of reputation management by the building and preservation of trust and understanding between individuals, businesses or organizations and their publics. (via The Inspiration Room)

Lytro: The $50M Tech That May Change Photography Forever (via Fast Company)

Facebook’s Journey From Founding to IPO- the company’s journey from dorm room to Silicon Valley (via Mashable)

Did you know? Bioplastics are an environmentally friendly alternative to regular plastics ?Well, Cereplast, a California-based company that designs and manufactures proprietary starch-based, sustainable plastics thought they needed a logo…so they held a contest…this is what happened! (via Brand New)

Presidential Car Wash – Rhett & Link bum-rush IFC with the world’s most horrible rap (via Ad Week)

Target: Kaleidoscopic Fashion Spectacular – who else could pull of a  fashion show using all 18 stories of the hotel’s windows providing a 20-minute light, sound and dance spectacle (via Ads of the World)

Here is some food for thought: Every day we get up and go through the motions. The usual, the grind, the routine. Do we need to spend more time actually “seeing” the world around us? (via How Design. Parse)

Nice simple idea – Want to get people to use the public garbage cans, instead of just littering the streets? Some cities introduces hefty fines and tell the police to “do something about it.” Other cities, like the City of Lucern (Switzerland), encourages you to have fun. (via Baekdal)

Chicago’s Digital Kitchen Earns Design Grand Prix for Digitizing Hotel Interior (via Ad Week)