Sunday, April 11, 2010

designing englands football kit

and an interview with the designer here

jill greenberg on pushing it

"Known for her stunning portraits of everything from crying children to grizzly bears, photographer Jill Greenberg makes work that inspires controversy. In this short cut, she talks about the tension between doing commercial work and making an artistic statement, concluding that "fear is the opposite of creativity." at 99percent

art directing magazines for the ipad

it looks like great print-sytle advertising might be still important.

thanks www.permissiontosuck.net

the secret behind nike air

thanks www.threebillion.com

halo on xbox brought to you by the u.s. army

"During the toughest recruiting environment in U.S. history, the goal was to bring Army service into young adults' consideration by intercepting their passion for gaming through the media sponsorship of the Halo 3 Xbox Live Tournament."
case study here

fly girls

part ad for virgin america, part recruitment drive for new employees, fly girls is the new reality show featuring the oh so glamourous lives of 5 flight virgin attendants.
more at www.cwtv.com/shows/fly-girls

Friday, April 9, 2010

a living portrait of jonny cash

the johnny cash project is a global collective art project inviting people draw/paint a single image to create a personal portrait of mr cash. the images will then be combined to create a music video for "ain’t no grave". long live jc.
www.thejohnnycashproject.com

Sunday, April 4, 2010

form vs function

“When form overtakes, meaning is blunted,
and when content predominates interest lags.”
– Paul Rand

what we can learn from kids

Tuesday, March 30, 2010

we're all in the customer service industry

are you the biggest fan?

upload your fan photo and if you're voted the biggest fan, adidas and rebel will create a life-sized bronze sculpture of you.
more here

Friday, March 26, 2010

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

lady gaga's new virgin mobile/polaroid/wonderbread commercial

oh, and miracle whip did actually pay to be in it. rock and (salad) roll: http://adage.com/article?article_id=142914