Agency Record

Keep this up and you might as well become a copywriter.

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:44:06 -0500

Keep this up and you might as well become a copywriter.

The World Ends In One Year. What a Joy! - Saatchi & Saatchi

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 15:29:05 -0500

The World Ends In One Year. What a Joy! - Saatchi & Saatchi

Photo

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:17:06 -0500

Nike FlyKnit Technology

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 13:06:06 -0500

Nike FlyKnit Technology

Photo

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:55:05 -0500

Clever ads for Stihl out of Australia from...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 10:44:06 -0500

Clever ads for Stihl out of Australia from WhybinTBWATequila.

jaymug: Virgin Atlantic Airways: Luggage Tags

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:33:05 -0500

jaymug:

Virgin Atlantic Airways: Luggage Tags

izmia: Creative American Lung Association Advertisement: The...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 08:22:05 -0500

izmia:

Creative American Lung Association Advertisement: The more you smoke, the less you celebrate - Yaratıcı Amerika Akciğer Derneği Reklamı: Ne Kadar Çok Sigara, okadar az Kutlama.

ifilikeityoulikeit: 3 Ways To Predict What Consumers Want...

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:11:05 -0500

ifilikeityoulikeit:

3 Ways To Predict What Consumers Want Before They Know It

“The insight that sparks innovation appears to occur randomly. After all, the iconic shorthand for innovation is a light bulb, implying that ideas come from sudden flashes of inspiration. While such flashes are surely good things, it is hard to depend on them, particularly if you are at a company that needs to introduce a steady stream of innovative ideas.”

More here

adwriter: sony ad - capture the truth

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 15:29:06 -0500

adwriter:

sony ad - capture the truth

AdLife #24: The Morning After the ADDY Awards

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 14:17:05 -0500

AdLife #24: The Morning After the ADDY Awards

DRAFT FCB / LOWE (Switzerland) for Greenpeace.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:06:05 -0500

DRAFT FCB / LOWE (Switzerland) for Greenpeace.

Apple iTunes and App Store downloads months after...

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 11:55:05 -0500

Apple iTunes and App Store downloads months after launch

Source: Asymco

tjobo: All You Need Is One Drunk Driver Who did this one?

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:44:06 -0500

tjobo:

All You Need Is One Drunk Driver

Who did this one?

Shoot my truck from Playstation.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:33:05 -0500

Shoot my truck from Playstation.

Iconic images in 3D [x]

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 08:22:05 -0500

Iconic images in 3D [x]

These ideas are just dead to us.

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:11:05 -0500

These ideas are just dead to us.

"What happens when you click on a weblink? Here’s one answer: a request goes from your computer..."

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 17:50:05 -0500

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What happens when you click on a weblink? Here’s one answer: a request goes from your computer to a server identified by the URL of the desired link. The server then locates the webpage in its files and sends it back to your browser, which then displays it on your screen. Simple.

Well, the process was indeed like that once – a very long time ago. In the beginning, webpages were simple pages of text marked up with some tags that would enable a browser to display them correctly. But that meant that the browser, not the designer, controlled how a page would look to the user, and there’s nothing that infuriates designers more than having someone (or something) determine the appearance of their work. So they embarked on a long, vigorous and ultimately successful campaign to exert the same kind of detailed control over the appearance of webpages as they did on their print counterparts – right down to the last pixel.

”

- Graphic designers are ruining the web | Technology | The Observer

Actually, what happened in between those two events was the appending of variables to the URL string to pass data back and forth, via CGI-bin, REST, etc. It’s been a good, long time since URLs were just links to pages and servers sending specific pages back. That slowed things down right and proper, both because of the added code needed to make pages functional, and because of server latency as actual database calls and calculations were made instead of just spitting back some text. But boy did it sure make pages more useful.

Seems illustrative: extra usability comes with a file size cost - both for code and for design. A worthy reminder, but hardly evidence that design is killing the web.

But, then, I just did a speed test on my new internet today and it was 50mbps down, so BRING IT.

(via rickwebb)

"They are as good an example as exists of a brand pulling off being a media creator,” says Noah..."

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:41:06 -0500

““They are as good an example as exists of a brand pulling off being a media creator,” says Noah Brier, cofounder of Percolate, which helps brands create content for their social followers. While serving as head of strategy at digital agency the Barbarian Group, Brier worked on the redesign of Red Bull’s brand site. “Actually, they’re getting to the point where it’s not useful to use them as an example since they’re such an exception to the rule,” he adds. “Red Bull is a media company that sells drinks instead of ads, and I get the impression they think of themselves that way.””

- Red Bull Media House: The World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies in 2012 | Fast Company

This is a great quote from Noah. When he and I were at TBG, TBG spent about a year working on reorganizing all of Red Bull’s innumerable online properties into a single, integrated platform that was highly media-centric to help in Red Bull’s vision of being a heavy media player.

At the time, it was hard to get reporters to understand what was going on with the site - it seemed almost boring to them. But here it is, three years later and it’s still killing it, growing and supporting the brand.

They really are one of the most interesting companies in the world.

(via rickwebb)

weblast: Craftsman: Sand paper Craftsman have strong hands....

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:30:06 -0500

weblast:

Craftsman: Sand paper

Craftsman have strong hands. These posters, printed on sand paper, invite people to get the hands of a Craftsman by rubbing their hands on it.