Rocket Studio created the famous silhouettes for Apple’s Agency TBWA/Chiat/Day. More great advertising on their website.
Category: General
The Ad Generator
The ad generator is a generative artwork that explores how advertising uses and manipulates language. Words and semantic structures from real corporate slogans are remixed and randomized to generate invented slogans. These slogans are then paired with related images from Flickr, thereby generating fake advertisements on the fly. “By remixing corporate slogans, I intend to… Continue reading The Ad Generator
QR Codes. Next Big Thing From Japan?
Michael Fiorella pointed me to an interesting article he wrote about QR Code Marketing. What are QR Codes? The image you see on the left is an example of a QR Code, a fairly new type of bar code that can hold more information than in the past, like alphanumeric characters and even Japanese text.… Continue reading QR Codes. Next Big Thing From Japan?
Huge Database of Sports Logos
I just spotted a massive database of sports logos where you can check out what the Boston Celtics brand looked like years ago, or check out the evolution of Cleveland Indians’ logo over time. Additionally it is interesting to note that some clubs have reintroduced their old logo few years after the rebranding, probably because… Continue reading Huge Database of Sports Logos
Hilarious Web 2.0 & Marketing Caricatures :)
Web 2.0 RSS / XML / OPML / What? More at Karzoogle
Intelligent Video-Advertising For Site Owners
AdBrite, a content ad network, has just soft launched its newest product: InVideo With InVideo the company has created a video player similar to YouTube’s, which users can brand with their own logo and, if wanted, include AdBrite ads. The good thing: you get paid when other people watch your video and even better, you… Continue reading Intelligent Video-Advertising For Site Owners
Pernod Ricard Austria Website Launches
After a intense work period of two months, spirits company Pernod Ricard Austria and I successfully launched their new website. The website includes information on over 40 products with each approx. 4 different qualities (7yr, 12yr, etc.). Each product page features textual information accompanied by flash-visuals, logos and links. Read the full story in my… Continue reading Pernod Ricard Austria Website Launches
Adobe’s Icon Rebranding
With Adobe’s upcoming launch of the CS3 Suite the company will have rebranded over hundreds of their icons. Veerle writes: While this color-wheel beautifully presents the approach in the entire re-branding, I think it fails in bringing the message across on how it will tie together as a whole. The idea is great though but… Continue reading Adobe’s Icon Rebranding
Architecture meets Product Design
Real estate developer Omniyat Properties, based in Dubai, is planning to build an apartment tower inspired by Apple’s iPod MP3 player. The 23-storey building, which is scheduled to bring more than 200 units onto the market in 2009, was designed by Hong Kong-based architects James Law Cybertecture International. Read more at Gulfnews
Apple Cookies For Christmas
Yummy! not from Apple though 🙂 [via Mac Essentials]