HAPPY MORNING...

If you're not much of a morning person, this could be for you. Or at least it might make you seem like one.

Created here...

SAMSUNG - Widget

Following on from last weeks post, Nick is making plenty of progress!

Really nice idea where users vote for the next topic, see the post from last week for the concept ;-)

GEORGE LOIS - Slams Esquire Cover

Legendary Esquire designer/AD slams the October Esquire cover design!

This guy is a legend and knows what he's talking about, he saved MTV in the beginning!

Video interview here... 

Brave move by Esquire, bad headline though and I'm sure they could have done something more creative?

WISDOM - WIse Words From Wise People

H&M - Comme des Garçons

Today H&M release (only to look at) their newest hyped collaboration, this time with Comme des Garçons.

Looks like some nice products here, I hope they feel the same to ;-) In selected stores on November 13th.

I also hope they add some content to the site on release, it has a nice viewing system but lacks an experience.

UPDATE - Bibliothèque

I've had an eye on Bibliothèque since their founding in 2004. I was interested in how the members from great 

graphic design stables - Farrow, and also North were gonna do it. I also wondered why they would want to leave

such high profile design offices? Well I guess they just wanted to see if they could do it for themselves! 

Check them out if you're not aware of them, they've just updated, very tight graphics from London.

SAMSUNG - Where To Next Then?

To promote the new Pixon Camera Phone, Samsung has commissioned photographer Nick Turpin to take street

shots around Europe, every day for the next 28 days. The subject of each photograph will be determined by votes 

made by visitors to the website.

Every time Turpin posts up a new image, visitors will have two hours to click on any aspect of the image that they

feel should form the subject matter of his next shot. In the first pic, predictably, most people clicked on the delivery

man’s backside, so the next picture’s subject will be ‘bottom’.

This is a great way for the visitors to truly interact and create the route (story) making your vote count! 

The design I find a bit dodgy, but big up - Lean Mean Fighting Machine for the concept!

WEB 2.0 - But Offline?

It's all about open public dialogues. The bubbles encourage anyone to customize them with any expression. More
Bubbles mean more dialogues in more places, more sharing of personal thoughts, more reactions to current events,
and most importantly - more imagination and fun! This is an old idea which just works so well for this day and age,
advertisers should take note! The Bubble Project...

PART OF THE WEEKEND NEVER DIES

I posted the trailer for this some time ago and although not really my bag these days, this documentary rocks! 

We follow 2 Many Dj's / Soulwax on their massive never ending world tour (most of which is BTS footage) with

plenty of other input from musical names. Amazingly cut and edited it gives great insight and just goes to show

what great content you can get with one man and a camera. Big budgets and shoots just not needed. 

Watch it...

IN-GAME ADVERTISING - Democratic Dollars

Last week GamePolitics broke the news of Barack Obama ads popping up in Burnout Paradise. The Associated

Press has confirmed the story, stating that the Obama campaign has bought ad space in nine EA titles including

Madden 09 and NASCAR 09. The ads will run through November 3 on Xbox Live.

I'm staying out of that politics stuff happening over there, but this fella has some smart guys behind him.

VOLVO - Ocean Race, Rush!

Experience Rush...
The challenge: Expand the reach of what is normally a fairly niche sponsorship - a sailing competition - and link a 

car brand, Volvo, to a water-based sport. The solution: A nine-month-long interactive, "choose your own adventure"

video tied to the carmaker's name sponsorship of the Volvo Ocean Race. The global sailing competition is held every

three years and lasts almost a year.

This is a nice piece of interactive, with good use of video and editing to pull-off the adventure,

look forward to experiencing the next phases. More Info...

MVAs ICON AWARD - Jonathan Glazer

Acclaimed: music video / commercials / film director - Jonathan Glazer accepted the first Icon Award at the UK

Music Video Awards recently, from UNKLE’s James Lavelle – and also delighted the audience with a film he made

especially for the MVAs. Jonathan interviewed his parents, Stanley and Ella, about his music videos. Catch it here...

JULIAN RED - AW08 Film

Another season, another fashion film! Julian Red rise to the occasion with a rather nice promo clip for their 

AW08 collection. Opting for black & white (very Swedish ;-) this film has the right level of mystery and engagement.

It's great to see something I predicted a few years back now becoming a reality and the norm :-) 

Fashion+Film+Art = Better Brand Experience / Awareness. It's also now important for all brands to not just rely on

YouTube, but to also find different channels / media to promote themselves, this is how they will stand out from the rest ;-)

CICATRIZ - Ones To Watch

Although summer is over, check out Swedish fashion label Cicatriz SS08 collection! Most labels in Sweden are 

a little afraid of colour, tending to stick to those classics: black, grey and white... so it's nice to see colour being

embraced here. Photography by Rickard Sund and art direction by Clap Clap all help compliment each other in 

an effective yet underestimated way. Check out their AW08 collection as well. Tack for the sneakers & bullets ;-)

SHYNOLA - Gideon Baws Dies Aged 33

It's sad to hear that music video director Gideon Baws passed away on Saturday while at a wedding. 

The circumstances surrounding Gideon’s death are still unclear, but they appear to be connected to him 

suffering an accidental blow to the head earlier in the day on Saturday.

As a member of Shynola, Gideon was part of an outstanding team that set new standards for modern 

animation and created some of the best music videos of the last decade.

Some great Shynola videos here...

BANKSY - More NYC Takeover

CHANGE IS GOOD - But There Will Be Risk!

This is a slide I've been dropping in some presentations to clients recently, and who can argue with Charles Darwin?

There will be risk, but that is a good thing! Nothing great comes easy!

If you are a client who sits on the money, remember that you probably won't be rewarded or pat on the back for just

doing your job, but you will be for taking the risk and pulling it off! As this should result in more awareness, PR etc.

If you take the risk, fail and lose your job - don't worry as there are many companies out there who will reward you 

for forward thinking.

NOTE: Be careful about using this quote, there is a time and place for everything ;-)

ONLINE VIDEO - Today & Next?

I was meant to post this some time ago! Some very very creative (mostly) English people talk and reflect on everyones

favourite channel, YouTube and video etc. What I find interesting here is that it's great that these (mostly more traditional) 

creatives are now onboard with 2.0 and online etc, but it's been a real struggle to get them there! Now they get it and are 

starting to understand the power, freedom, and most importantly the people!

What they do know for sure is that it's not just about technology or the latest trend channel, but more importantly it's

about creativity/idea and finding that right channel. Now the clients just need to be more open-minded and take the risks ;-)

BANKSY - Does It Again!

Just opened in the West Village, New York Bansky's animatronics installation "The Village Pet Store and Charcoal Grill"
Moving away from his stencil and street art approach, this new work is receiving rave reviews for it's commentary on our
relationship with animals. This is amazing idea which has been well carried out!

From the artist: "I wanted to make art that questioned our relationship with animals and the ethics and sustainability of factory
farming, but it ended up as chicken nuggets singing."

Check more here...

ADIDAS FESTIVAL TIME - Nice Music Here...

If you like the sound of this line-up, vote for it ;-)

INDEPENDENT GRIP - Intelligently Applied

Following on from yesterday's post! Maybe not as engaging or as impactful as the TVC...

but still far better than most car ads! See 2 posts down for more on the concept!

GRACE JONES - By Chris Cunningham

The Dazed & Confused November art special is on sale October 9, 2008, headed up by 

a stunning 12-page visual collaboration between Grace Jones and Chris Cunningham, 

with the avant-garde film director digitally morphing the iconic performer to reveal the Devil Inside. 

Read more...

HUMANISTIC APPROACH

I love it when brands who are associated with more technical or mechanical products suddenly

bring it back to the simple things and a humanistic approach. A nice visual pull and audio working

together here, creating an engaging emotional spot ;-)

ADAM KIMMEL - Presents: Claremont HD

How to promote a Adam Kimmel suit in an extreme way! Fun & nuts!

FABIEN BARON - In The NY Times

Nice little read here about one of my creative hero's, titled... Fabien Baron: The Art Director Star.

He even has a holiday house in Sweden, I wonder what it looks like? I can't imagine him living in

one of the standard red painted traditional setups.

MIA NILSSON - Sthlm Street Art

As the rest of the capital cities in the world get bigger and better commissioned street-art, Sthlm gets it's first real piece!

To celebrate the re-launch of the Levis 501, Levis spent two years working to get the permission to give one creative

the chance to show their work on a wall in Stockholm. The artist was found with the help of a Vice Magazine search

which requested their readers to create an artwork based on the Levi's® 501® jeans campaign theme "Live Unbuttoned". 

The winner was Mia Nilsson. Her illustration can be seen at Grevturegatan 8 on a 5 X 11 meter wall for the next couple of months. 

Mia Nilsson's contribution as well as the ten other best contributions can be seen in a special art fanzine packaged with the latest 

issue of Vice and at www.viceland.com/liveunbuttoned

Catch up Sweden, these type of projects attract tourism and give a good impression to the youth-culture in other parts of the world!

BANKSY - Quote

This may or may not be true but I do think many students are put off by the lack of money or struggle that 

beckons in the Art world. Most creatives I know working in the Ad world are frustrated by the lack of creative 

freedom, or selling / buy this stance they have found themselves in, thus crave for no logos and to create art.

These days you find a lot of creatives within the Advertising/Design world creating self initiated projects without

the usual brand guidelines and weak concepts. The best Advertising comes from Art usually anyway ;-)