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"Fast Lane": Giant Playground Slide inside in Berlin Train Station #advertising #communication #fun

2010-08-06T01:32:00.001-07:00

Oh, so wish this could become a world-wide trend.

"Fast Lane": Giant playground slide into Alexanderplatz U-bahn Train Station in Berlin.

A fun Volkswagen Ad.

Love this kind of Ads, reminds me of Rory Sutherland's: Life lessons from an ad man on TED Talks, where he suggested Advertising adds value to a product by changing our perception, rather than the product itself.

And love this great quote from the talk - "Poetry is when you make new things familiar and familiar things new." which indeed is a definition of what GOOD advertising does - Just like Sutherland suggested - to help people appreciate what is unfamiliar, but also to gain a greater appreciation, and place a far higher value on those things which are already existing.

Another idea worth spreading. ;-)

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My 205th Birthday Wishes to Hans Christian Andersen #fairytales

2010-04-01T20:07:00.001-07:00

Happy 205th Birthday Hans Christian Andersen! Thank you for your lovely fairy tales.

Below are some of my favorite Fairy Tales from Anderson which I squared them up for Squairy Tales: A graphic design project for various fairy tales, mainly useing square shapes.

Also, it is lovely to see today's google doodle commemorates Hans Christian Andersen's 250th birthday:

Google created 5 very cute doodles just for Andersen in remembrance of his birthday and contribution to the writing industry. Born on April 2, 1805, Hans Christian Andersen was known for his famous children’s stories. Among his works are "The Steadfast Tin Soldier”, “The Snow Queen”, “The Little Mermaid”, “Thumbelina”, “The Little Match Girl”, and the “The Ugly Duckling”.

If you enjoyed or perhaps love the said stories, then you owe the thanks to Mr. Andersen.

The childhood of Hans Christian Andersen begun in Odense, Denmark. His early works started in 1829. He also authored the “A Journey on Foot from Holmen’s Canal to the East Point of Amager”.

Andersen’s death was caused by a fall from his bed, where he got severely hurt and never fully recovered. He died on August 4, 1875. At his time of demise, he was already an internationally renowned and treasured artist.

Hans Christian Andersen left around 27 famous fairy tales, which are mostly in Danish.

Source: Wikipedia

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I <3 MG

2010-04-01T05:29:00.001-07:00

On the April Fool's day, I've just realised that Milton Glaser a.k.a "Mr. I <3 NY" was also the co-art director of the 'push pin graphic' magazine from @clintonduncan (Thanks Clinton!) I'm a huge fan of Seymour Chwast as well.

So this is going to be a Hat's Off Post to Mr MG!

Above: The I Love New York is a tourism-campaign symbol for New York State, created by Milton Glaser in 1973, consisting of the capital letter I, followed by a red heart symbol (♥), below which are the capital letters N and Y, set in a rounded slab serif typeface called American Typewriter. The campaign was an enormous success, with no end in sight.

Above: In the aftermath of September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, glaser updated his design by adding the words ‘more than ever’, with a smudge on the lower corner of heart symbolising the World Trade Center site. The black spot approximates the site's location on Manhattan Island.

Above: Glaser Stencil™, 1967: a font family tree displays different foundries’ versions of basically the same typeface design.

Above: Bob Dylan with the kaleidoscope hair, poster for CBS records, that was included in the singer's greatest hits album, 1966.

Above: 2 poster inspired by a brilliant headline: "Full Color Sound.", 1979.
Sometimes words trigger the visual imagination in a powerful way. Milton said the 2nd image owes a debt to René Magritte, one of his all time favorite sources of ideas. (Yes! Magritte Rocks!)

Above: The Mask - Milton took a scrap of variegated paper and poked his hand through it to create this curious face that served as an announcement for a show of his work at the Cooper Union, 1984.

Milton Glaser draws & lectures

<p>MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.</p>

Above: Short documentary made by C. Coy with Milton Glaser where he muses on design while simultaneously drawing a portrait of William Shakespeare.

Seeing lots ripoffs of Milton's "I <3 whatever", have you seen anyone gives love to the man that made it possible? Yes, Israeli typographer, graphic designer Oded Ezer shows his love - Here is a wonderful "I love new york 3D Poster" by Oded!

We love you Milton Glaser!

(Photo by Sam Haskins)

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Sex Explained By iPods via @buzzfeed #ipod #Tech

2010-03-30T04:38:00.001-07:00

Explaining sex with pens is so primitive. Kids today need things explained to them on their terms.

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Still Using a Bag for Your Laptop? Try a Hoodie! Thx @scarponio

2010-03-28T23:25:00.001-07:00

Cool idea from Conceptual Devices: One of the Just Undo It project - How to transform your hoodie into a laptop sleeve. no sewing skills required.

How to videos below:

Just Undo It project also demonstrates how to turn your hoodie into a pillow, backpack, strap bag and baby carrier, all without any cost or special tools.

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Interesting Visualization Project "Personas", by MIT's @azinman

2010-03-27T20:19:00.001-07:00

I found this interesting online project called Personas created by Aaron Zinman. The project is part of an exhibition at M.I.T. Museum called Metropath(ologies).

Personas creates an animated visualization of your online persona, creating in an interesting color-coded DNA strip of traits: Visualising how does the internet sees you.

So I tried the magic of this installation - the image above is what was generated. You can try it here:

http://personas.media.mit.edu/

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