brains

I thought this was cute and clever

PANORAMA

This is similar to what Niko had posted with scrolling the mouse, I found this by accident. 

Check it out

It's like Lotto…

you gotta be in it, to win it. Here are two design competitions, both with cash prizes.

The ACLU Restore America Poster Competition deadline is March 1.

The D'ag Bag Competition deadline is March 15. Good luck!

JK Keller

ASL Matchbooks - My sister showed me this awhile ago, and I loved it. 

Check out the other stuff on his website too, he's done some cool projects.

Pepsi's New Logo

Does Pepsi's new logo work?

The Subway Art of Poster Boy

Poster boy is a guerilla street artist living anonymously in NYC. Using only a razor blade, he slices up posters billboards and ads within the walls of the subway systems throughout NYC.

Unbelievable

This depicts one million plastic cups...

Chris Jordan's "Running the Numbers" shows bizarre measures of society, in large intricate detailed prints.

Crazy Ads

This is one of Dimitri Daniloff's. 

I LOVE his work, you're probably familiar with it because of the Playstation Ads.

Check the site out for awesome illustrators, designers, art directors, designers, & photographers!!

ABSOLUT

Last semester I had Joseph Mazzaferro for Advertising and he had worked on the Absolut campaign for several years...

Absolut wants to sell their product to countries all over the world, and India would not allow any alcohol advertisements, so they needed a way around it. They made this short film as their 'advertisement' to be shown in movie theaters during the previews. 

Check out... The Mulit

By the way, there was a contest to see who could see the most Absolut bottles during the film, but I can't remember how much there actually were! 

3 AMAZING Videos!!

These are 3 videos that are VITAL to see:

1. Make the Logo Bigger, the BEST version!

2. Consumerism the Musical

3. Have you seen the movie, "A Few Good Men" and are in Advertising...then this is especially for you, A Few Good Creative Men

PARENTAL ADVISORY

Here's an AWESOME typographic video from Pulp Fiction, 

that I've never been able to forget! 

What does Marsellus Wallace look like?

The Ultimate Monkey Sneak!

The first week in class I had made a comment about using the 'Misdirect' approach for advertising.

Promoting a product by misdirecting and intriguing the public into believing they are being marketed in a different way. It is the Ultimate Monkey Sneak. You get the consumer excited for your product, and then you pull the rug out from them, to help promote something else.   

Check these videos out to see them in action...

CARDO

The finest in bluetooth technology

NOVA SCOTIA

Tourism at NoviaScotialife.com was first promoted through this-

We're all gonna die

An amazing 100 meter long photo project.

Short Films About Love

Just in time for V day, apex art has a new exhibition opening. Kick my hearts ass is curated by Davy Rothbart and runs until March 21st.

Iron and Wine. The Shepherd's dog

this is iron and wine's new album cover, i thought it was cool. the singer, sam, made it. i also really liked the type.

Mmm…danger

This article supports the strategy some in class are pursuing for the ZICO project, the link between unpronounceable ingredients and their lack of appetite appeal.

cool graph

a really cool graph about the history of superbowl ads

element

here is one of the Honda Element ads that I was talking about in class yesterday, there are a ton more if you look around on youtube

crab

Pratt on flickr

I spent hours at the library posting bookplates for my job. check it out, some of them are very beautiful. (look up pratt institute libraries bookplates on flickr)