August 2008
17 posts
Video Playlist: A Collection of Animation TV Spot... →
Here’s a collection of four tv spots and one loop that show off some great animation and motion graphics techniques. Bumcheek Monkey, Talking Heads, Squirrel
is good for a quick…
The "ply" Mobile phone concept by KDDI au looks... →
Using a wood motif can be cool, especially when it’s hiding a pocket projector inside of a mobile phone. KDDI
Beautiful Losers Film by Aaron Rose and Joshua... →
Poster design by Keith Scharwath and Aaron Rose—Check out Keith’s flickr photos here I was delighted to have checked out out a recent screening in New York of Aaron Rose and Joshua…
Over One Third of Vista Machines Have Been... →
Poor ol’ Vista: “Through a survey of 3,000 computers, it was found that 35% of those systems built to run Vista had been downgraded (by computer vendors or users) to run XP.”
Pandora Internet Radio on the Brink of Closing... →
As an avid Pandora listener, this is sad news.
“Founder Tim Westergren has stated that the service is approaching a “pull-the-plug kind of decision” for the service. Why is this happening? Last…
Retro Coca-Cola Bottles Commercial (as seen during... →
I just saw this Coca-Cola spot while watching the Olympics Track & Field Men’s 100m. Normally, I might’ve missed this ad while skipping through the commercials, but since I was…
My Favorite Commercial from the Olympics So Far:... →
karenh:
This animated commercial for United aired during the Beijing Olympics opening. “Sea Orchestra” is a collaboration between the artist Ree Treweek and Jannes Hendrikz (Shy the Sun…
Apple's iPhone 3G cracked open with all its parts... →
cnet spends 4 hours dissecting the iphone and splaying out all its inside parts for you to see (in 16 slides).
Beijing Olympics 2008 - The (Story Behind) the... →
Image via Getty Images //
Sure, the five teddy-bear characters (“Fuwa”, which translates roughly as “Lucky Kids”) are cutesy and fun, but the Beijing Olympics identity “contains two…
The BBC Sport's Olympics Monkey →
“This animated sequence, based on the classical Chinese novel, “Journey to the West”, has been produced by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the men behind virtual band Gorillaz.”
via Very…
25 Sites to Experience the Beijing Summer Olympics →
Mashable puts together a list of 25 sites to get (most) of your Olympics news and video (I hear NBC is going to have live HD video on their site for people in the US).
"Around the World (Wide Web) for the Olympics" →
Having worked on a couple of Olympics site myself this year, I was hoping to make a post about some different Olympics sites. It looks like Addicott Web beat me to it with their visual listing of many official Olympics sites from around the globe. see more
HOW International Design Awards →
“Work must have been created between Jan. 1, 2007 and Sept.1, 2008,” so I’m guessing the deadline is Sept. 1, 2008.
The winner will receive an expenses paid trip to the 2009 HOW Design…
Aurora - Interactions in context of a... →
Aurora (Part 1) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
Aurora (Part 2) from Adaptive Path on Vimeo.
These are a couple of cool concept videos by Adaptive Path for the Mozilla Labs concept series. They talk about things like “Context Awareness” and “Natural Interaction” in their design themes. “Aurora is a concept video presenting one possible future user experience for...
New Firefox 3 Digg Extension Released →
The new Digg firefox extension gives you a toolbar to display Digg counts & comments, Digg and submit stories, and receive notifications.
You can download it here: …