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The Center of The Earth

0 Comments - Add comment Written on 04-Nov-2009 by albertob

New little piece of music and a small visual experiment from my domestic factory.
Click on the play button at the top of the picture.

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The new age - Video appears in printed magazine

0 Comments - Add comment Written on 17-Sep-2009 by Phailanx

We've all seen Minority Report and Harry Potter where newspapers and magazines come to life with animation and vibrant, dynamic content. Well those days are finally coming closer. American Magazine "Entertainment Weekly" has launched a video in their print magazine by inserting a small screen device into a thin piece of cardboard to show trailers, adverts, etc.

Entertainment Weekly are the first major magazine to try combining traditional editorial methods with the digital age and it could be the start of something special.

As with all new technology pilots, the system isn't perfect. "Chip technology is used to store the video - described as similar to that used in singing greeting cards - which is activated when the page is turned" (BBC, 2009). However the current system is clunky and has a lag making adverts not appear instantly.

Some critics are also arguing that the cost will have a big impact on its success, especially as the internet already delivers these opportunities to engage consumers free of charge. Despite these issues, I think that this (with the right investment of time and money) could really be a stepping stone in the print world embracing digital.

An entire website built just with YouTube features

5 Comments - Add comment Written on 10-Jun-2009 by julio.ferro

Point your browser to BooneOakley.com and It redirects you to a YouTube video, but the thing is that using the annotations feature, BO created a fully animated animated website. A pretty cool and simple idea to viralize for free!

Of course, you can navigate the entire site from here.

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The electronic paper revolution

0 Comments - Add comment Written on 06-May-2009 by julio.ferro

From paper to electronic paper. Designers have to make the idea that we're going to think for this new medium: a mix between the screen and the printed matter. Everybody knows Amazon's Kindle, but since the newspaper's collapse it seems that electronic paper would be the innovative solution.

Plastic Logic is presenting their reader and publishing application. This flexible electronic media would be available in 2010.

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It's a small world

0 Comments - Add comment Written on 16-Apr-2009 by julio.ferro

British Designers Create Italian Branding for Bahraini Restaurant

SHH has created a full branding package - including identity, environmental graphics, signage, menus, place settings and staff uniforms - for a new restaurant and takeaway concept called "Italiano", set to open this month. The first Italiano outlet, located in the food court of the Al A'ali Mall in Bahrain's capital city Manama, has been undertaken for client Al-Hilal Enterprises Group, for whom SHH recently designed and branded the highly successful Nu Asia new-build restaurant (about to roll out to a new second site in Bahrain). Continue reading...

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Art in a box.

2 Comments - Add comment Written on 31-Mar-2009 by Deleted kylie

Justin Gignac talks to Webjam Community Manager, Sam Lassman Watts about finding art in amongst New York City's rubbish.

1. You make boxes filled with rubbish. How did it all start, what could possibly posses someone to pick up trash and put it in a box?

It started in 2000 after my sophomore year in college. One day at my summer internship we were having a discussion about the importance of package design. One of my coworkers claimed package design wasn't important and I thought that was ridiculous. I figured the only way to prove them wrong would be to package something that absolutely nobody would ever want to buy. If I could convince someone to buy it, I'd know my package design was successful. So I stared down into Times Square for a few minutes and it hit me...garbage!

2. and what possesses people to part with their hard earned cash for something they probably threw out themselves earlier that day.

Everyone has a different reason for buying one of my garbage cubes. Some purely see the humor in it. Some appreciate the balls of the idea. Others want a memento of the city they love. Some love the commentary on consumerism. In the case of limited editions like the last game at Yankee Stadium or New Year's Eve in Times Square people want a piece of history. As much as New York City's garbage is an eyesore it's also a living part of our landscape and our culture.

3. You started selling the boxes on the street, do you still or is it all online? Who has been your strangest customer?

Yeah, at first I started on the street until I realized the internet is much less effort. Hawking trash on the street just takes too much time.

Most of my customers are online so I have no idea who they are. My first customer, though, was a man from Ecuador in his 50's who didn't speak any English. Somehow he got the concept and bought a cube. That started it all.

4. Do you take inspiration from Manzoni's Merda d'artista?

I hadn't seen Manzoni's work when I first started this project but a few people have brought it up since. I can only hope that my numbered crap boxes sell at Sotheby's someday for thousands of dollars like his.

5. Have you done any shows? Do you intend to do any shows? It seems like there is a huge amount of intrigue in each box, so imagine a room with 100 or 200 boxes...people would be there for hours.

A couple cubes have been part of group shows but I have yet to do a solo show. That's one of my goals for this year. You're right though, I think people would be there for hours. That's the thing I've found most compelling about my cubes, watching people interact with them. When people have had the opportunity to choose from a few they spend so much time examining each cube, comparing and they always end up having a deeply personal connection to at least one. I think people want the cube that is the best reflection of themselves.

6. How about different things inside the boxes..or does it end at garbage?

For me, the idea is all about the garbage. Getting someone to find beauty in items that are discarded and forgotten. It's all about selling something people would never want. The only other route to go is shit, but Manzoni already covered that.

7. finally, If it comes down to it, do you choose a life in art or a life in advertising?

Art, absolutely. Advertising has been a great way to hone my skills of communication and creativity, but I'd much rather come up with an idea that makes me money rather than a corporation and an ad agency. Also, there's many more moments of gratification in art than any advertising job I've had. I think my work will always have a balance and commentary on art and commerce though.

oh...and just one last thing? Is it art?

When I make a cube it's only garbage in a box. The art happens when someone is willing to buy it. To date, I've sold more than 1,200 cubes to people in over 45 states and 25 countries. So I guess it is art.

See Justin's quality rubbish at http://www.nycgarbage.com

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