The week in twitter

November 8, 2010

This week, In Twitter #43

Interesting Things

	Wanderfly Instead of booking travel around flights and hotels, Wanderfly asks you what you actually want to do in your travel destination. Plan a holiday based on food, culture or entertainment and let the application figure out the rest of the details.

	Japan's suicide forest Vice explores the eery Aokigahara Forest that has come to be known as Japan's leading place of suicide.

	Diesel Interactive retail installation Diesel Europe has created an interactive retail installation that attempts to immerse people in an alternative reality. Installed in Amsterdam and Antwerp, the display combines new technologies with sculpture resulting in a freaky sensory experience.

	Urban Outfitters "redesign" Something very curious is going on in brand world this week. After Gap's disasterous logo redesign/crowd sourcing project/reversion it would seem the "clever" marketers at Urban Outfitters are trying to pull out a similiar stunt. The new attention seeking site and identity is an awful mix of distorted typography and bad product shots.

Things to look at

	Illustrations by Andrew Archer

	Painter Sarah Harvey

	Amour: Warning

	Lip paintings

	Dreaming of Italy

	Will Barras

	Music portraits

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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November 8, 2010

This week, In Twitter #42

Interesting Things

	Real life Like buttons Belgian company Boondoggle Lifelabs has introduced a service that let's you "like" products in the real world. No particular brand tie ins (Above the usual Like functionality on facebook) have been seen yet, but it seems inevitable that advertisers could use this to increase foot traffic to stores.

	Monet 2010 Celebrating a new exhibition of the works of Monet in Paris, this site has been commissioned to prodivde an interactive journey through the art and it's history. A total visual treat.

	The Brand Gap Marty Neumeier's book "The Brand Gap" is considered essential reading for those thinking about branding in the modern world. This excellent set of slides simplifies these ideas into a quick, presentable format that's great for designers and marketers alike.

	The Future of Self Service Banking Tasked with redefining the ATM, agency IDEO attempts to humanise the ATM experience from the ground up. Building from new key insights, they've created an elegant mtachine that is usable, secure and even entertaining.

	The New Sharing economy Interesting reasearch into the economy of sharing asks fundamental questitons about how and why we share. How have our sharing habits changed? What's changed about our psychology of sharing? And how can web, mobile and real-time technologies continue to fuel sharing?

Things to look at

	Toilet paper roll art

	CJINKINS

	Light spaces

	Buck 2010 reel

	Illustrator Bobby Mckenna

	Insects

	Khoa Le

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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October 24, 2010

This week, In Twitter #41

Interesting Things

	Ana Somnia Ana Somnia is strange but brilliant experience. The site is a piece of generative art that reacts to the surrounding light in your room – and when it’s right – takes you on a journey into a little girl’s dream. You’ll need your webcam turned on and darkness to watch it in.

	Lost world’s fairs Internet Explorer 9 (beta) has just been released and with it the last of the major browsers to support real web type. In accordance with this, Microsoft commissioned the likes of Jason Santa Maria, Frank Chimero and others to create a series of design experiments that push what we’ve seen on the web to new heights.

	Dark Side of the Lens Inspiring short from surf documenter Mickey Smith on what keeps his creative drive. Mickey says he might only scrape a living doing it, but at least it’s living worth scraping.

	Nokia Push Burton Nokia, Push and Burton have teamed up to make an app that turns your snowboard experience into a game. It tracks runs, measures tricks and shares the best bits with your mates. In their words, they want to turn all the world’s mountains into playgrounds.

	The Back Side of Your Gullet is Decadent & Depraved A short story on visual culture, consumption, and nourishment.

Things to look at

	Home Truths

	Michael Freimuth

	Oil Paintings by Angela Fraleigh

	Watches

	Animated short, “Umbra”

	Scotch & Soda

	Illustrations by Killian Eng

	Posters by Stanley Chow

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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August 22, 2010

This week, In Twitter #40

Interesting Things

	Alex Bogusky Tells All: He Left the World's Hottest Agency to Find His Soul Fast Company delivers a fascinating sit down with Bogusky to find out what motivated him to leave one of the hottest shops on the planet (and the industry).

	Multi touch DJ interface Beautifully functional and modern evolution of the classic DJ turntables using multi touch.

	What the F**k is Social Media NOW? Rather than yet another banal definition of Social Media itself, these slides aim to show where the medium stands today. Interesting statistics show it's continued exponential growth and what it really means to people in 2010.

	Facebook places This week Facebook launched it’s next big thing - Facebook Places. Similar to other location based services (Foursquare, Gowalla) Places attempts to connect friends together based on their location by “checking in”.

	It Might Get Loud Rock out with the Art of The Title as they dissect the sequence for new rock documentary It Might Get Loud starring Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge.

Things to look at

	Jessamyn Patterson

	Vitra Haus by Herzog & de Meuron

	For a Minor Reflection - A Moll (music video)

	Photographer Kalle Gustafsson

	Ampersand food groups

	Somewhere in My Surreal Dreams

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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July 25, 2010

This week, In Twitter #39

Interesting Things

	Perrier by dita Brilliant site for Perrier water sees you receive a sensual tour of an old french mansion by lady of the night, Dita.

	Why this is NOT the Twitter election The social media landscape this week has seen a number of interesting developments ranging from the mega successful Old Spice campaign to the over dramatised Crust Pizza sexist tweet. The next Australian election is neither of those, since both parties have proven they do not understand the changing digital media landscape.

	Android app developer Interesting tool from the guys at Google let’s anyone create an android app with no developent experience neccessary. Drop and drag to create!

	Toy Story 3 Concept Art Great behind the scenes bits and pieces from Pixar’s latest, Toy Story 3.

	Pictory Mag - Life lessons Another fascinating sequence of photo stories from Pictory Mag.

Things to look at

	First dibs exhibit

	Tales from the Story Teller

	Drexler

	Monaux

	Musically Inspired Album Covers

	Short animation 35MM

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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July 11, 2010

This week, in Twitter #38

Interesting Things

	Durex iPhone App Durex tackles the difficult challenge of getting young males to use protection. Durex thinks that there’s nothing more devastating that the possibility of having a baby, so they developed an app that lets you 'knock up' a friend’s phone (installs the app). The baby will cry, require attention and otherwise interrupt your day (plus many more humorous consequences).

	Facebook mythbusting by SOAP Excellent slide show from the dudes at Soap that debunks the common myths on Facebook advertising. Why creating a page for your brand isn't truly free, the new social metrics and why (as always) it must be backed by good strategy or it may do more harm than good.

	Show us your Pizza Domino’s has seen a disasterous 18 months of PR after reports of terrible food quality, videos of staff spitting in pizzas and generally shitty products. To their credit the past few months have seen a number of initiatives to lift public opinion on the company. This latest campaign sees the proof shift from glossy ads to the hard evidence, the pizza itself. Upload a pic of your delivery and prove that they really have changed their ways.

	VW Fun theory: Case study Great case study of VW’s super popular “Fun Theory” campaign that ran late last year.

Things to look at

	AT-AT day afternoon

	Grafikas 365 days type project

	Clever print spot

	New site for illustrators GrandPeople

	Bram Van Haeron

	Live-action trailer 'Transform' for new Shaun White game

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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June 30, 2010

This week, in Twitter #37

Interesting Things

	iPad magazines: Don't believe the hype Mashable delivers a scathing review of the current generation iPad magazine apps calling them 'an attempt to turn the clock back, rather than move the medium forward.'

	The Digital book of awesomeness This free e-book encompasses everything that has happened from the inception of digital till now. Everything you need to know to go from digital-zero to hero. No excuses from now on, go forth and download!

	Virgin America Offers Free Flights to Twitter influencers Virgin America has partnered with Klout, an analytics service that tracks users’ influence on Twitter (based on variables such as the quality and number of followers and retweets), to extend free flights (plus tax) to influencers in Toronto.

	UX myths UX Myths collects the most frequent user experience design misconceptions and explains why they don't hold true. Excellent information for common misguided client requests (e.g keeping information above the fold etc.)

Things to look at

	Giant Army

	Only the Brave

	Laser cave audio visual installation

	ISHBU

	Evgeny Kiselev

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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June 27, 2010

This week, In Twitter #36

Interesting Things

	AOL rebrand, part 2 AOL has unveiled part 2 of it's colourful, engimatic and very uncorporate rebrand. The Brand engadged artists, illustrators and motion graphics designers to further it's transformation. Brand New dissects a number of these treatments and and shows why this is one of the most interesting rebrands seen for in a long time.

	Apple iPads for rent on Jetstar's in-flight entertainment system An interesting move from Jetstar sees the implementation of the iPad for flights longer than an hour. With the device becoming so widespread it's becoming an undeniable new source of advertising potential (Branded apps, in-flight movie spots, iAds).

	True Blood: Rich Media iPhone Ad A first taste of the new iAd platform for Apple's devices. HBO's True Blood spot is a simple but well executed example that see's blood trails left behind on finger presses and a integrated trailer.

	The surprising truth about what motivates us RSA animate videos are great, they visually depict interesting talks from speakers of all walks. This time a spot on what really motivates people in business.

Things to look at

	New Diesel denim campaign

	Russ Mills

	New Audiobullys music video

	Doco short, 'Avatar Days'

	Photographer Carlos Serraro

	Stephan Balleux

	Reflectius clock concept

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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May 30, 2010

This week, In Twitter #35

Interesting Things

	The WIRED iPad app It’s finally here. Beautiful layouts, exciting typography, bright and full paged print-style ads with integrated video and almost no filesize limits. Straight away you can see the new potential for advertising on the platform. Hopefully future releases see greater interactivity however, as it still feels a little uninspired at this point.

	The world’s first scented banner Interesting project from our friends at at Chiat\Day see’s the worlds first scented banner developed. Said cards were implanted into scores of computers in Brazil’s biggest lan cafes and were dispensed after interaction with a banner online.

	Playboy Virtual Casting Instead of playboy searching the world for the prettiest women, they decided to get the ladies to come to them. The Argentinian campaign saw girls use their web cam and be snapped by a photographer on screen.

	Are We Post-Digital Yet? Digital technology is so ubiquitous, so integrated into daily life that the terming and seperation of “Digital” in advertising is starting to become meaningless. Teressa says the best brand creativity transcends the screen and lives in meat space, it’s time to start thinking more universally.

	Oil reaches Louisiana shores Boston’s Big Picture captures the devastation of the oil spill in the gulf of mexico as it starts to wash ashore in Louisana.

Things to look at

	CS5 artwork

	Muse · FIELD Data Visualisations

	New site for Si Scott

	James Bennet paintings

	Theo Aartsma experimental typography

	South African Nightscapes

As always, you can follow on @TEQUILA_AUS or @JamesDeAngelis

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May 9, 2010

This week, In Twitter #34

Interesting Things

	Use Foursquare to Catch a Pair of Jimmy Choos This year’s digital trend is set to heaviliy involve location-aware campaigns. Jimmy Choo has done this by organizing a real-time treasure hunt around London via Foursquare.

	The Evolution of Privacy on Facebook An alarming look at Facebook’s changing privacy and personal data use. The difference from a few years ago to today is staggering.

	Up There Excellent (short) doco that details the dying art of hand painted advertising.

	Sneakiest. Design. Ever. Marlboro have long had a sponsorship of Ferrari F1 cars. Yet increasing pressure from Tobacco advertising restrictions has meant cars can no longer be branded with logos/identity. So Ferrari used the design of the car to do something very sneaky...

	Stadium Implosion Experience what it would be like to be in the middle of a controlled implosion with this animated panarama.