Some movies feel like 2 hours (or more) of your life wasted, never to be experienced again. These 5 second movies will help you avoid this feeling.
PS. I’m not stating that all of these movies are in this ‘2 hours of my life I’ll never get back’ category. 
Through: Everyone Is An Artdirector.
I know. It’s been out there for a while, but I just had to share it with you. Old Spice has been busy reinventing itself for a while now, but with their latest effort they have positioned themselves among the greater online campaigns ever if you ask me. After their ‘I’m on a boat’ commercials became a huge hit, their latest effort allowed you to ask the campaigns macho man Isaiah Mustafa any question via Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. The crew would select the best questions and make a movie straight away. This resulted in hundreds of video’s, answering the questions of random Twitter users, but also many celebs, like twitter founder Biz Stone, Ellen DeGeneres, Perez Hilton and Ashton Kutcher.
There is just to much out there, so I’m not even making a selection. Just go to the site and check them out! A brilliant piece of advertising.
Was the iPad presented as the savior magazines, here’s an app that will seriously undermine that position again: Flipboard. What it does is gather all the links people share you follow through social media, and present this in a magazine like format. Finally the overload of information you are bombarded with is bundled in a comprehensible manner. Just check out the movie.
Just subscribe to your favorite blogs and you don’t even need RSS feeds anymore. Can’t wait to get my hands on this!
Good things come in small packages. In 2006 artist Slinkachu started his Little People project, which definitely is among the good. The project involves the remodelling and painting of miniature model train set characters, which he then places and leaves on the street. As they are almost invisible for the unaware eye, the humorous scenes created by Slinkachu really come to life in his photography. Check out some of the images below.
For the best overview do check out the blog itself, as it has much more of these great images, and it shows you the size of the little people to their surroundings. The best of these pictures are also bundled in the book ‘Little People in the City’. Get it here now.
Here’s another smart campaign using Google AdWords. This time Converse takes advantage of the smart ad system in their Domaination campaign. Check out the movie below.
Converse Domaination from Ross Martin on Vimeo.
Living in Amsterdam I know how irritating it is to have your bike stolen. Designer Kevin Scott from the UK must have had the same experience, and decided to do something about it; He turned the entire bike into one big folding lock. After pushing a lever on the side of the bike the frame becomes flexible so you can fold it around anything you want. I guess the sight of a bike folded around a pole will be enough to keep thieves at bay.
Through Engadget.
Looking at the work of artist Jeff Nishinaka makes me think of marble sculptures and the ancient craftsmanship needed to create these. I was incredibly surprised that these works are made of ‘just paper’. Amazing work.
Through: Coolhunter
Advertising is following you everywhere, and as long as it is smart like this Sand Printer, I really don’t mind. The idea is as simple as it is brilliant. Zana Design has developed this big wheel with text on the outsides. If you start walking insinde the wheel, like a hamster, the letters will be pressed in the sand leaving a text behind on the beach.
Simple, smart and after one wave everything is back as it was. Great idea!
Ever felt like you deserved a medal after completing that Super Nintendo game? Felt like the world champion of Playstation? Now you can award yourself one of these smart Console Wars medals by Supermandolini. Yours for only €18,-. Good stuff!
First of all, sorry for not posting as regularly. This is due to two things: A new job and the world cup. Especially that last one has taken away a lot of time. This reminded me of a campaign Nike ran about a year ago, pictured above. Did they already know Paul The Octopus back then? Anyway, after we secure this first star on the shirt things will be back to normal.
