The Shared Experience of Absurdity
Charlie Todd causes bizarre, hilarious, and unexpected public scenes: Seventy synchronized dancers in storefront windows, “ghostbusters” running through the New York Public Library, and the annual no-pants subway ride. At TEDxBloomington he showed how his group, Improv Everywhere, uses these scenes to bring people together and as I see it make people smile and [...]
Even Darth Vader needs a holiday
Maybe it is the post-holiday blues serendipitously telling me I need another holiday, however, this photographic series depicting Darth Vader going on holiday by Nick Presniakov came across my desk today and I had to share. Yours in photography, Justine.
Braille Burgers
How awesome of a campaign is this… Fast Food Chain Wimpy Passes a Message to Visually Impaired Customers Wimpy, a hamburger chain in South Africa, wanted to let visually impaired people know that they offered braille menus in all of their restaurants. To spread the word they built braille burgers that blind people could actually [...]
Will you still Facebook when you’re dead?
Facebook hosts the app ifidie, so people can leave messages from beyond the grave.
The Joy of Books
Books are more than pages of text and images and this gorgeous stop-motion animation video for Type Books, in Toronto Canada, reminds us of the joys of books. It also helps to remind us of the joy of wandering though the cramped shelves of the local neighbourhood bookstore, deciding which book has the potential [...]
Selleys – “Fast” Dresser
I have to have a bit of a laugh whenever I see this commercial, but ladies, you have to admit, it is very funny and so true. Selleys clever marketing has done it again with their new commercial for Selleys No More Gaps Fast Dry that is obviously very quick and easy to use. The [...]
Kid’s know best
An inspiring TED talk from 6th grader Thomas Suarez.
Sam Kekovich’s Australia Day
Australia Day wouldn’t be the same without a viral hit from Sam Kekovich. This year is no exception with the latest lamb-tastic video spreading across the web. Check it out.
Type cast
Some inspiration from typographic shadow artists.