Wedding Inspiration at The Lane and Once Wed
To all of you other there who couldn’t give a rat’s arse about weddings I apologise and suggest you tune out now as I’m about to bore you to tears. But to those who might be planning a wedding or helping someone else do so then hopefully this might help… Well I’ve well and truly [...]
Designer Shark Attack
I’m loving these creative wetsuits designed bydiddo.com The first series of wetsuits released included a simulated shark attack to spook the unsuspecting bikini babes ‘relaxing’ on the beach and an anatomic musculature suit… which brings back fond memories of Robbie Williams’ video clip for Rock DJ. Now we can all look the part on karaoke [...]
10 Gadgets that Changed the World in 2010
Technology makes great strides every year, but in 2010 gadgets brought us much closer to the future of our dreams. Below are 10 devices that changed the world for the better. 1. The Apple iPad Announced in January, only to be mocked about its name, the Apple iPad has silenced its doubters. More than seven [...]
Gender Stereotype Advertising
Have you ever noticed, every time you turn on the T.V, go into a store, or look at a newspaper, you are accosted by gender stereotypes? There are children’s Toy Commercials, which never show the fathers. There are household cleaning product commercials where the woman is fretting over her mother in law coming over, god [...]
Twitter for Dogs – Puppy Tweets
Want to know what your pup is up to when you are at work? The world of technology is taking on a futuristic and furry new face. That’s right Twitter for dogs, produced by Mattel, is now available with something called Puppy Tweets. The new system will allow your dog to send its “thoughts” to [...]
Paris Motor Show
Car designers continue to surprise and delight me. One of the highlights of the Paris Motor Show was the innovative Townpod, a concept car that looks as if it is melting, like something designed by Gaudi. Features include eight doors for access (including two in the roof so that your surfboard or skis can be [...]
Got a bit of Spring Valley Fever?
On Sunday night we saw Schweppes Australia launch a significant multi media campaign for its fruit juice brand Spring Valley entitled ‘Where Spring Comes From’ . The new campaign, by George Patterson Y&R Melbourne, draws on the skills of multi-award winning US based animation house Psyop to deliver a series of executions that capture ‘the [...]
A lesson in ARIA design history
My favourite thing about new music is checking out the cover art. My all time favourite CD cover art would have to be for Regurgitator’s ‘Unit’ (although I could be a little biased as they are my all time favourite band). ‘Unit’ scored itself an ARIA for its shockingly simplistic CD cover art (by design [...]
Come On Lil’ Lleyton
Those of you in Brisbane (or even Australia and the world it seems) will most likely be aware of the battle between Josh Shiels and Australian tennis star Lleyton Hewitt of the trademark dispute of the ‘Come On’ brand that Josh created a number of years ago. As a friend of Josh and his son [...]
Annual reports are yum
I just wanted to share this little gem which shows what amazing things can be achieved when you have a creative agency and an open-minded client. Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zinić have designed an annual report for food company Podravka, the biggest food company in South-East Europe, that has to be baked in an [...]