On the heels of beloved Helvetica, comes Objectified, the second documentary film by Gary Hustwit. And like Helvetica, the new film is intended as a conversation among industry experts — this time, of industrial design.
Source: Veer
Victors & Spoils is a new ad agency based in Boulder that bills itself as “the world’s first creative (ad) agency built on crowdsourcing principles.” Their stated goal is “to provide businesses with a better way to solve their marketing, advertising and product-design problems by engaging world’s most talented creatives.”
Feel free to go help them design their new logo if you’re into that kind of thing. It’ll be interesting to see how the whole crowdsourcing strategy plays out.
Pictorial Webster’s: Inspiration to Completion is a jaw-dropping wonder to behold. I love the patience required, the expertise with old school craft, and of course – the finished product.
Thanks for the heads up, Chris!
The folks at Clearleft and Headscape recently got together for a chat. The first 7 minutes are pretty dopey, but if you can get past the setup, the 49 minutes that follow are really interesting. They covered the following topics:
One day I’ll make it to FOWA. In the meantime, I’ll watch presentations like this from Carsonified on Vimeo.
I’m not sure how much PanorEmo costs, but I really like the idea (and the interface). You can play around with the tool on their site. It enables folks to provide emotional feedback about an environment.
I hadn’t heard of BumpTop until this morning. They describe it as a fun, intuitive 3D desktop that keeps you organized and makes you more productive. Like a real desk, but better. Now with awesome mouse and multi-touch gestures!. Some nice ideas in here… especially for tablet computers.
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