June 25, 2008 • 8:38 pm • POSTED BY tim beitz
I’m spending a lot of time these days organizing our digital vault. While ours may not be as nostalgic, the people over at Gizmodo have produced an exclusive peek into the archives of one of our other favorite Danish products: Lego. Their archive includes just about every set created, from 1953 to 2008. Short video, [...]
June 24, 2008 • 9:09 am • POSTED BY brendan quinn
George Carlin played with words and language in a way that any copywriter could appreciate. However, the guy didn’t much care for marketing-speak, as you can hear in this clip below. The first 1:46 should serve as a “words and phrases to avoid” tool for copywriters. The final 16 seconds might offend those with delicate [...]
June 20, 2008 • 1:32 pm • POSTED BY stephen penning
Some inspirational words from one of the best: Conversations With Thought Leaders: Design Icon Carlos Segura
June 6, 2008 • 10:17 pm • POSTED BY Jim Walls
Gotta hand it to the agency around the corner from us, Gyro, for pulling off this totally fake campaign for a totally fake airline—and to the Philly papers for having the brass ones to greenlight it. Nice identity for the plane too, with a nod to Nelly. If only this was for real. The 10 minutes [...]
June 4, 2008 • 1:03 pm • POSTED BY Jim Walls
During the mid-70s, our traffic coordinator made frequent appearances on game show panels. The laughter generated by her uproarious double entendres shook my Pop Pop’s La-Z-Boy.
June 3, 2008 • 8:18 am • POSTED BY ghubacek
I’ve thought that someone should do this for a long time, and to a certain extent it has been done (see Command X with our very own Kelly Dorsey, or Studio Smackdown for instance). But now MTV has announced they are producing a reality show called Engine Room where “16 people will be flown to New York City… [...]