January 25, 2010 • 11:55 am • POSTED BY brendan quinn
Branding can be a vague, nebulous concept to folks, particularly clients. We often try to teach them the value of building a strong brand by citing great ones that already exist. Unfortunately, we tend to fall back on a small list of great brand case studies, such as Apple, Nike, Harley Davidson, and a few others.
I hereby submit Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino for entry into this pantheon.
January 20, 2010 • 11:43 am • POSTED BY Margherita Urbani
When I discovered Site Inspire I immediately saved it with every bookmark method I knew. If you too are obsessed with this blog, you may find a surprise today! We are in fact featured on the latest showcase. Have a look at it here.
Reading through Gawker today, I came upon an interesting infographic used to represent the Beatles schedule from 1963-1966, obviously a busy time. I really liked the way it very cleanly and beautifully represented the information, so I thought I’d share. It was done through an open collaboration project by designer Michael Deal, Exploration of Beatles music through infographics, currently in the works for chartingthebeatles.com (site coming soon). The infographic posted on Gawker, and about three others, can be found on Michael Deal’s Web site. Take a look. On his site Michael explains that these visualizations are part of an extensive study of the music of the Beatles. Many of the diagrams and charts are based on secondary sources, like sales statistics, biographies, recording sesion notes, sheet music, and raw audio readings.
Thousands? Millions? Teddy, you are a true Philadelphia legend. A four-star general in the Army of Love. Thanks for all of your great victories for humanity. We will miss you.
January 11, 2010 • 3:44 pm • POSTED BY Dan Shepelavy
http://tinyurl.com/ydt84q9 Fantastic interpretation of Avatar. Navigates beyond facile left, right, and art-movie snob snarks and jabs (hippie! anti-capitalist! noble savage! simplistic story! cats!) etc… and makes a case for it as a superlative fable – a new and worthwhile addition to the tradition of stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the universe and the human condition. Plus, dooood – floating mountain rainbow dragon awesomeness!
