Is this the most boring ad ever made? Not if you appreciate obsessive craftsmanship. Leica Camera spends 45 minutes polishing the new Leica T by hand. Watch for yourself and decide. Boring or not?
Videos
Matthew Carter: My life in typefaces
Pick up a book, magazine or screen, and more than likely you’ll come across some typography designed by Matthew Carter. In this charming talk, the man behind typefaces such as Verdana, Georgia and Bell Centennial (designed just for phone books — remember them?), takes us on a spin through a career focused on the very last pixel of each letter of a font.
[via Gizmodo]
Hermès Métamorphose
A video in which everything transforms into something new, leading the viewer through a ludic story of surprising scenes. The video was created for the luxury parisian brand Hermès and subtly features some of their key products. All scenes were shot live. View stills and behind the scenes here.
Produced by Vallée Duhamel.
James White, Visual Artist and Designer
Designer James White spent a decade working for other agencies before he founded Signalnoise, a one-man design studio in Nova Scotia. He was determined to explore his own aesthetic: “Fascination, wonder, and imagination made visual.”
The move was creatively productive and financially lucrative. But when he decided to dedicate a year to his passion project—taking his own bright, pop approach to iconic movie posters like Jaws and Indiana Jones—he ran into licensing roadblocks.
In this Creative Spark, James explains how he dealt with the setbacks and found new opportunities for Signalnoise.
Von Glitschka, Illustrative Designer
Von Glitschka creates visual identities, characters, and logos for high-profile ad agencies and companies around the world. But he still believes in the power of taking the brain offline—stepping away from the computer and using “analog” methods to solve design challenges.
The Superdesk
The challenge was to create the most collaborative, creative environment possible. The Barbarian Group could all share, literally – 4,400 square feet of undulating, unbroken awesomeness to keep people and ideas flowing with the super desk.Â
Some Commercials. 7 to be Exact.
This is post is me cleaning up my ever growing list of bookmarks. These commercials only real connection is that they made me feel something. I guess that’s the point of a good ad — and that’s why they’re here now. Enjoy!
The Sunday Times – Icons
Pretty fascinating single shot multiple scene ad for ‘Icons’. Directed by US.
This is all about those iconic cultural images that we pin to our walls and stick in our minds. We all have our favourites. Heisenberg, Kraftwerk, and Banksy’s kissing coppers all featured in early scripts, but we wanted to take a snapshot of what’s making the headlines.