Great Ideas III

third installment in penguin's beautifully-presented series of books that changed the way we think:

http://www.penguin.co.uk/static/cs/uk/0/minisites/greatideas/index.html?id=email&link=H1

Question: who visited this blog today?

Curious to know who at Craik Jones check out our blog each day. If you do, leave a comment.

Telescopic Text

Isn't it quiet since Rob left... something nice to look at when you get a spare 30 seconds anyway...

http://www.telescopictext.com/

bye bye...

rob d

Re: A nice little bit of flash for y'all...

Very nice Jess:

Here are the next two from the american animator Alan Becker....

Animator vs Animation-II

Animator v Animation Game: SE

A nice little bit of flash for y'all...

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8390602584214022225&q=&hl=en

One day your computer will be a big-ass table...

Crazy Rabbit

Lovely interaction... Remember this when you're thinking about banners...

Where Do Old Phones Go?

don't click on this link

Good branding?

Is this a lesson in branding by Wernick for their new CityCabin ??

The Human Mirror

Here is Improv Everywhere's latest mission. They filled a carriage with identical twins, creating a human mirror. Enjoy the video first & then see the report with tons of photos.

I Met The Walrus

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview about peace. Using the original interview as the soundtrack, this narrative tenderly romances Lennon's every word in a cascading flood of multi-pronged animation. (imdb / sundance film festival)

http://www.imetthewalrus.com

Encore!

The Grey Album is an album by Danger Mouse, released in 2004. It uses an a cappella version of rapper Jay-Z's The Black Album and couples it with instrumentals created from a multitude of unauthorized samples from The Beatles (more commonly known as The White Album). The Grey Album gained notoriety due to the response by EMI in attempting to halt its distribution. (thanks wiki!)

Here, the concept is taken further by adding some clever visuals to the audio...

Save Polaroid

http://www.savepolaroid.com

why you say? here's why:
http://www.savepolaroid.com/why

nice animation...

some great flash animation from san fran animator pascal campion!

back to the animated gif theme...

it gets better...

check it out.

Ultimate Flash Face

It's all in the attention to detail... The fantastic flash app gives you all you need to make a spitting image of anyone you wish...

So why not have a competition - lets see who can come up with a CraikJones spitting image - with a prize for the winner! (Or more realistically a prize for anyone daring enough to enter...)

Check it out...

cool design mag/blog

http://www.core77.com/blog/

worth routing around in the archives too... plenty of interesting articles to be found >>>

http://www.core77.com/blog/archive/200709.asp

David Lynch on the iPhone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKiIroiCvZ0

and how better way to respond:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzY89785sNg

...and respond:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddlekGTntT4

those of you with iPhones may wish to add to this...

How Do You Hide An Elephant?

Some more Photoshop Contests

Return of THE animated gif!

I like this print

http://waynedaly.com/

Does anyone remember The Legend of Tim Tyler?

Or is it just me?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0GKvbmrG1w

Popular urls to the latest web buzz

See whats going down on the web...

Richard Prince @ Serpentine Gallery

http://www.serpentinegallery.org/2008/06/richard_princecontinuation26_j.html

Tokyo Plastic

It's been around for years - but never out of date...

If you haven't seen it - where have you been?? check it out!

The Animated GIF...

skinkers

Skinkers...
has anyone ever managed to use one on a job?
I've suggested them a couple of times but they've never been bought, or maybe they're just old hat? I got the Orange version on my p.c. at home (they don't seem to load on the mac). It seems like a really good idea. You can down load the "skinker to your desktop and it acts as a direct link to content on a website e.g.. the virgin one alerts you to certain deals on fairs etc but you don't have to go to the main website, it just comes up on your desk-top. They can be an animated character (like the orange one) or just a logo (bbc).

Love a nap?

Click on the couch surfers to get some handy nap tips....

Web Development for Designers

DevKick focuses on web development articles geared towards web designers. It covers topics such as Parsing strings with jQuery, web components/widgets for web designers/developers and inspirational posts such as Graphic Design from 1950-1970. They also have a News feed that shares resources from around the web.

Great resource for designers who are intent on gaining a better understanding of development and how it can extend their design skills.

What are you like to live with?

A fun way to engage with Students from Endsleigh Insurance!

Make your own kaleidoscope...

Check it out here...

New Firefox version 3 out today

Download it here

Meant to be faster, and a slew of new features too.

Symposium Suggestion Box

Got an idea for an agency symposium? Feel free to drop us your thoughts by clicking here.

Scary, but let's try it!

lego ads on adverbox

http://www.adverbox.com/lego-5/

Nice use of gmaps from opodo

http://escapemap.opodo.co.uk/

Mike Sacks' photos of tv

http://www.mikesacks.com/wp/photos-of-tv

CJ Softball team

An agency website from Brazil...

Warning - Not for those easily offended
http://www.gringo.nu/v3/#/home/

CJ Website Inspiration

For those that are struggling for inspiration for their CJ website competition entry, check out the short-listed entries and winners on the Webby Awards site .

Nice playful agency website

http://www.exposure.net/

Big Ideas (don't get any)

Well-received Radiohead remixed using redundant computer hardware:

http://www.vimeo.com/1109226

Moving Walls

check out this fantastic stop frame animation from the artist blu from bologna... this piece is from last year but blu is featuring in the street art exhibition in the tate which runs for another 10 weeks...

check it out: http://www.vimeo.com/426617

In praise of Dave Trott

Shortly after I landed my first agency job, the big boss gave me a piece of advice that has stayed with me to this day: "In marketing, you're only going to meet two types of people - simplifier and complicators".

Dave Trott's piece in this week's Campaign - How to get your first job in advertising - is testament to that advice. It's a such a breath of fresh air. I mean proper, proper...

It's a fantastic read ostensibly aimed at teams looking to get their first agency job. But it will help anyone whose job it is to evaluate and appraise creative work, whether you're agency or client side.

It is a perfect example of how process liberates rather than stifles creativity. And Dave teaches you how advertising sells products, and how to sell your creative work "If you stop trying to be clever and just be logical, the product will end up selling itself".

The piece is introduced by Peter Souter of AMV who offers up this little gem: "I suspect Dave has never called himself a "creative". He's just a salesman, albeit one of the three best salesmen Britain has ever produced".

It's Dave's gift to all of us, client or agency; creative or suit. So if you only do one thing today grab a copy from someone's desk and head for trap two. Alternatively, you can download a PDF of the piece at noisydecentgraphics.typepad.com/downloads/howtobydavetrott.pdf

Art @ White Cube, Mason's Yard, today at lunch

drop us an email this morning if you care to join us...

http://www.whitecube.com/exhibitions/jandd/

Saul Steinberg

saul steinberg drawings never fail to impress

Honda live ad

if you didn't see this it was worth it:

Awareness Test

Check out this clever viral ad from Transport for London

Origami Whale by Greenpeace

Nice online campaign via Greenpeace that takes a sly, albeit well deserved swipe at the Japanese and their 'scientific' whaling methods. Users go to Save a Whale and make a traditional “paper” origami whale. You must sign your name for a petition (as an Australian citizen, use post code 6006 and big up North Perth!) for the Prime Minister of Japan.

Then it's down to designing your whale. Nice idea and well executed.
Make love, not harpoons!!

my favourite advert

Blu - wall animation

Amazing example of stop motion animation by Bologna based artist Blu.

Maarten Baas

Wooden plastic chair by maarten baas.
His site is beautifully simple and has some of his other work on it.
http://www.maartenbaas.com/

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