Thursday, April 22, 2010
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Every Person In New York
Jason Polan's new project has him drawing a person in New York every day. By emailing him your whereabouts on any given day, you have a chance of being drawn and displayed on his site. Another lovely example of how websites are increasingly giving people an outlet to be "anonymously famous."
I've been thinking a lot lately how the evolution of websites has moved so rapidly from simple user interactions (think web game banners where you try to hit a monkey w/ a mallet) to involving the user in a very personal and intimate way (think Uniqlo's latest Utweet campaign goes into your twitter and makes a mini music vid using your and your friend's tweets and icons).
Just in looking at the campaigns that are currently gaining a lot of traction, feel like the next wave in viral marketing will be videos/websites that makes the user the star vs. just a participant. After all, who doesn't want their 15 minutes of fame?
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Awesome Chinese stand up routine
via v.youku.com
Chemist turned comedian Joe Wang is an inspiration for us all.
The Monster Engine - from crappy to creepy
It's hard to get over his logo looking like a kick back from Nick at Nite and his website looking like something made by Microsoft Paint but once you put those visual snobberies aside, you'll find that Monster Engine is a pretty awesome concept: Dave Devries takes children's drawings and paints them realistically to create canvases that are wonderfully creepy a la Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas.
See the before and after photos here: http://themonsterengine.com/artwork
Friday, April 16, 2010
Clever - Nokia: The World's Biggest Signpost
via v.youku.com
The whole interactive billboard thing has been done before but something about a large arrow hanging from a crane definitely brings a smile to my face.
Related but tangential: feel like the SH government should definitely borrow the giant crane/signpost idea for it because so far I've only come across English maps that look like these: http://www.chinatouristmaps.com/current/shanghai-expo-2010/download-map.html. Yeah. Not so helpful.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Virtual Worlds, Real Money: Can Social Games Solve Music’s Woes?
via wired.com
Cute animals + game = $$$ for music?
http://www.wired.com/epicenter/2010/04/virtual-worlds-real-money-can-social-g...
Conan O'Brien - Twitter Billboards
via geekosystem.com
Possibly fanatical and insane billboard company devotes it's spaces to broadcasting real time Conan O'Brien tweets.
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