In light of Jacob Cass’s wonderful article on “Why logo design does not cost $5.00” and the viral video on “The Vendor-Client Relationship – in Real-world Situations”, Fischstix forwarded me this lovely exchange between Australian author and freelance designer and a former Ogilvy business developer turned entrepreneur. The only reason I laugh is because I’ve been in this situation all too often and laughing hides the anger.
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What is Google Chrome OS?
Telling the story of Google Chrome and how it inspired an operating system. Produced by Epipheo Studios.
BTW, I have Google Wave Preview and about a 1/2 dozen colleagues on it, yet, I still haven’t manage to catch someone online to play around with it. Will you add me so I can test with you?
Ramona Falls – I Say Fever
This is hands-down the coolest video I’ve seen in a long, long time. The last video I remember liking was the one for “Bedshaped” by Keane. Watch it and love it as I do.
By the way, don’t forget to fall back this weekend!
ERA404 Relaunches BroadwayVideo.com
In 2005, Sharon Haskell contacted ERA404 to work with her on developing the portfolio site for Lorne Michaels‘ production company, Broadway Video. ERA404 previously worked with Ms. Haskell on the site for her motion, still-life and collage work, sharonhaskell.com. The site enjoyed four years of steady traffic until Broadway Video updated their branding and marketing campaign.
This is when Creative Director, Katherine Burke, returned to ERA404 to develop a new site that was in-line with the production facility’s new image. This morning, nearly four years to the day, the new site launched.
The site incorporates 80+ streaming videos in entirely dynamically loaded content, deep-linking through SWFAddress, daily news/press updates with advanced searching and RSS feeds, archival footage and information about the production facility’s legacy over the last 35 years.
Synesthesia
Terri Timely, director and creator of Synesthesia, brings us this Terry-Gilliamesque conflation of man and machinery in a chaotic world where music melds melodically with food, literature and even ourselves. Watch this short film for the beauty and color of each shot, and pull your own hypothesises from it. Or follow him on is photolog (plog?) here.
The Vendor-Client Relationship – in Real-world Situations
I found this video as torturous as it was funny, for various reasons, but figure that most of my colleagues would get a good kick out of it. Especially on the heels of the Win Without Pitching manifesto—which friends and [d]online readers replied in unison ‘In a perfect world…”—these two posts have really made me stand back and think about how our industry differs from many others.
That’s all I feel comfortable saying on the subject, in such a public forum, though.
Centre Pompidou, Metz
Take an exclusive hard-hat tour and meet the city architect of the spectacular new Pompidou Centre in Metz by Shigeru Ban and Jean de Gastine.
Originally found: wallpaper.com