Links for 2008-05-26 [del.icio.us]

  • (Q&A) Your Assignment: Art
    curator of crowdsourced art and the founding director of the "Aurora Picture Show," a Houston-based cinema dedicated to short, artist-made films and new media projects. Grover curated the show Phantom Captain: Art and Crowdsourcing at Apex Art in New York
  • Deus Ex Machina Wearable Motorcycle Concept
    Art Center College of Design student Jake Loniak combined motorcycle technology with an exoskeleton form for what is essentially a wearable motorcycle.
  • Cabinet Magazine Online – The Museum of the Dead
    Oratorio di San Lorenzo is crammed with plaster skulls and skeletons, mostly painted, but the last chapel on the right holds matching pairs of stucco corpses by the sculptor Giacomo Serpotta, who could impart life and motion to all kinds of unlikely entit
  • WorldChanging: Stemming the tide of greenwashing
    Some of those claims were most likely stretching the truth on purpose. Others were the product of uninformed or naïve and overenthusiastic marketers. But, lest you despair that all of this’ll go unchecked, there’s lots going on to wrestle greenwashin
  • Transparent Frogs to Eliminate Need For Dissection | Weird Asia News
    Scientists at Hiroshima University’s Institute for Amphibian Biology in Hiroshima, western Japan, have bred transparent frogs whose organs can be seen through their skin.

Country Garden chief seals TVB deal

HONG KONG – Country Garden chairman Yeung Kwok-keung (pictured) is set to buy Shaw Brothers’ 26 per cent stake in TVB, giving the Chinese property developer control of Hong Kong’s leading free-to-air television station.

Doritos Wants to Be Synonymous with UGC

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Doritos.co.uk has made — surprise, surprise! — a YouTube channel for people who want to make their own Doritos ads. My favourite was put together by the Doritos staff as a source of inspiration. It’s called “Hair” and it reminds me of a My Little Pony doll I used to have.

Down’s Syndrome Sufferers Showcase Their Own Capabilities

For The Prodis Foundation, Vitruvio Leo Burnett demonstrated how versatile children with Down’s Syndrome are by letting them put together their own ad.

Toyota Prank Call Campaign Gets Double the Mileage Out of UGC

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In exchange for a little bit of personal information, Toyota Matrix will trick one of your friends into thinking that some nightmare stalker version of you wants to live with them.

Bad Credit? Girl Wrestlers. OF COURSE!

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Hot girl-on-girl arm-wrestling action preaches the gospel of First Premier Bank. Link takes users to where you, yes you, can contribute to the credit crisis.

How to Transform Tomorrow? Make Like Mama Said: Be Bold

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Steel company ArcelorMittal has the trade secret on “transforming tomorrow” (TM). The trick is to be bold.

Cold Call Carl Sells Twitter to the Masses

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Because why master Twitter yourself when you could pay a consultant $400 per hour?

Samsung Reinterprets HP’s ‘Hands’

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I think Samsung missed the point of HP’s “Hands” effort.

Science World: Shark

Science World: Shark

Advertising Agency: Rethink, Canada

Science World: Japan

Science World: Japan

Advertising Agency: Rethink, Canada

Science World: Tiger litter box

Science World: Tiger litter box

Advertising Agency: Rethink, Canada

Head & Shoulders: Golf mat

Head & Shoulders: Golf mat

Drive dandruff away

Advertising Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi Guangzhou China
Creative Directors: Polly Chu, Lesley Tse
Art Director: Coobe Liang
Copywriter: Lesley Tse
Photographer: Lin Jian Wen
Account Supervisor: JC Catibog, Lylah Juinio, Eric Zhou
Published: March 2008

AMP Energy Drink: Walk Of No Shame

AMP Energy Drink: Walk Of No Shame

Advertising Agency: BBDO, NY, USA
Chief Creative Officers: David Lubars, Bill Bruce
Creative Directorss: Gianfranco Arena, Peter Kain
Art Director: Alex Shulhafer
Copywriter: Alexis Bello
Agency Executive Producers: Loren Parkins, Amy Wertheimer
Editing Company: Nomad, LA
Editor: John Murray
SFX: Mass Market, LA – Tom Jucarone
Telecine: Company 3, LA
Colorist: Stefan Sonnenfeld
Music Company: Frisbie, NY
Production Company: Biscuit Filmworks, LA
Director: Tim Godsall
DP: Bryan Newman

Conservation International: Wax

Conservation International: Wax

Advertising Agency: BBDO New York, USA
Chief Creative Officers: David Lubars, Bill Bruce
Assoc. Creative Directors: Melinda Ward, Avital Pinchevsky
Art Director: Melinda Ward
Copywriter: Avital Pinchevsky
Sr. Producer: Ed Zazzera
Exec. Music Producer: Loren Parkins
Production Company: Independent Media
Director: Janusz Kaminski
Editing House: Nomad
Editor: John Murray
FX/SFX: The Mill
Music: Lic. Music “Corduroy” by Pearl Jam

$10 Anti-iPhones – The Recyclable Hop1800 (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) They are calling it the “anti iPhone”, a $10 ultra light (77 grams) GSM phone with talk time of up to four hours and 150 hours of standby time. The pre-paid Hop1800 from Hop-On Inc, is perfect as …

Volkswagen: Michael

Volkswagen: Michael

Navigation and entertainment in one. The RNS 510 Navigation System.

Advertising Agency: DDB, Berlin, Germany
Executive Creative Directors: Stefan Schulte, Bert Peulecke
Art Directors: Kristoffer Heilemann, Gabriel Mattar
Copywriters: Ludwig Berndl, Philip Bolland, Ricardo Wolff
Via: I believe in adv

Volkswagen: Freddy

Volkswagen: Freddy

Navigation and entertainment in one. The RNS 510 Navigation System.

Advertising Agency: DDB, Berlin, Germany
Executive Creative Directors: Stefan Schulte, Bert Peulecke
Art Directors: Kristoffer Heilemann, Gabriel Mattar
Copywriters: Ludwig Berndl, Philip Bolland, Ricardo Wolff
Via: I believe in adv

Volkswagen: John

Volkswagen: John

Navigation and entertainment in one. The RNS 510 Navigation System.

Advertising Agency: DDB, Berlin, Germany
Executive Creative Directors: Stefan Schulte, Bert Peulecke
Art Directors: Kristoffer Heilemann, Gabriel Mattar
Copywriters: Ludwig Berndl, Philip Bolland, Ricardo Wolff
Via: I believe in adv

Pentax: Accident

Pentax: Accident

When every millisecond counts.

Advertising Agency: DDB Düsseldorf, Germany
Creative Directors: Thomas Schwarz, Tim Jacobs
Art Director: Thomas Schwarz
Via: Coloribus