Great presentation from the iPhone Games Bulletin‘s Stuart Dredge. This is a quick look at the five most significant apps stores and how games break down on price, developer, and genre. No surprise that Apple is in the lead here and driving the market.
Beautiful visualization of an interview with John Lennon informally taken by a 14-year old Beatles fanatic who somehow managed to sneak into Lennon’s hotel room. The illustrations here are reminiscent of Push Pin Studios and Terry Gilliam’s Monty Python work.
It’s impressive to see an old scratchy lo-fi voice interview be brought to life in such a dynamic way. It’s also fun to see Gilliam’s collage style taken to a new place and fused with more contemporary techniques. The group managed to get a serious message across with an almost humorous and whimsical approach.
AOL CEO Tim Armstrong introduces the new AOL brand identity to employees in this video. The brand is supposed to officially launch in December.
There’s a few interesting treatments in there, but there’s also quite a bit that feels lackluster and stock. As far as employee communications go, I hope this was broadcast with some other supporting documentation, as all this video really says is “hey, we’ve got a new brand identity”.
I’m interested to see if this identity feels as dynamic in the places that it’s going to live the most: the upper left corner of their digital properties.
Rarely do banner ads get my attention. The latest campaign from eBay stopped me in my tracks. They’re beautifully designed, well conceived, and engaging. This one was a quick cooking lesson in seared sea scallops. You can roll over each of the items to see average prices, and click to search for them on eBay. These are great examples of acknowledging that consumers will engage with your brand if you are providing something of value - rather than just broadcasting your marketing message.
The FeedRead is a selection of items of interest that have actually made their way to my eyeballs from my bottomless feed (or have resulted from a random linkage therein).
I mysteriously found this shared presentation in Google Docs. Turns out it was presented by Andy Berndt and Tom Uglow from Google Creative Lab at Advertising Week 2009 in September. Great examples of how people, brands, and even Google are using Google’s open technology to build great and unexpected stuff.
Artist, filmmaker, photographer Mario Cavalli shot some pics on his iPhone on a recent visit to Venice that capture an authentic side to the city oft overlooked. Visit his Posterous site to get a visual recap of the 2009 Venice Biennale.
CNN.com relaunched last week with a new site design by HUGE. Razorfish’s Shiv Singh was not impressed. The thread in his blog post is worth a read.
Artefact Principal Rob Girling obsessively evaluates the increasing role 3D is playing in UI, where it’s working and where it’s not.
Will the Apple Tablet create the digital marketplace for comic books? The Chicago Sun Times takes a poke at that. Lots going on in the e-Reader market on almost a weekly basis these days.
LinkedIn is rolling out a redesign. Looks promising
The Times gives an overview of Disney’s reinvention Mickey Mouse. Not sure where I sit on this one.
Social Business Design agency The Dachis Group launched their new site (dubbed Collaboratory) as a way to practice what they preach. Here’s partner David Armano’s description of the site’s mission.
From the TED archives: Nathaniel Kahn previews moments from the documentary movie that he created about his father, the famous architect, Louis Kahn. Nathaniel talks about how he approached the film like a personal journey, always moving forward and never revisiting his subjects. If you haven’t seen this movie, rent it. Powerful, powerful stuff. The last clip in particular here always chokes me up.
