We’ve recently been asked to undertake lots of innovation work for various clients and much of this has naturally focused on mobile/tablet and m-commerce. Bring on the obligatory early workshops. In true good agency fashion, to get the juices flowing we scoured digital buzz sites for, well innovative ‘buzz’ I suppose, in this space.
…continue reading on Detica’s digital media blog.
Advertising on the London tube. So no internet connection. Do you think that they imagine that making the web address really, really big will help people to remember them well after they’ve left the train and made it out?
Nice idea, I’m sure a lot of people love it, but I can’t get into only being able to pin images. Lots of the things I want to pin and keep because I think they are of note are HTML copy or bits of code/UX. So Pinterest just doesn’t do it for me.
And how long till it turns into ‘Facebook Pins’ do you reckon?
Booooring! I mean, really, what am I doing here? Stuck on a tube poster on the wall in Kentish Town tube station. Even Jamie Theakston’s head can’t distract from how demeaning it is and now I’m reduced to talking to myself…
…continue reading on Detica’s new media blog
A lot of ink (ha) has been spilled on this one, haven’t got a coherent view. However I will point out this: these stories were all on the front cover of the Telegraph.co.uk (of all places) alongside all the usual headlines, at the same time, on a single day.
Kitten rescued from three-inch pipe/US diva Beyonce brings Glastonbury festival to a flamboyant finale/Top Gear: nutty but entertaining/Beyonce closes Glastonbury 2011/Animal photos of the week/The man behind the Middleton figure/Is this the world’s ugliest dog?/UFO over London?/Glastonbury 2011 view from the sofa/Connie Huq talks about money/The most clichéd holiday photos/Don’t get bugged by germs/Daphne Guinness’s glove story/Bizarre trends from men’s fashion week.
It’s true that there are a lot more stories on the ‘front cover’ of a digital version of a newspaper, most of these are lower down (just don’t mention the fold). However it’s the experience of seeing them all together with headlines about the IMF, the Greek crisis and striking public sector unions gives a ‘One Show’ style juxtaposition that you don’t get in the print media.
What is the difference between a designer and an artist? A question that comes up with alarming frequency, people seem to care, so what’s my take?
As someone who studied Fine Art and then moved gradually into Interactive and UX Design I have long observed these different species in their own environment. In my experience the difference mainly comes down to: Power.
More specifically the individual’s need for it. A designer is someone who doesn’t mind relinquishing power, likes to collaborate, help to solve problems, work as a team. An artist wants all the power for him/herself, likes to be top of the tree and make all the decisions/take all the credit.
Simple as that. Sounds disingenuous? Watch any documentary on any (especially 20th contemporary) artist and then imagine them as part of a team solving a problem.
Or watch any documentary on Damien Hirst and then imagine not punching him in his power-obsessed face.
For fucks sake! Seen on a milk sachet on a plane.
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Checked it out and they have ONE tweet:
@dairystix Why not check out the website for great deals on Dairystix! visitwww.dairystix.com
I then got caught in an infinite loop endlessly travelling round and round their site - facebook - twitter pages, each directing me to the next. I’m still in it, haven’t eaten for days, help!
Stuart Neale is a
Digital Art Director.
He tries to make nice looking, usable stuff, and this is his new blog for 2012.
He was once punched on the nose
by Aled Jones.
