By far, one of the most interesting series to capture attention is Game of Thrones. I wanted to see what all the hype was about, so I started watching Season 1. All I can tell you is that it’s grabbed me right out of the gates.
Well written and superb acting. Take a look at the opening animation and tell me that you’re not curious.
Game of Thrones: The Complete First Season
Toronto, Canada
Yesterday, my daughter pulled me into a Lego Store to show me this incredible retail display that had me playing like a kid.
So smart. So innovative, and a perfect match for a product that is anchored in our memories as a brand who believes in creativity. Well done Lego.
Basically, you just hold up a box to the camera-equipped monitors and the product comes to life before your eyes. My daughter thought it was cool and walked away. I stood there like I was looking into the future. One single, nerdy tear running down my cheek.
The Vectorvault Flickr Group is on fire. We’re closing in quick on almost 1000 vector artist members from around the world and over 8000 works of vector art! Wow.
Every day, the Vectorvualt team tiptoes through the tulips looking for vector artists to feature. Here are just a few works of vector magic that have caught our attention. Explore the portfolios of each. You’ll be glad you did.
JouJou: A Curious Boutique for Toys and Treats.
The Grand America is a luxury hotel in Salt Lake City, UT. With 775 rooms, the 24-story hotel is one of the select few to earn the title of AAA Five Diamond Hotel. Apart from fancy rooms with “Murano crystal chandeliers, handcrafted Richelieu furniture, English wool carpets, Carrera Italian marble, and the finest fabrics,” the hotel features a handful of high-end stores, including the brand new JouJou: A Curious Boutique for Toys and Treats. Local firm Struck was in charge of developing this whole new little world.
jou jou candy store - click above for larger view
Take a look at Monsterpiece theatre. An imaginative approach to retail interaction with children. What a great idea:
One of the things that I have learned about my life’s “little disasters”, is that most of the time things are not as bad as the seem. You just have to wait it out. Let things play out.
I used to get upset when things didn’t go my way. I couldn’t help it. I’m the kind of person who needs to make sense of things and when they just don’t. I used to react. Sometimes irrationally with a dash of self-pity.
No longer. Now, I like to step back and watch things unfold. See if an angle does not present itself. Then when the time is right: make a move.
When you approach a design, whether it’s a logo or a 60 page booklet or a website – you are bound to bump into obstacles. Sometimes it comes in the form of client changes or something overlooked. You never know. That’s why they call it the unexpected. Deadlines rarely move when you need them to, and time is not your friend when there is an “X” on your calendar. Even still – Take a moment. It’s OK. Stop.
You’ll be amazed at what comes out of doing nothing at all. Let your mind levitate out of the labyrinth you have created and look at it from above. There is always a way out of it. Another angle.
Great design is about adaptation. Interpreting a problem through artistic and geometric tools. It’s not an exact science, but it does share many of the same principals the sciences. Measurement and observation being two. Even Einstein stepped back to look at the black board from time to time.
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