Solar Fun

Bring home the prehistoric bacon

Interactive Twitter-Based Murals in the U.S. Promote Canada:

Ladies like a guy with facial hair. Or not…Or yes.

Big Bang Big Boom

Creatives doing what creatives do best

Creatives writing books and more books

Everyone (especially ad people) should have digital presence

Book Sculptures

Space Invaders Scavenger Hunt

Vintage Kids Art

Visualize your thinking

And a BIG stunt from Ad Goodness as well:

Fantastic business card

Paint it white

This is stupid. But I love it. 

Web Prank Tries to Send Justin Bieber to North Korea. I wish it wasn’t a prank.

As a print lover, there is nothing better than sitting down with a magazine and getting lost in the pages. Whether curled up on the couch, lounging on the beach or in an office, there is something so satisfying about the temporary escape.

Print has gotten a bad rap lately with the explosion of technology, social media, etc. Critics have said that print will die with time, but nothing seems to be further from the truth when you look at the numbers. To get the word out about print’s true influence, some of the publishing powerhouses created a moving campaign called Magazines, The Power of Print. Backed by Hearst; Meredith; Time, Inc.; Condé Nast; and Wenner Media, this national campaign is running across a variety of print titles as well as online. Check out the website www.powerofmagazines.com to learn more, as well as to see their creative below.

Test your print knowledge: Can you identify the eight print titles used to create their logo? Give up? E-mail me at lindsey.patterson@rrpartners.com

A woman creates a fake holiday celebrating the origin of wine as an excuse to skip a workout session to enjoy dining in Vegas. Find hundreds of reasons to escape to Vegas at VisitLasVegas.com.

For Friday’s meeting, our new SAD showed us some fun stuff from around the Web.

Some fun sites:

I really like the new IBM campaign as The Mill speaks to the importance of harnessing data. Visually, the graphics were simple and consistent to the look and feel of the brand.

You gotta love origami. Awesome German short film, “papierkrieg,” by Matthias Bäuerle.

Beautiful campaign work for the launch of Colgate 360 Sonic Power associated with the baseline “333 blows a second.” Photography by James Day.

Buick is trying to do new things. Only on the online space can you experience the new design and beauty of the 2010 Buick lineup.

Gotta love UNIQLO. Not everything needs to be glossy.

SUPER FUN. Become a fan.

Produce your own electronic music. Hobnox it!

Find innovative ways to shop for posters and/or create your own. Gotta love them for trying: Can-vas.

Bridge the gap between design and advertising. This is real art.

Fun and intuitive navigation. See the photos in full size. FINALLY!

Love the content, love the music, love the side scroll navigation. 

http://www.orbasquara.com/

Fun way to present work in a “timeline” navigation.

Oscar 2010, best short animated film … using logos. Super long … super boring, but the idea was pretty cool. 

Fireflies: Work from the geeks at MIT. I really like!

No longer a prototype … finally, its about time. Window>Balcony

Reason to buy the iPad. VIV Mag Interactive Spread

I’m a pistilli roman…. What are you? (This is an oldie, but a goodie.)

I heart type + dogs.

Interesting way to showcase books on a site. Maciej Buszewicz’s Book Design Studio, Graphic Art Department.

I love pop-ups. Especially inside restrooms.

Animated GIFs: Paranoia about nonstop design.

Another oldie, but a goodie. Got milk?

Fantastic new product at the Farmer’s Market shows just how disgusting ocean pollution really is, especially when it ends up where we live.

Star Wars is having an incredible revival from Adidas Shoes to Star Wars Strippers. Brings new meaning to the light saber.

We were in this Zappos pitch. Even though it kills me, I like this. It shows their culture and service.

Captain Kirk has his own social networking site. And the biggest surprise is, it’s really Shatner.

The new face of Chiquita Bananas or should I say new faces?

Interesting blog with some great information on murderers, right-wingers and lots of other stuff that keeps the world spinning round.

Again, paper comes to life. Makes we want to grab the Xacto.

Great tourism ads using expressive fonts.

Nicely designed video for UNICEF.

Tostitos Salsa goes outside the Vimeo box.

KLM seats are like floating on air. Having this pole up my butt for 14 hours might hurt a bit though.

Most of this stuff in the Panadol ads would give me a headache as well.

Simple but true Viagra party favor.

A quick lesson on how to report the news. And a funny one.

The old pull-the-tablecloth-off-the-table-without-breaking-the-dishes-using-a-motorcycle trick.

The best Walmart commercial I’ve ever seen.

A new Google reader that I like and actually understand. Unlike some of the other stuff from Google lately.

Austin is happening and you can watch.

That is this week’s fun. Until next time.

Google by the numbers. They seem to be doing well.

Chuck Liddell should put some clothes on and work out longer. He might win more fights.

This makes delivery look easy.

Incredible Target display in Times Square featuring Shaun White. I’m sorry I missed it when I was there.

I don’t know how I feel about massaging a card, but it’s a great way to get a point across.

More stuff about being a man from French Connection. He knows not of sequins, only of skinny clothes.

My new favorite ad. And I can attest that Old Spice does not smell like a lady. It’s definitely Man Stench:

Free wallpapers from one of my favorites, Mark Weaver.

A great site filled with wonderful stuff to think about.

Some great new infographics.

Something that mixes all those Mad Men secretaries with new iPhone technology.

Everyone is on Facebook now. I don’t feel special anymore.

I pity the fool who eats Mr. T for breakfast.

Two of the many sites for the movie The Crazies. It looks like fun. Here’s one and here’s another.

Window-shopping for real with your iPhone.

Don’t leave home without your glow.

This is one of the best interactive shows I’ve seen. I wish I was out there with those folks. Because I’m big like that. Big as a building. Bigger than life.

That crazy duck. They better not lose him. Although it would be pretty funny if he was hit by a golf ball or something.

I must say I am a fan of this KFC idea. Helping the community and doing some great non-traditional in the process.

This is one pair of Adidas I don’t have and the latest in Augmented Reality.

Pepsi is seeking great ideas to help communities with their Super Bowl money. This is very much like the idea we pitched a certain client.

FYI, you will still get arrested for taking one through security. But man they look tasty.

This is one great blog, Creepy Santas. And the kids are a little off too.

Old dirty mattresses prove that anything can be art.

Great way to make a point about public transportation or lack of.

This is simple and wonderful. Love it.

That new pizza better be good.

No, we didn’t do it. Yes, we do think there is a Vegas Obama.

That’s all for this week. Watch for my post on CES over the weekend. If you’re lucky you will be able to see me in 3D.

The Freakiest Commericials

New Magazine – I hope this one makes it, don’t you?

Mistletoe – Did this fool anyone?

Twitter Scale – Will this help you lose those holiday pounds?

Advertising Reality Show – Why such a small agency?

Cheap and Low Overhead – Is this the right answer for a brand?

Facebook is Making Lots of Money. Can Twitter do this?

Happy Moisturizer – Smooth legs are like a drug.

The Mold Creatures – Creepy cute.

Adidas Style Lesson

The Copenhagen Wheel – Will it catch on?

Target’s Blue Christmas – What do you think of Target’s new campaign?

That’s it for this week. Until next.

This is really an incredible blog. A visual feast of the cool.

Love the scummy bubbles. It’s sad when stuff like this happens.

Ever since Chinchilli there have been lots of hamsters and rodents. Some with familiar actors:

Great video banner system for showcasing videos.

Great stuff you should buy people for Christmas or just send to me if you are looking for a job.

A new magazine about sustainability with a cool video to introduce it

Use this test before driving. I wish all bar bathrooms had it.

Interesting banners from Apple:

A fake product becomes real.

What Creative Directors are like:

The Tao of Don Draper.

And last, where I belong.

That’s it for this week. Thanks for looking.

One of the best Facebook promotions ever by Ikea.

Now you can help brands advertise and get paid.

A great blog for typography.

Rob Schwartz, chief creative officer of Chiat Day, has put together a great bunch of Andy hopefuls.

A very creative way of hiding cable.

Sleazy bubbles make me feel fine.

An eye exercise to make you more creative.

Hungryman makes a chair fly.

Something we didn’t know existed – a page with all the malls that have gone bust.

I am addicted to iphone Scrabble. So I like this.

No longer available in the States. Hitting a bitch was that popular.

Beef Magazine; why?

A simple and tasty McDonald’s ad.

Here’s mud in your eye.

I’m being held captive by a sign.

McCann welcomes the leftovers at Sterling Cooper.

He’s a Guitar Hero in the body of a zero. Don’t we all feel that way?

Check out the funny ads but only vote for Chinchilli Day.

That’s all for this week. Thanks and good day.