One Hundred

Frost* has created a beautiful alphabet using fragments of visuals from the State Library to raise awareness of their vast collection. Really lovely.

Autobots

A little late, but here is the very awesome awesomeness of We Are Autobots by the PPC Group. AR at its best...so far.

Browser Pong

Created by New York-based artist/programmer Stewart Smith, Browser Pong is a traditional pong game played with browser windows.

Helmut Krone: The Book

Even today, the aesthetic of ex-DDB ad man Helmut Krone seems fresh. His layouts for clients such as Avis, VW, Porsche, Scotts, and Polaroid (above) continue to inspire many modern day art directors. Bob Gage once said "Among art directors there's Helmut Krone and then there's everyone else". Reading this, you can understand why. Highly recommended by This Is Real Art Creative Director Paul Belford, Helmut Krone, The Book is a must read for any creative.

Honda Everything

W&K's new TV spot for the Honda Civic, Everything, is once again frustratingly brilliant. It's the craft that's gone into it that makes it so utterly mesmerizing for me. Genuinely original art direction with a wonderful attention to detail which can be seen in everything down to the track, Atlas by Battles, which was rearranged to complement the video editing.

Knocked Up Babymaker

Nice viral idea for the film Knocked Up. The Babymaker. Whack a picture of you and the missus into the mix and watch as a retarded looking nipper appears before your ever so tearful eyes.

Lurpak

I absolutely love everything about this campaign for Lurpak from Wieden & Kennedy London: the strategy, the tone, the writing, the art direction. It's the apotheosis of a big idea. A lesson in advertising for any junior creative.

Strongbow Bankers

A topical addition to the Strongbow Hard Earned ad makes the whole thing a whole lot better. It does make me wonder where this is going to be aired though, as you rarely see people flipping the bird during ad breaks.

Chop Cup

Silly awesome. Chop Cup is a wonderful exploration of perception and perspective, from the We Are Om collective. You can also view their photostream on Flickr.

Gap Cheer Factory

Another way of sending that all important personalised message. A bit one-dimensional, nevertheless here's the Cheer Factory from Gap.

Dance For The Jumbotron

Some people just make the world a better place.

The Lost Cat Theory

Interesting post found on the Sell Sell blog called The Lost Cat Theory. Now you can't really argue with the premise behind this, of course all communication should be "simple, compelling and effective", but the outtake seems to stray into a "don't worry if your idea isn't original" territory, which I don't agree with. Nevertheless, definitely worth a read.

The Skype Phonebox Experiment

Nice. Lateral. Call the phonebox.

Get On My Horse

Awesome flash movie with a simple intention, to go viral. This is Get On My Horse, which you can also download as an MP3 and ring tone. Nice.

Cousins

I love Vampire Weekend's new video for their track track Cousins. Directed by Garth Jennings at Hammer & Tongs.

Esquire's Augmented Reality Issue

AR this, AR that. Augmented reality is spreading across the creative industries like wildfire at the moment. The latest installment comes from The Barbarian Group and Psyop for Esquire magazine. It all seems very forward thinking, which I absolutely admire, but in this instance, what's the point? If I'm reading a magazine, it's because I'm not at my mac. And if I'm at my mac, I generally don't want to be reading a magazine. Don't get me wrong the synergy is great, but if it doesn't make the magazine itself any better then why not just put the animated content on the website and direct me there to see it? Why do I need to flap around in front of my webcam to see Robert Downey Jr say his hello?

Boy Finds Real-Life E.T.

They just keep getting better. Boy Finds Own Real-Life E.T. From the Onion.

Jonathan Harris on TED

An old TED talk I found by my hero, Jonathan Harris. If you don't know of him already, Harris is a trained computer scientist and considers himself a 'visual storyteller'. Here he introduces Universe, his 2007 project portraying the interconnected nature of both information and indeed reality. Wonderfully existential and, at times, solipsistic, Harris' work is truly inspiring and well worth a look.

EyePet

Demo of the EyePet during the experiential learning workshop at the International Symposium of Mixed and Augmented Reality. Good things are a-coming.

Better Together

"It's amazing what's possible when two work together as one". Nice. Simple. Better Together from Saatchi & Saatchi Sydney, for Toyota hybrid synergy drive.

Rhonda

Rhonda is a 3D drawing tool developed by Amit Pitaru a few years ago. Recently, some very high-calibre Flash developers have joined the development team to help release the software. I expect we'll be seeing more of this soon.

Videogioco

Supercool giant flipbook animation from Donato Sansone. With sound design by Enrico Ascoli.

The Golden Age Of Video

Awesome amazingness from Ricardo Autobahn- The Golden Age Of Video. My favourite line: "I didn't build the Panama canal. Open the pod bay doors please HAL" from Night At The Museum and 2001: A Space Odyssey respectively.
Open the pod bay doors please, HAL".

Who's Smarter Than Who?

A wonderfully simple execution for a wonderfully simple idea. To promote the latest version of Trivia Pursuit, the gamemakers have launched an online challenge that uses a never-ending gender rivalry. Who's Smarter: men or women?

Math Class Halloween

We're supposed to be in the business of creativity. This guy teaches math. Who's the more creative? Why don't we see this every single day in the 'creative industry'?

Video Painting

Multimedia duo Sweatshoppe has developed a new interactive technology that enables them to essentially "paint" video onto any surface.

BooneOakley.com

I've been tasked with creating our new agency website, and of course we're after something inventive. You know, all that 'not you're typical agency site' jazz. Which reminded of this little gem I saw a while back for North Carolina agency Boone Oakley. A site made entirely on YouTube.

Dead Fly Art

I really wish I'd thought of this. Very funny, very cool. Reminds me a tad of Modern Toss. From photographer Magnus Muhr, Dead Fly Art.

Social Networking Challenge

I'm putting this up here, one because it's awesome, and two because we presented the exact same idea to BlackBerry two months ago, which we unfortunately couldn't get through their legal team. It's probably best that it didn't however, given that it too would be going live right about now. Nevertheless, some good work from the Viral Factory for the Samsung Corby S3650.

The Wardrobe

Very nice. From BETC Euro RSCG for Canal+ this is The Wardrobe.

Soundville

As part of the Sony sound experiment Fallon recently spent a week blaring music from giant speakers into the small Icelandic village of Seydisfjordur. How thoughtful. Beautifully directed by Juan Cabral. This is Sony Soundville.

You, Dog

Really cool video for Deerhoof's You, Dog from directing duo Vivien Weyrauch and Fabien Röttger at A Nice Idea Every Day.

Be Fucking Awesome

Tell the world how awesome you are at befuckingawesome.com. Each deed affects your own awesome quotient.

NHS Anti-Smoking Viral

Rankin has teamed up with Chris Cottam to co-direct this powerful viral for the NHS. The thought 'Smoke and your body takes a beating' is supported by a full multimedia campaign from the Dr Foster Agency.

Combo

Cool new stop frame animation from Blu. Combo was conceived in collaboration with David Ellis and produced by studio cromie.

Incredibox

From Allan Durand, Paul Malburet and Romain Delambily this is Incredibox.

Insights & Inventions

Our advertising portfolio is finally online. No reason.

Tony-B Machine

Hours of fun from the Tony-B Machine.

London Zoo Radio

We won at the Radio Advertising Awards last night with this little number for ZSL London Zoo. Sound Design from Ben Ash at Candle Music.

Interactive Mirror

Conceptualized by Alpay Kasal of Lit Studios and Sam Ewen of Interference Inc. Designed and constructed by Alpay Kasal. The Interactive Mirror uses proximity sensors, gesturing, and both nearfield and farfield infrared technology.

Danse Gooshers

So many questions. Like why? and WTF? Dancers interpret childrens' responses to questions on German TV show KinderKreis.

Wexley School for Girls

The world's coolest 'advertising' agency, Wexley School for Girls.

A Dictionary Story Book

Exploring the harmony between content and form typographer Sam Winston has created A Dictionary Story, where words become living characters within the narrative. Niceness.

Plum Vision

Plumb Vision, a really, really, really great idea for Plumb Baby Food from Work Club and (I think) Pirata London. Shapes, colours, animals and shit for kids.

Noticings

Noticings is a game you play by going a bit slower, and having a look around you. You upload a photograph to Flickr, tag it as 'noticings', and attach location data. The rest is being made up as it goes along.

The Now Network

From Sprint Nextel and Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, the Now Network campaign won a Gold Integrated Lion award at this year's Cannes.

In B Flat

The idea is lovely. The execution is a tad fragile. Thought up by musician Darren Solomon, 'In B Flat' allows lots of different YouTube videos to be played in harmony and mixed by adjusting the volume sliders, sort of.

Neurosonics Audiomedical Labs Inc.

Incredible short film from director Chris Cairns. Produced by Partizan Darkroom, with post from the Mill and sound by Will Cohen.

The Man Who Walked Around The World

Beautifully scripted, Beautifully acted, Beautifully shot. The Man Who Walked Around The World is a short film detailing the long journey of Johnny Walker. From BBH London and Director Jamie Rafn.

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