Worth its Weight in Awesome

Billboard Pointilism

Ollie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:40:24 +0000

Makita drills in partnership with Saatchi Johannesburg put together a series of out door billboards true to the brand. While the ad itself isn’t so revolutionary in messaging, it’s the way it was built that is genius and captures what the brand is all about: making holes. Each billboard image was made by drilling holes in order to form the image in what looks like a take on a Chuck Close painting or a pixelated Lichtenstein print. Link via Quiet Glover

small packages

Ollie — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:09:21 +0000

Smart Car is helping push its brand essence to new heights by making online information sharing easier (and yes, smarter). By leveraging Twitter, they’ve developed a web app which simplifies and shortens a url into an easy to manage link to be directly embedded within your tweet. Link via Adverblog

how true

Ollie — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 22:06:57 +0000

via noquedanblogs

Green Light

Ollie — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:36:42 +0000

Check out this interesting design concept for fuss-free indoor plant care. The lamp doubles as a vessel that carries the plant and lights it via (what I’m assuming are) natural lights. Seems perfect for herbs, since when not in use, the whole unit collapses down for safekeeping. Read more about the LightPot.

Taco via Twitter

Ollie — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:47:55 +0000

Using new media to its advantage, the Kogi Korean BBQ-To-Go taco truck pulls-in upwards of 400 customers a night. The popular taco truck does no traditional advertising, but starting last November they started an immensely popular Twitter feed. Tweets are sent to the hungry and loyal followers every night so they can locate exactly where the truck is stationed for the evening. With over 11,000 followers, demand is something they’re never short of – if you happen to be in the LA area, expect a 2 hour wait before you get your $2 taco. Read the full story here.

Urban Camo

Ollie — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:48:22 +0000

Simply amazing. Disruptive. Awesome. Hit up the link for more examples and other videos here.

Urban Camouflage deals with the question how to camouflage
oneself and one’s identity in the urban space. Our costumes are
inspired by the «ghillie suits», the military camouflage suit. It was
an adventure to wear the suit in the stores because of the conflicts
with the employees, the reaction of the customers and also to see
the pretty well camouflage effect in a real situation.

road signs hacked

Matt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:46:51 +0000

The geniuses over at i-hacked.com have an awesome tutorial on how to hack into digital road signs. I don’t think I’ll ever be able to drive past one again without a serious urge to pull over and have some fun.

t-mobile dance

Matt — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:52:26 +0000

Chips and dice

Ollie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:59:36 +0000

As part of his current art exhibition, Chinese artist, Liu Jianhua, built a replica of the Shanghai Skyline using nothing but poker chips and dice. Head over to the Italian art gallery to see the rest of his exhibition, Dreams in Conflict.

Tirana Rocks

Ollie — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:18:16 +0000

The city of Tirana in Albania will be getting a new architectural look with this year’s MVRDV design winner. The competition called upon an urban masterplan to create a livable urban neighborhood, complete with park and public facilities, right off the shore of Tirana Lake, Albania. The winning design, entitled Tirana Rocks, will look like collapsing buildings, toppled over onto one another and create a pretty dramatic urban skyline when built.
Hit the link for more info.