Petsmart Pet Hotel

If you have 8 minutes..

Quote of the Day

"When you're inviting somebody to spend time with advertising, that's the important thing to remember, this is fucking advertising. You have to be really really smart about how you weave the branding into the storyline. I think that is the biggest challenge right now for directors that are working outside of the 30-second spot. At the end of the day you still have to deliver a message and if you're not making them laugh, if there's no drama, if there's not crisis, conflict, resolution, you are going to lose them. Period."

-Tommy Means (Founder of Mekanism)

IKEA Heights

This is the pilot episode for a web soap directed by David Seger on Channel 101 that’s secretly filmed inside of a Burbank IKEA.

Bacon Salt - Hand Movement

Our assignment was to launch Bacon Salt.
How do you get people to buy into Bacon Salt?
Start a movement.

Cleaning Out the Gutter

This poster was designed by the very talented Ms. Lindsay Brown for Open Mic @ Seven Ten Lounge

oh, but its so much more

And here I thought of my iskin as simply a protector so I would stop getting toast crumbs in my keyboard.

Spencer Butt = Poet
George Vale = Director. George is from the creative collective of Directors that is Spy Films.
spyfilms.com
http://www.spyfilms.com/blog/

hand made

Ogilvy & Mather (Singapore) loves Ben & Jerry's

Words of Wisdom

"Everything you do becomes a part of the creative machine your brain is. Keep feeding it experiences and it won't stall." - Mark Fenske


Last night at the Optimus bash, Conor and I had the privilege (thanks to Ms. Lindsay Brown's schmoozing) to meet and talk with the genius that is Mark Fenske. If you dont know who he is and want to be schooled check out his website & blog markfenske.com

RA RA Ramen Explained

With the ability to adapt to any environment, Maruchan Ramen Noodles have kept humanity tastefully alive since 1958. Rajitsu is an expression of Strength, Adaptibilty, and Durability.

Ra Ra Ramen - THUMB WAR

O'Neill - 1
Herschel - 0

If this doesn't pull your heart strings...

Listen to the Trees

Diego Stocco - Music From A Tree from Diego Stocco on Vimeo.

Li

R.I.P. Michael

Can't we just drink beers with our mustaches and glasses on a trolley in peace?

RAMEN NINJA - Best Accuracy

RAMEN NINJA - Super Brick Throw

The Alphabet by google maps

“There’s Aliens in Our Midst”

This is some crazy wood work by AJ Fosik now showing @ White Walls Gallery in San Fran. Although its beautiful, imagine catching a glance of one of these bad boys on your wall as you make your way to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Yikes!

The Book Cover Archive

I have purchased books for the sole reason that the cover catches my eye. You should never judge a blah blah blah blah, but if its really cool looking, at least from my experiences, chances are the book itself will turn out to be just as cool and enjoyable.
http://bookcoverarchive.com/

This site is so thorough they have a collection of books on book cover design.

I dare you not to be inspired

Recently came across this site dedicated to the life and work of legendary graphic designer Paul Rand. Check out the gallery of his work... http://www.paul-rand.com/gallery.shtml

Bicla de Sapato

Max Knight

Check out this Big Rig

Created by Mike Ross

Wounded Dove world, world Wounded Dove

I was gonna lie and say this was our band from High School, but I couldn't decide who I would be. Shades obviously screams Conor, the tall one is too tall, so it was a toss up between Arm band and Ties. Ties is clearly the front man, he did get to prop his leg up, but Arm band has that quiet confidence look (often confused with the raging temper look), you can just tell he is gonna be somebody. God this is tough, but I am gonna have to go with Arm band, I like his smile plus I don't think I could ever pull off those jeans Ties is wearing.



Wounded Dove
from left to right, Conor Barry, Mike Epstein, James Wells, Brent Fagerburg

RoboCop & Beer? Um.... sure.

Illustrator Tyler Stout created this poster for a RoboCop screening at The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Austin, TX. Too bad this already happened, and I live in Chicago.


He also did these posters for 'The Decemberists' and 'Flight of the Concords'



Check out more of his awesome work @....
http://www.tstout.com

Who knew?

Sorry i'm late, I got held up making a stop motion short film with a digital camera

Directed by Tomas Mankovsky

This is going to revolutionize the bicycle lighting industry

MonkeyLectric has released the Video Pro: The world's first full color VIDEO display in a rotating wheel.

Maybe we're not so different after all

This is a really cool photography series that will make you think twice about what you're wearing when you leave your house.

http://hwww.exactitudes.nl/

Remember to eat more fiber and...

A cool photo series of some helpful reminders that will keep you on point.
http://www.whitezine.com/en/photography/reminders-by-erin-hanson.html


Photography & Stuff by Erin Hanson
http://recoveringlazyholic.com

The Talented Mr Hyde

This spot for The Royal Bank of Canada/BBDO Toronto was directed by Fx and Mat of Mr. Hyde Paris



Production Company : Mr Hyde
Agency : BBDO Toronto
Creative dirctors : Carlos Moreno, Peter Ignazi
Art director : John Terry
Copywriter : James Ansley

The many (and by many I mean 3) faces of BBQ leftovers

Leroy Smith

If you havent heard of him yet, shame on you.

http://www.getyourbasketballon.com

Untitled, The Stairs by ~survivefive on deviantART

Great find Conor

A must read for copywriters by Suzanne Pope @ John st.

http://www.ihaveanidea.org/articles/index.php?/archives/407-AN-INCONVENIENT-TRUTH-FOR-COPYWRITERS-HOW-TO-WRITE-HEADLINES-AND-WHY-YOUR-CAREER-DEPENDS-ON-IT.html

Can you use it in a sentence?

Adobe CS4

Advertising at its finest

Birth Certificate

Hey guys and gals,

This is the first day of our blog. She may look ugly but like most newborns, once she grows into her ears she'll blossom into a beautiful, intelligent, hilarious, creative young creature. We'll see you soon.