“While so many in our business want to talk about concepts, I fancy ideas. When they speak of campaigns, I push for conversations. And when they boast of impressions, I can’t help but think about impacts. …We are at a point where interruption must be replaced by invitation.” – Tom Martin via AdAge.
The design industry can be pretty intimidating.
As a studio (or a freelance creative, or an agency, or whatever you are) you breathe design and its technological implementation every single day.
But there are others out there who don’t, and that’s probably the reason they’re not in our industry, just like we’re not in theirs. It’s all relative.
There is a disconnect between those who speak our industry’s language and those who don’t.
According to this article on Mashable.com, the @ symbol has taken up residence in a new spot- the Department of Architecture and Design at New York’s Museum of Modern Art.
The @ symbol has achieved it’s most recent celebrity status from Twitter, but actually dates back hundreds of years.
Hind sight is 20/20- Marketing that changed the world How well do you know coffee?- A Date with Java. The top of your priority list- First, Care. Good Designers Copy- Great Designers Steal… The inevitable (and sometimes startling) sneeze- Bless you! Bucket List Ideas- Why not just start now? We’d rather focus on the opposite, […]
Back in the day before DVR, TiVo, and On Demand, we had no choice but to watch commercials. Then, it was a pain, and we complained about it. But today, taking into account how much marketing and technology has changed, it’s kind of cool to go back and take another look at those commercials we so desperately wanted to avoid. For your entertainment, here are some Christmas commercials from the 80’s and 90’s. If nothing else, maybe you’ll get a laugh out of them like we did!