OK, so everyone knows that MySpace. is probably the worst-designed site on the net - especially when you consider it’s massive popularity. In fact, it came in #1 on a PC World Poll of the worst websites. Not surprising.
But what if the site were to be re-designed? What would happen in the most popular site [...]
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Cmon, it’s fashion, it’s not that difficult.
Seems a Spanish prankster has duped a Swiss newspaper into publishing a fake ad for Gucci featuring his own half-naked self.
Adfreak has the story in greater detail. Blick has a follow-up interview and slideshow. (click Die Bilder in the upper right)
I find this extra funny because of course [...]
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I wish! I have long railed against Google as being a black white whole of design on the web. Some people, like Lindsay Campbell, disagree and state that Google’s pre-school design aesthetic is beautiful in it’s simplicity. Google is awesome, but I think we’ll all agree there’s room for improvement whenever someone comes up with [...]
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Sadly enough, Fear has become a propaganda tactic of politicians and the news media. The fact that use the phrase “find out why you may be next” is evidence of this. But The Red Cross has crossed the thin red line from clever to creepy with their latest billboard encouraging scaring people into giving blood.
Advertising [...]
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Honestly, I have never seen any of these. Frankly, anything less than Jessica Rose is bollocks.
10 Worst Internet Marketing Videos
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No, that’s not an even-crazier last name to my own, it’s the new hybrid product invading from the British Isles this Spring.
From The Times News Blog, London, comes the story of how two of the most acquired tastes in British-Irish cuisine. This St. Patrick’s Day comes a special run of Marmite produced from Guinness, specifically. [...]
// a tale of Britain, brands & branding, design: packaging
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No, I’m not channeling Dvorak, but I have to exclaim publically that I have slain the spam dragon, at least for now. In fact, it wasn’t that difficult, all I had to do was change hosts.
For the past few years, I have been transitioning my domains and hosting plans to godaddy.com from globat.com. Over the [...]
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