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Outrace – London Design Festival

James Chiu — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:53:59 +0000

For this year’s London Design Festival, Outrace will be the featured installation in Trafalgar Square. Composed of eight industrial robots from Audi’s own production line, they will ‘write’ user submited short text messages using LED light heads from the Audi cars attached to their mechanical arms, which stretch over three metres long.

“As a user’s message is drawn, the light trace will be simultaneously recorded through a system of high definition, long-exposure cameras, encoded as a video and relayed back to be shared across social media.”

Outrace is the brainchild of KRAM/WEISSHAAR, artists Reed Kram and Clemens Weisshaar, and will be on show from September 16th to 23rd.

iPad magazines prototype

James Chiu — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 16:10:22 +0000

So with all the hype around the launch of the iPad, Bonnier and their design partners at BERG has envisioned this prototype of a magazine. This heavily debated device could very well revolutionalise the way we read, write, spread ideas and introduce a new form of interaction with digital medium. Further thoughts when I get my hands on one when it comes to the UK.

Mag+ from Bonnier on Vimeo.

Nokia’s World’s Biggest Signpost

James Chiu — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:24:31 +0000

Towards the end of 2009, Nokia launched the world’s biggest signpost. Situated in London, the installation span more than 50 meters high with a digital panel in the shape of arrow; “The World’s Biggest Signpost”, the execution promoted Nokia’s geo-location for its mobile’s OVI Maps.

The World’s Biggest Signpost from adghost on Vimeo.

Dig Deep Moments

James Chiu — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:46:57 +0000

Last Friday marked the launch of Dig Deep Moments, the first of our many campaigns for Dig Deep. If you don’t already know, they are a new men’s streetwear brand inspired from sports launching in April 2010 with a stunning collection of tee-shirts, sweatshirts, jeans, jackets and accessories.

The idea of Dig Deep Moments came from our early pitches to them, it gives Dig Deep the opportunity to explain the philosophy behind their brand before the eComm launch, get a following through great content, data capture through an exciting competition, and of course be the platform for fans to have heated discussions on the greatest sporting moments in history.

Check it out Dig Deep Moments – View, rate, share & have your say!

To celebrate the launch, Dig Deep invited a some of the team to the Six Nations Rugby match at Twickenham, with the England vs. Wales game marking the centenary match at the glorious stadium. Blessed with a beautiful (cold but sunny) day we enjoyed some freezing pints, tasty stadium food and watched a great game filled with many Dig Deep moments.

P.s. Thanks for the great photos Hannah.

Wrangler Blue Bell

James Chiu — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 15:25:49 +0000

KOKOKAKA has launched a beautifully executed digital experience for Wrangler Blue Bell SS10. The new site, launched just Tuesday has been making its round the webisphere, packed with music and user interaction it’s generating a lot of talk within the industry already!

Enjoy a little preview below:

An interactive CD cover

James Chiu — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:51:27 +0000

A beautiful interactive CD cover designed by Hubero Kororo for Ivan Palacký & Andrea Neumann. Something which you don’t see everyday in a world filled with digital interactive executions.

PAPPELTALKS from vizage on Vimeo.

A pretty cool flash game – Little Wheel

James Chiu — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:46:04 +0000

Brought you by the guys from oneclickdog.com.

Your objective is to solve the puzzle and bring life back to the world! Enjoy!

Hermés Tokyo Store Installation by Tokujin Yoshioka

James Chiu — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 11:32:34 +0000

The latest Tokujin Yoshioka installation for Maison Hermes in Tokyo is a beautiful interactive piece, executed in a clean and pure aesthetic.

The world of Creativity: November

James Chiu — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:38:46 +0000

We’re into our last month of the year now, but rather than focusing on Christmas campaigns lets have a look at what the creative minds in the world have been up to.

MARKETING & ADVERTISING:

I always wondered why you had to print an e-ticket. Well perhaps JC Penny’s mobile coupons would solve this problem.

Weetabix tries build itself on top of another brand (Google) with http://www.insideyoursearch.com/. But does this really work? Surely it could apply to a lot of brands?

Citroen goes playful with their C3 advert, focusing on the playfulness and joy of driving.

Mobile trends and traffic report from the US.

Ikea creates the world’s biggest rack

DESIGN:

A lovely set of strong graphic design

Brian Andrews is a wood craftsman and has some incredible hand carved sculptures.

Esquire does augmented reality with The Barbarian Group and Psyop

Hofstede Design, based in Australia creates a beautiful type tablet

Autobahn playground has a great collection of playful type experiments

ART & PHOTOGRAPHY:

Digital photographers of the year, here’s the short list

Eva and Franco Mattes breaks all the rules on their “It’s always six o’clock project”, making better use of your childhood toys.

Dynamic Type: Laika

James Chiu — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:14:10 +0000

Is this the future of typography? Test out the online version here.

Imagine morphing typography on interactive billboards…waoh!

LAIKA from Michael Flückiger on Vimeo.