From the reader #3
Did Stanley Kubrick invent the iPad? Via @MatDolphin.
The above screen-grab is from Kubrick’s groundbreaking film 2001: A Space Odyssey. I went to the QFT a couple of weeks back to watch this with my brother, and imagined myself being gobsmacked had I been in the audience during the 1968 release. Overly trippy in some parts, but what a feat.
In other news, try reading the copy on this Kellogg’s advertisement.
“Your eye has some real work to do getting from ‘the’ and then back to ‘day’ all the way on the other side of the 6 sheet. Reading makes you feel a bit sick as your head has to do so much movement from left to right and left to right and…”
— BEN TERRETT
Awful typography, on Noisy Decent Graphics.
Mark McGuinness shares some useful tips on how to attract more visitors to your website.
Attention-grabbing image and tagline (above) for this campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi.
ADA — an interactive sculpture that stood-out (video embedded below). Via Co. Design.
Gone with the Wind — a good read on the Mat Dolphin blog about applying the ‘wind tunnel’ effect to the process of achieving design consensus.
“If you go through the wind tunnel you will never end up with your quirky Pirelli logos — everything becomes anodyne. Quirkiness comes about through a combination of client naivety and budget.”
Steve Jobs photo courtesy of San Francisco News
In the wake of Steve Jobs resigning as Apple’s CEO, I’ve pasted a fitting quote from the “Think Different” ad campaign. Via Quote Vadis.
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The rebels. The troublemakers. The ones who see things differently. While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
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Previously: From the reader #2
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2001 was a groundbreaking film in a large number of ways, and informed most of my youth in the 1970s. I will never quite get over the feeling of being cheated when 2001 the year actually rolled around, and we still didn’t have routine travel to orbiting Hiltons. Apparently warfare was much more important.
I was 12 when that film came out, and I remember seeing it on a visit to Manhattan in some gigantic theater sitting in a balcony. I don’t think I quite understood the film at the time; I remember feeling very sad about the old man at the end.
I want to snuggle that match critter.
what an amazing installation!
it’s interesting to see the way people react to the object. the helium ball looks like a big puffer fish, and adults suddenly feel like kids again. They discover the object touch by touch.
it’s wonderful to see that abstract art can evoke feelings like that.
What a great collection of articles, I particularly liked the 99% article on how to get visitors and the Steve Jobs quote.
Thanks for reminding me to watch 2001 again, haven’t seen it in a long time.