Why do food brands think looking to the past is the future? Continue reading
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(Two) Hundred Years of Heinz?
Posted in Branding, Brands, Design, News, Technology, The Partners
Tagged Anniversary, Branding, Food, Future, Heinz, Past
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The wilderness downtown
In what can only be described as “showing off”, the guys and gals at Google have once again brought another technical tour-de-force music video to our attention, this time in collaboration with the hottest band around (and in the studio right now); the Arcade Fire. Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Interactive, Social Media
Tagged Arcade Fire, Chrome, Experiments, Google, HTML5, Interactive
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Direct Marketing
I get less and less of the proverbial ‘junk mail’ through my letter box these days. I do tend to give most of what I receive a cursory glance before ‘filing’ in the recycling bin.
My household contents insurances is shortly due for renewal and so I’ve started to receive lots of lovely unsolicited requests for consideration from the general insurance fraternity bombarding me with facts, figures, discounts and comparisons. Continue reading
Frugal Friday…
Ever wondered what the cheapest way to live in London is?
If no, you’ve probably never done a design placement. If yes, then read on… Continue reading
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Tagged Farringdon, Frugal, London, Lunch, Placement, Sandwich, The Sandwich Man
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Safer cars = more dangerous drivers and other paradoxes
The mystery of phantom traffic jams explained
If you’ve ever wondered why you can spend an aeon in a traffic jam on a motorway with no apparent cause, why we’re so intolerant of each other when we’re driving and why we think it’s ok to speed but never to go through a red light, then I’d recommend the book Traffic by Tom Vanderbilt… Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Design, Environment, Experience Design, Uncategorized, User Experience
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Digital killed the video star
We’ve seen epic movie-style videos, huge budgets spent on blowing things up, turning singers into cyborgs, or having endless well-endowed ladies shaking their thang, dripping in diamonds. So what could the future hold for music videos… Continue reading
Typecasting
If a moustache hints at one’s personality, can it do the same for typefaces? Tor Weeks, a San Francisco-based art director that created this field guide, found out by turning brackets in various fonts on their sides. She writes on her blog: “I’ve always had troubles figuring out the personalities of fonts. Call me crazy but for some reason i think this helps me.” Kind of does, doesn’t it?
The poster made its debut at the fantastic Renegade Craft Fair in San Francisco last spring, but you can still buy it here.
Posted in Art, Design, Posters, Typography, Uncategorized
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We are here
Wayne & Garth Spotted
Alongside the part of my phone that actually makes calls (the old fashioned bit), my Google Maps app is probably one of my most used. It’s become indispensable in the same way that being able to text once was. What would we do without it! Continue reading
Farewell Morton Street
This week we said farewell to our studio on Morton Street and TPNY are now happily working away in a bright and lovely space on 11th Street at University Place. Our friends Johannes Leonardo moved along with us, and our new studio mates are WPP digital agency Schematic, who’ve made us very welcome.
If there’s one thing we’ll miss about Morton Street it’s the view – so I’ve attached some ‘greatest hits’ from one of the most distracting views around. Continue reading
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