Metropolis Next Generation Competition
Deadline:
Jan. 30, 2009
BraunPrize 2009
Deadline:
Jan. 31, 2009
A Better World by Design
November 7-9, 2008
Providence, Rhode Island
Design Miami
December 3-6, 2008
Miami, Florida
Designers' Open 2008
Designers' Open is one of the biggest design events in the east of Germany, including a creative fight club!
99 images
DESIGN PHILADELPHIA 2008
The fourth annual DesignPhiladelphia delivered brotherly love with exhibitions, gallery openings, and lectures.
62 images
LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
Now in its sixth year, The London Design Festival offers an amazing array of design and celebration.213 images
FREEDESIGNDOM 2008
FreeDesigndom 2008 is the inaugural design and fashion event in the Netherlands.100 images
ManufRactured EXHIBITION
ManufRactured is a collection of art and design objects created from re-purposed manufactured goods. 40 images
VITRA DESIGN MUSEUM SUMMER WORKSHOPS
Participants live & work for 1 week w/ renowned designers, architects and artists at the Domaine de Boisbuchet.70 images
BICYCLE
A 100-day Dutch event anchored by an exhibition at the Designhuis in Eindhoven.100 images
FARNBOROUGH AIRSHOW 2008
The greatest display of aircraft on the planet. In Hampshire, UK.194 images
CERAMICS AND SOUND EXHIBITION
The works of artists and designers recently at the European Ceramic Workcenter (.ekwc).55 images
100 PERCENT DESIGN SHANGHAI
Designers Richard Hutten, Michael Young & Patrick Jouin join creative directors Tobias Wong & Aric Chen.61 images
HAMBURG HARLEY DAYS 2008
Bill Davidson and some 75,000 (custom) motorbikes.80 images
BERLIN DESIGN FESTIVAL 2008
"The Sky Is Not The Limit" at the Berlin Design Festival.64 images
NEW YORK DESIGN WEEK 2008
A hearty collection of the best the Design World has to offer.224 images
MAKER FAIRE 2008
A wonderland of populist & homespun tech, courtesy of Make Mag. In San Mateo, CA.48 images
Another great collection of clever integrated ads; we love how companies have to get extremely visually innovative as advertising clutter clogs up our mindspace. Here, Mr. Clean has apparently scrubbed one stripe of this Italian crosswalk spotless. Click here to see eight other ideas, including an absolutely killer Nike soccer concept.
via inventor spot
London Design Festival 2008
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Core77 visits NASA:
Designing for Space with NASA's Industrial Design Team, by Glen Jackson Taylor
DesignPhiladelphia 2008
Bryce Gibson photographs this year's festival of brotherly love
UGLY:
How Unorthodox Thinking Will Save Design, by Tad Toulis
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Comments
this is urban spam me thinks.
good advertising is still bad advertising.
I am not sure as to whether I should praise these corporate tags or stand against them. They are clever and well integrated into the space. However, it is further cluttering of the urban landscape with product placement. Does this mean graffiti artists are off the hook or do they have to try selling something for it to be accepted?
I have very mixed feelings about this type of advertisement as well. From the viewpoint of an artist, I can appreciate the creativity that has went into coming up with such an advertisement. The concept is very intriguing and is likely to grab viewers in a way different to that of every-day brainwashing billboard or television ads. While a repetitious and overdone TV ad forces me to change the channel or drone out its content, this particular Mr. Clean ad grabs at least a few seconds of my attention and forces me to really think about it. But the question is whether or not I need to be thinking about it. Chances are, I don't. From the viewpoint of a consumer, I also tend to get very annoyed by ads that seem to float around me like a cartoon rain cloud. It leads me to question the boundaries of advertising and how far they might progress with these ideas into the future.
Advertising companies spend billions of dollars trying to figure out what makes us tick and are constantly trying to find ways to subconsciously sway us into buying their products. It's really quite amazing how much goes into the entire process. Apparently they are even wiling to risk the safety of a driver and the ability to become sidetracked with such clutter being placed right in the middle of the street (Mr. Clean ad above). While I appreciate the clever design aspect, I still find it unnecessary and extremely distracting; especially if more and more of these types of advertisements start popping up everywhere.