I love this stop-motion video by Jeremy Fisher:
Stop Motion Title Sequence commissioned for Sex::Tech 2010 conference, showcasing the changes in how teens communicate and start healthy relationships from the 20th century to today.
Some of the earlier, pre-Facebook online teen communication tools were left out (IRC? MSN/AIM? Friendster? Apartment 107??), but cute nonetheless.
(via We love stop-motion)
I started noticing these super cute “characters” (as opposed to the boring old “brand” stickers) on my bananas a couple of months ago and have always meant to blog about it but just kept putting it off. However, I just came across this interview with the Art Director behind this clever Chicquita Banana rebrand, DJ Neff:
The process relied heavily in spending as much time with the product as possible. In this case it meant my partner Mark Krajan and I eating a bunch of bananas a day. Thankfully, we like bananas.It helps to immerse ourselves in the product and research as much as we can before coming up with ideas. In this case that emphasis was on the fruit and its cultural significance. After filling up on information, we let it all spill out in different ideas, drawings, sayings, photographs, then start to figure out truths. These truths all stem from the product and work outward, pulling from research and ideas to build upon the foundation, laddering up to a big idea.
I am not ashamed to admit that I deliberately pick up Chicquita Bananas because of these fun little stickers — and selectively choose the bananas featuring stickers I haven’t gotten before. These playful character stickers reminds me a lot of common Japanese marketing: place cute characters on virtually any random product, service, or public service announcement. And why not? It obviously catches people’s attention.
(via design:related)
Check out the full Chicquita Banana character set after the jump.
I’m not sure what the name of Jun Takahashi’s autumn/winter 2010 men’s collection for high-end streetwear brand UnderCover is supposed to mean (Avakareta?), but all I know is I really like everything in the collection. It’s just the perfect balance between style, comfort, with nothing over-the-top and flashy. Very solid collection.
(via Jun Takahashi blog @ Honeyee.com)
A lot more photos of the rest of the Avakareta Life collection after the jump.
Beautiful, tastefully-done TV advertisement for – yes – sagami original 0.02 condoms.
The advertisement is apparently based on a documentary, filmed over a month-long period, of a man from Fukuoka and a woman from Tokyo who ran from opposite ends of Japan to meet each other.
What a refreshing and romantic way of selling condoms. Definitely a completely different tactic from condom advertisements in North America.
(via SNOW Magazine)
The Disney x Tim Burton x Johnny Depp 3D behemoth, Alice in Wonderland, is upon us (as of today), and there’s no doubt it’s going to make a lot of money for all of those people involved. Still, ignoring the hugely commercial, big-business aspect of the movie, one can’t deny how visually stunning it looks. Wired.com gives everyone a look through the looking glass, and provides insights as to how movie magic was made for Wonderland.
How did one actor — Matt Lucas — play both Tweedledum and Tweedledee within the same frame? What’s the trick behind Crispin Glover’s ability to hover 3 feet above every other actor in a scene? Where did Helena Bonham Carter get such a bulbous head? Answers to all that and more are offered up in Wired.com’s exclusive behind-the-scenes look at Alice in Wonderland.
I’ll be seeing the movie this weekend myself. Reviews so far have just been lukewarm, but I’m still excited to see Burton’s take on Wonderland.
(via Wired.com)