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Do these spots grab your attention? Yes. Do they show off the product? Certainly. Do they position the client, Sherwin-Williams as forward thinking and tech-smart? Yup. Don't know what more you could ask. McKinney and Buck did a terrific job.
Here > The Bees spot...
Here > The Color Chips spot...
Here > The Birdhouse print ad...
Here > McKinney...
Here > The product house was Buck...
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Meet illustrator David VoginWhen I saw these, I thought you'd want to add David Vogin's name to your list of illustrators. I really like his beautifully crafted photo collages. Here > Example 1...Here > Example 2...Here > Example 3...Here > Vogin's Flickr Photostream...Here > Vogin on Facebook...Discuss this topic here...
Historically accurate typographyThree Islands Press specializes in crafting historically accurate handwriting and typography in digital form. For example, the Emily Austin font is patterned after the handwriting of Emily Austin (Bryan) Perry, an early colonist of Texas. As designer Brian Willson explains it, "In her travels, she wrote many letters home - letters that show a distinctively compact, legible hand. The challenge for me in designing the face: resisting the temptation to read and re-read her bossy directives and urgent appeals, all packed tightly together on a page." I'm just guessing, but 3IP Type Foundry (formerly The Type Quarry) seems that it might be one of those companies that sees money as enabling the work versus money being the only focus. Nothing wrong with making money, but in most cases, passion produces a superior product. Here > The handwriting of Emily Austin...Here > Timothy Matlack and the American Scribe...Here > Penned by Mirabeau B. Lamar...Here > 3IP's Facebook page...Discuss this topic here...
Quora: A continually improving collection of questions and answersThe burning desire of the search engine heart is to understand "intent". It wants to understand what the user is really after. Enter Quora. As they explain it, "Quora is a continually improving collection of questions and answers created, edited, and organized by everyone who uses it. The most important thing is to have each question page become the best possible resource for someone who wants to know about the question." "Anyone can add questions and answers to Quora. They can also categorize questions by adding topics to them, summarize answers on a question page, and edit any question or summary. Duplicate questions and topics are unified so that the content on the site keeps getting better instead of getting fragmented. Users can follow questions, topics and people, which creates a stream of relevant questions and answers for each user. The site is closely monitored and maintained by its users so the quality of questions and answers stays high." I've only been using Quora for a short time so I can't vouch for the quality of the information, but what I've seen is promising. I have used it enough to know that if you're interested in staying abreast of fast-moving technology, Quara should be on your radar. Want to see it work? Sign in and ask, "What is Facebook's architecture?" You'll see the many options for discovering answers and leads to other related topics. Here > Quora questions and answers search...Here > Some analysis coming from BBH Labs...Here > More discussion of Quora on TechCrunch...Discuss this topic here...
About the briefing I try to remain as objective as possible about the information I share here. Unless I tell you otherwise, I receive no compensation from the organizations and people mentioned except for occasional product samples. Comments? Suggestions? Write me at chuckgreen@ideabook.com
Chuck Green
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