I’ve always believed that as designers, writers and art directors our job is to sell goods and services. Type, photography, and copy are nothing more then tools used to tell story. Check out this video from Ogilvy put together. It’s called the Search For The Worlds Greatest Salesperson. It’s a campaign for themselves that doubles as a recruitment drive and social competition. All you have to do is send a video of you selling a brick. The top few people who can upload the best video of how to sell a plain old brick will win a trip to Cannes to pitch live to the global advertising crowd, and get a paid 3 month fellowship at Ogilvy!
This is a short film that was directed by the French animation collective H5. It was presented at the Cannes Film Festival 2009. It opened the 2010 Sundance Film Festival and won a 2010 academy award under the category of animated short. It’s pretty the world we live in. The dialog reminds me of that of Pulp Fiction. For mature audience. Below is part 2.
23-year-old artist Alexa Meade puts a spin on reality with these amazing paintings. Alexa has invented a painting technique that makes 3 dimensional space look flat, blurring the lines between illusion and reality. Check out this acrylic on human canvas series Alexa calls The reverse trompe l’oeil. I love it. Keep on doing your thing Alexa. Check out the slide show below. Enjoy.
This video is a great find. Patrick Jean brings all your old favorite video games back. Watch them come to life and take over New York city by turning everything into pixels. Enjoy watching the video. Well done Patrick Jean.
Nothing says mindless like destroying a perfectly good new iPad. But before you point fingers and call this video stupid, keep in mind that it’s creators Blendtec is known as the founding father of social media optimization for businesses. These guys are capitalizing on all the buzz sounding the iPad. One day after the iPad’s release they put out this video. Call it borrowed interest if you want. I think it’s a smart way to promote a blender. With 100 million video views it’s safe to say that it works.
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