marketing mayhem

An interesting approach to getting the customer's attention. Give this one a moment to load and then sit back and enjoy.

http://producten.hema.nl/

Thanks to Annette (again!) for this gem.

What the Helvetica?

So, what did you think of Helvetica? Did it make you want to rush home and design something amazing?

Giveaway #2

I have an extra copy of the January/February 2008 issue of Communication Arts. It's a multi-topic issue full of beautiful work and insightful commentary.
Want it? Leave a comment on this post & I'll pick a winner February 1st.

Design Catastrophe

Well here I am. It's twenty three minutes to midnight and I am within a couple hours of wrapping up my project 2 for the Flash Action Script class. Guess what? It won't publish. AGAIN!

This is the fourth time. And the solution is not obvious. I have to dig and sift through all of the files, script, tweens, frames and names to find where the problem is. I've never thrown in the towel, but right now I'm in the last round and my ass is getting whooped.

Which brings me to my question. What is your greatest graphic design catastrophe or challenge?

And from that experience, what would advice would you give to your peers to help them circumvent the trauma. My fatal flaw was not publishing the flash movie every 2 minutes. I'd gone probably 30-50 minutes without publishing, which in design time feels more like 13.78 minutes.

Also, while I typically do my best when I push the envelope of time, when it comes to anything involving more-than-simple-printing (i.e. Package Design) or simple-to-complex-coding (Flash and Web Design) NEVER EVER EVER push the envelope!

Skin Type

Any volunteers to make the "a"?

Alphabet created using skin folds

Animator vs. Animation

Have you seen this very cool little Flash animation yet? Turn up your volume to get all the great sound effects. Thanks to Annette for sharing this gem with me!

Animator vs. Animation by alanbecker