Mike Walsh, author of 'Futuretainment', presented at a recent AIMIA Brisbane event: "Yesterday the world changed. Now it is your turn" which I attended. For the one-hour session I felt Mike covered a lot of ground, but not once did I feel "overwhelmed" by the...
Continue ReadingI recently read Aarron Walter's book Designing for Emotion. Walter is the lead user experience designer for MailChimp where he is the chief responsible for making the online e-mail campaign program's interfaces more human. As someone fascinated by the psychology of the things we do, I rushed...
Continue Readinghttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5776HPNeHA As far as advertising campaigns go this is a great one. Highlighting the power of leverage using a celebrity, the public, technology and innovation. This is what I love about advertising in todays world – technology gives us creative freedom and allows us to interact with...
Continue Readinghttp://youtu.be/Fg_JcKSHUtQ A robot that flies like a bird might leave you asking the question: "But what purpose will this serve?". Ultimately, Festo (the company behind the SmartBird) says this technology could pave the way for efficiency in resource and energy consumption. ...
Continue ReadingCarlsberg and advertising agency Duval Guillaume put together a brilliant viral commercial, by pulling a prank on unsuspecting movie goers. They filled a cinema with 148 of the baddest biker boys they could find and only left two seats left, smack bang in the middle....
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