A transmission from the deep south.
An advertorial publication from McSweeney’s editor-at-large John Warner and The Morning News founding editor Andrew Womack that presents paid advertisements for books that pass muster with John and his team of readers. Sharp design by Jason Santa Maria.
A great documentary about the men in Sky High Murals, one of the last remaining mural painting companies in New York City. Music by The Album Leaf.
Forstall is quite literally claiming perfection while a hand model holds up this terrible example of everything that’s wrong with Apple’s commitment to typography.
— Khoi Vinh dissects the rhetoric around typesetting in the new iPhone 4 promotional videos.
The CPM has done more to stunt innovation and drag down quality products than any single thing on the internet.
— Whiskey Media CEO Shelby Bonnie makes a plea to kill off the outdated practice of paying for online ad impressions. He doesn’t offer a replacement, rather a starting point for a method of measurement that works better for individual campaigns. (via Che Tamahori)
From Alex Cornell’s comprehensive set of photos documenting the materials he created for his fake Wes Anderson Film Festival as part of the AAU graduate design programme.
Trailer for Art & Copy, a documentary about advertising from director Doug Pray. “How big do you want the logo, sir?” (via Scott Judson)
The Banner Concerts campaign by Belgium’s Boondoggle agency picked up five of the 16 golds awarded at this year’s Cannes Cyber Lions for online advertising. The campaign streamed gigs by local bands to a selection of popular Belgian websites, with band members crammed into custom-made boxes the same aspect ratio as common banner ad sizes. Brilliantly executed and downright inspiring.
Beautiful grading and focus on this clip for Ralph Lauren by Camille Marotte. Shot on a Canon 5D2 with f/1.4 50mm prime lens.
Buck’s new animated spot for Mountain Dew, with cel animation by Brooklyn-based Augenblick Studios. (via Motionographer)
Paul Thompson’s portraits of bearded children for the Natural History Museum’s “Ice Station Antarctica” posters are stellar. Creepy, but stellar no less. The photographs won three Association of Photographers awards in 2008.
Written and designed by Matthew Buchanan. Colophon. Please give credit. Email
