Mullen creative director Tim Vaccarino had one of those day. Leaving agency’s Boston offices rushing to catch a flight. He had an unfortunate run-in with a glass door as he was leaving. Inevitably, it was capture by security cameras and posted by his colleague Edward Boches.
Boches writes:”Because we’re right across the street from Brooks Brothers, Tim was actually able to get himself a new wardrobe, literally in minutes, still make his plane, get to New York and help win a new piece of business.”
I got a Guinness 250th anniversary glass this morning.
Text on card;
Our gift to you…Now you’re ready for the perfect pour
This limited edition authentic Guinness 250th anniversary glass is one of our last so it’s a real collector’s item but more importantly it is the perfect partner to your can of Guinness Draught.
For the perfect pour, hold yours at a 45 degree angle and slowly fill, emptying your can in one smooth movement. Relax while the swirling surge of colour slowly calms, until that creamy head settles to a crisp white on black. Savour the moment, then enjoy.
Text on glass;
1759 Arthur Guinness signs a 9,000 year lease on the now famous St. James’s Gate Brewery in Dublin.
1799 Arthur makes the decision to brew only black beer.1862 The first trade-mark label for Guinness is introduced.
1880s The St. James’s Gate Brewery grows to become the largest brewery in the world.
1929 The first official advertisement for Guinness stout is launched.
1935 The Toucan and John Gilroy’s other characters are introduced into Guinness advertising.
1959 We mark our 200th anniversary by dropping 150,000 commemorative bottles into the Atlantic.
1988 The widget is invented for Draught cans so the perfect Guinness can be enjoyed at home.
A wonderful documentary about Open Design & Innovation.
How are social media changing design? What is the value of a prototype? How are work and play merging? Where is design headed in the 21st century? “Delivered in Beta” begins a conversation on these topics and invites your participation (twitter hashtag #od10beta). This video was created during the Open Design Workshop at the Betahaus
as part of Social Media Week Berlin 2010. Produced by KS12.
Microsoft launch Windows Mobile 7 Series, below are two hands on videos on the interface. It looks really impressive. Gizmodo said;
I’m sorry, Cupertino, but Microsoft has nailed it. Windows Phone 7 feels like an iPhone from the future. The UI has the simplicity and elegance of Apple’s industrial design, while the iPhone’s UI still feels like a colorized Palm Pilot.
Unfortunately it will probably be like most of these great technology ideas. It will be US only, at least at the start, and more importantly only really is of value if all your friend are using the same platform. The Facebook integration is an nice idea if all your friend are heavy Facebook users. It isn’t clear how well other 3rd party services can be integrated into the interface, but if they can be done as well as Facebook has it could be a huge plus for the platform.
Finished the setup for my bit.ly pro account. I’m using lu.is as the short url. Basically lu.is is a cname for bit.ly. The advantage is I get a Pro dashboard and better stats on short URLs I generate and I can monitor bit.ly click throughs to scaryideas.com even when they are generated by other bit.ly users.
