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The notebook

Admin — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:59:00 +0000

Possibly one of the sweetest and nicest promo pieces for Valentine’s Day I’ve ever seen. And possibly a sign that the creative “war” between Field Notes and Moleskine has officially begun. After a lot of recent great videos by Moleskine, FN fights back with a lovely little artwork.

The video has been created to promote the Red Blooded notebook which has been recently added to the Field Notes standard product line. The notebook that becomes a love letter: a further proof that life, love and commerce can intersect nicely. Well… maybe the description that they added on the site is a bit too much but, still, it’s a very inspiring and beautiful work.

Wise words by Steve Jobs

Admin — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:17:58 +0000

Totally inspired by this clip, i will encourage people to watch more of his visionary videos. Watch more wise clips by Steve Jobs over at brain pickings.

Technology story teller

Admin — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:31:57 +0000

iPad storyteller Joe Sabia introduces us to Lothar Meggendorfer, who created a bold technology for storytelling: the pop-up book. Sabia shows how new technology has always helped us tell our own stories, from the walls of caves to his own onstage iPad.

Flight of the frenchies

Admin — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 09:54:28 +0000

Don’t you wonder why people believe in what they believed in? I guess the most important thing is the passion of freedom and the support of another that keeps us going. This amazing film blew my mind. It’s really a single word. Wow.

Nicest place on the Internet

Admin — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 05:13:31 +0000

Do you sometimes feel like a hug on the web? Don’t worry, the ‘Nicest Place on the Internet’ has just been found. Who will turn down an internet hug?

The holstee manifesto

Admin — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:06:40 +0000

The Holstee Manifesto is a call to action to live a life full of intention, creativity, passion, and community.

The LifeCycle Film came about as a desire to bring the energy and passion behind the Manifesto to life through something we love–biking. As we seek to live mindful lifestyles that leave a positive impact on the people and world around us, biking has become a passion that is much more than a transportation alternative. It is a way of fully experiencing the city we love and all of its details.

Bet my buddy Thomas Yang will like this very much.

A new agency OS

Admin — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 07:46:02 +0000

We’ve known for years that the opportunities to buy mass attention are shrinking by the day, just as the opportunities to earn and measure attention become ever more enticingly available. If we can just wake up to this fact, this is a show-stoppingly great moment in time for our industry. A great read for those who has been looking for the change.

Steve Jobs on creativity

Admin — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 08:13:59 +0000

An amazing view on people by the great visionary, the late Steve Jobs.

Word as image

Admin — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:32:45 +0000

Incredible motion graphics by Ji Lee. The challenge is to create an image out of a word, using only the letters in the word itself. Sweet.

The importance of sound

Admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 09:30:19 +0000

This Monday I would like to share this wonderful short documentary by Sound Cloud, an online audio distribution platform which allows collaboration, promotion and distribution of audio recordings. They collected insights and opinions from sound experts (music producers, soundscape composers and composers) to explain why sound is so important to the way we connect with the world.