August Laustsen, a young Danish art director who recently moved from Copenhagen to Stockholm, applied to all the big advertising agencies in Stockholm but didn't get a reply from any of them. So, to catch their attention, he pretended to be a client looking for an agency and sent out the following letter. … [Read more...]
Who Legally Owns A Website Once It’s Designed?
"I paid a professional web designer to create my site, of course I own it!" - this is probably the belief that almost every website client holds. It makes perfect sense - you paid someone to develop a website for you. Why then would you not own what you paid for? … [Read more...]
IKEA Renamed Its Products After Common Google Searches About Relationship Problems
IKEA's products have always been inspired by how people live in the real world. They wanted to remind people that their products can solve or improve a variety of everyday problems. These days, most of us turn to the internet for answers when problems arise. To prove that IKEA can be a part of the solution, Swedish agency Åkestam Holst came up with a campaign titled Retail … [Read more...]
Turn Your Phone Into A Lightsaber With This Mind-Blowing Google Chrome Experiment
Google, in collaboration with Disney, has come up with an epic Chrome Experiment to promote the latest Star Wars movie The Force Awakens. The company launched Lightsaber Escape, a website that lets you use your smartphone as a lightsaber so you can battle Stormtroopers in your computer's browser. It's a cool, engaging experience, even if you aren't a Star Wars fan. Just follow … [Read more...]
Get A Bad-Ass Job Title For Yourself Using This Awesome Free Tool
These days, employers are rolling out long job titles to compensate for small pay packages. As a result, most employees end up feeling more important than they actually are :-p. Looking at this trend, New York-based viral marketing agency Thinkmodo has come up with an ingenious 'Badass Advertising Job Title Generator' that suggests the coolest job titles at the press of a … [Read more...]
Funny Ads Show The Embarrassing Consequences Of Not Having A Mobile-Friendly Website
Desktop websites that are not optimized for mobile usually end up getting cropped on phone screens. Adding a dash of ingenuity to this insight, UK-based design studio Nettl came up with a series of hilarious ads to promote their web design solutions. … [Read more...]
Learn How To Code And Watch Your Instructor Undress As You Progress
Here's a WTF concept that no one probably thought of until now. CodeBabes offers video tutorials in HTML, CSS, PHP, etc., but with a twist. Watch the lesson, pass the quiz and your instructor will lose one piece of clothing. That's right, the more code you learn, the less clothes they wear. Check out this promo video featuring CodeBabe Cami Li explaining the concept. … [Read more...]
Color Palettes From Famous Movies Show How Colors Set The Tone Of A Film
Movies In Color is an intriguing project by LA-based designer Roxy Radulescu. She derives light, medium and dark color palettes from movie stills and merges them into a 21-color spectrum. The idea came to Roxy while watching Skyfall (2012) when she was intrigued by the cinematography of the film. After creating a color palette for the movie she decided to start a blog, which … [Read more...]
Funny HBO Ads Highlight Awkwardness Of Watching Sex Scenes With Parents
Nothing gets more embarrassing than watching a sex scene on TV with your parents around. Based on this insight, HBO has come up with this hilariously clever campaign for HBO Go, it's subscription-based streaming service that lets you watch your favourite shows on your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Android, Samsung, Xbox 360, Playstation 3, Chromecast, Kindle Fire and Roku. … [Read more...]
34 Funny Charts That Show The Truth About Your Online Life
Almost everyone who's active on digital and social media will relate to these hilarious pieces of satirical wisdom that accurately depict stereotypical behaviour online. We've filtered these 34 digital media-related graphs from the many cool ones you'll find on Truth Facts, a website dedicated to depicting the funny side of everyday life via illustrations created by the … [Read more...]
How To Create A Website In 1 Hour At Minimum Cost With Zero Coding Knowledge
Here's an excellent step-by-step guide on how to create a website for under $25 with zero coding or programming knowledge. Although there are many tutorials on this topic, we like the way this one explains the technicalities in a manner that even a novice will understand. … [Read more...]
How Did Virgin Airlines Get 6 Million People To Watch A Flight Safety Video Without Stepping On A Plane?
When was the last time you actually paid attention to a pre-flight safety demonstration? Virgin America turned this typically boring instruction reel into a viral pop-culture moment — getting millions of people to watch a flight safety video without even stepping on a plane. To pull it off, the airline partnered with American director Jon M. Chu (Step Up 2, Step Up 3D) along … [Read more...]
An Interesting World Map Of The Most Visited Websites Per Country
Check out this insightful world map of the most popular websites per country/region. Neighboring countries with common top sites have been merged which is why some of them might appear distorted. While Google (red) dominates the west, Baidu (the Chinese equivalent of Google) dominates eastern Asia and parts of Europe. … [Read more...]
50 Free, Flat And Gorgeous Icon Sets For The Modern Designer
When designing user interfaces, the icons you choose are crucial because they guide users through their digital experience. Flat icons have been popular since quite a while because of their clean, straightforward design which meshes well with modern aesthetics. Today, we'll take a look at some standout flat icon sets. These icons not only look sleek but also improve … [Read more...]
Milwaukee Police’s Slick New Website Is A Superb Exception To Ugly Government Websites
Government websites are usually an eyesore to look at and a headache to interact with. The choice of fonts, colors, layout, and the overall user experience is not very pleasant. Design and aesthetics are not usually a priority for the people who head these departments, and agencies are seldom able to produce innovative work in this domain. However, there are exceptions, and … [Read more...]
You Might Not Drink And Drive After Visiting This Website
The 'Faces of Drunk Driving' campaign is an initiative by the Texas Department of Transportation, highlighting the (changed) lives of drunk driving car crash victims. … [Read more...]
Ford Lets You Login To Your Favorite Websites By Just Standing Next To Your Computer
Most Ford cars come with KeyFree technology - the car unlocks automatically, sensing the key in the owner's pocket when he/she approaches. When the owner leaves, the car locks itself using the same sensor. To highlight this feature, Ford has come up with a KeyFree App for your smartphone that lets you auto-login to your favorite websites as you approach your computer. When … [Read more...]