Day 50!!!

I did it!

Gate 2 & 50 Photos

So blogging isn’t at the top of my list right now, as you can tell from the long absence. This week is our Gate 2 presentation, so I will be prepping my document and presentation all this week.

Check out my daily project at daybydayproject.blogspot.com because tomorrow is Day 50, hope I find something good!

Another Reason To Love Front Design

One of my favourite design groups. They always impress! This is their most recent example of why!


For more check them out Online

Cool Shit

Amazing light graffiti via Coudal

Attention Musicians, Music Industry Insiders, Music Fans or Anyone Who Knows Any of These People

So after a little hiccup in my thesis project I am know back on track and am currently undertaking the interview process to create personas. I have created a set of questions for Musicians, Music Insiders and Music Listeners. So if you fit into one of these categories or know someone who would qualify please let me know. Leave a comment or email me at nlarcher at sympatico.ca. Your input would be greatly appreciated.

Top 10

After reading the multiplicity of coverage on David Armano’s recent presentation in NY I realized that what I am passionate about right now is… my schoolwork. It may sound somewhat odd, but I have to occupy my time with something, right?

So I thought I would share my “Top 10” a recent presentation I gave. I chose based on what I view as the current shift in design in today’s landscape, as well as to show my classmates the stuff that has inspired me.

The Brief
What are you seeing that is interesting? What work is important to you? Who is doing good work?













All Photos from authors and nickf

Fuck Blogger!!!!

Crash on me once, shame on you. Crash on me twice, shame on you still!

Depletist

Depletist {de-plE-tist}
Noun

1. An individual or group demonstrating apparent negligent or reckless disregard for the environmental consequences of their actions.

2. An individual or group that exhausts non-renewable resources and rejects positive environmental strategies.

I thought I would give a brief update on the fourth year think tank project I mentioned previously. We moved beyond using the school as a test bed for our ideas and have now created a word to try and affect change through language. We noticed that the word environmentalist was reserved only for those who acted above the norm. It was our goal to change this. So we created a word to make environmentalism the norm. Depletist is used in the same tone as racist or sexist and meant to label anti-environmental behaviour. We are currently spreading the word (literally) and would love some help. If you know of a way to help, please let me know, otherwise just start using it!

Depletism Online
Wiktionary
Canadian Design Resource

Photo: kk

Ze Frank Knows Me? (Do I Know Ze Frank)

After watching this video of Ze Frank’s The Show I was just amazed by how much he knows his audience. Not only does he usually deliver great content but also manages to articulate the very thoughts that a viewer would have while watching. Ze is what I feel the future of media should be. He knows his audience enough to encourage them to form a true relationship with the content and the creator. Thinking about this, I think that this is what makes the best content work so well.

Hey Check This Out!

We all have those friends who love to show other people stuff they think is cool. Whether it’s a funny video or a cool ad, they love spreading the word via email or in person. In today’s media landscape these people are a marketer’s dream and the reason ”viral” advertising works. However I have come to the conclusion that they only embody this now and once we figure out new ways of tracking web activity they will no longer be son coveted.

I always have people showing me new things online and most of the time they are uninteresting to me. When our friends and family recommend something new to us we usually pay attention because we feel that they know our likes and dislikes. However somehow it never is as good as when we find it ourselves.

When we are online we can find others with similar tastes. The immense size of the web means that we can connect with any one of the million users online and gives us a better pool to draw from than our immediate connections. Online, we can find people with near identical tastes and it is these people who we really form a trust with. The difference between this and real world recommendations is that in reality others give suggestions based on their perceived knowledge of us, whereas online we are filtering the recommendations ourselves. In effect we are finding our own referrers and this is far more effective. Because, in the end,

who knows you, better than you?