Something I didn’t know… On a recent trip to the Alfons Mucha exhibition in Prague, I learnt that Mucha was one of the first artists to use celebrities for product endorsements in advertising. Capitalizing on the notoriety of his distinctive Art Nouveau style, Mucha enrolled Sarah Bernhardt; a famous actress at the time to sit… Continue reading Alfons Mucha exhibition – celebrity endorsement
Month: June 2013
Definitely. Maybe. My stuff. Clever clothes shop hanging system.
On a recent shopping trip, I noticed a very clever hanging system in the changing rooms. There were 3 hooks, where the shopper could categories their items into “definitely”, “maybe”, “my stuff”. There was no hook for “no”. But I guess that wouldn’t fit with the goal of selling you more clothes. Why’s it clever?… Continue reading Definitely. Maybe. My stuff. Clever clothes shop hanging system.
Youtube advertisers, you’ve got 5 seconds of my time. Make better use of it.
I listen to a lot of music on Youtube, and it seems like I am forced to listen to an advert every second song. Irritating as it is, very very occasionally, it will be something I’m interested in. Fortunately, Youtube allow you to skip the advert after 5 seconds. However, very few advertisers are using… Continue reading Youtube advertisers, you’ve got 5 seconds of my time. Make better use of it.
Cookie message in emails.
Today for the first time, I saw a cookie message in an email. They’ve been around on the web for a while, and maybe they’ve been in emails before but I hadn’t notices them, but I received an email from Barclays today that prominently displayed it. “If you enable images or click on a link,… Continue reading Cookie message in emails.
Camberwell degree show 2013
Below are some of my favourite pieces from the 2013 Camberwell College of Art degree show 2013. Rene Ramirez Visit Rene Ramirez’s site Chenxi Wan Helli Bray Michael G Maris Tendai Msimang Amber Anderson
Inspiration – week 25
Jimmy eat world cover art Tube poster art Beautifully executed posters on the tube.
Email newsletters design bad practice – Asda
I received an email today from Asda, and it contained just one large image. Although this might look find on a desktop computer, with stable internet connection, for someone on the move this is a real barrier to consuming the information. If the email contained text then the user would be able to consume… Continue reading Email newsletters design bad practice – Asda
Inspiration – week 24
Minted.com Minted is a global community of independent graphic designers and an online store that prints and sells the best of their designs in the form of paper goods. Minted holds bi-weekly design challenges that are open to artists and designers. More than 2,000 independent artists participate in the challenges. Visitors to the website vote… Continue reading Inspiration – week 24
Validating responses
Much is said about the importance of the recoverability of errors online, and how frustrating it is for the user if they are not able to simply backtrack a step or two without losing all their data. However little is done on too many sites to make an error recovery as painfree as possible for… Continue reading Validating responses
Art Car boot fair – Brick Lane
I acquired myself a nice bit of art from the art carboot fair on brick lane, a once a year project where famous artists are invited to sell limited-edition pieces for prices between £5-500. There was even a boot selling Gavin Turk pieces at £100 a pop of “van air” captured in red balloons. Well… Continue reading Art Car boot fair – Brick Lane