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experience a harley test ride

2013-05-14T08:15:00.000-04:00

Need convincing to buy that Harley? Normally a test ride would be enough... but this test ride will likely influence the decision. Customers were encouraged to take a bike out for a test ride, then shortly after 60 fellow riders unexpectedly joined them. Talk about making you feel like you’re part of the gang and providing the full experience of owning a Harley-Davidson. Pretty cool!

clever billboard kills 230,000...

2013-05-14T08:10:00.000-04:00

... bugs, it killed 230,000 bugs. But don't worry, this insect massacre was not in vain, no sir, it was all in the good name of advertising.

Orphea4D is a powerful insecticide, and this mosquito season they wanted to make sure people knew just how powerful they were. So they got themselves a billboard and painted on some clear glue to look like the spray from the can.

You can guess the rest, but check out the video. Pretty clever buggers they are.

5 things every designer should know when dealing with clients

2013-05-12T20:40:00.000-04:00

Only 5? I could think of a few more, but these are pretty solid.

real life facebook update

2013-05-12T20:35:00.001-04:00

With something like a zillion users around the world it's no surprise that any change to the familiar interface gets sizable chunk of the worlds population in an uproar. So what if changes like this were made in the real world?

we salute you

2013-05-12T20:27:00.003-04:00

Epic PSA series by French agency BETC for Reporters without Borders illustrates the darkest side of state controlled news media. Can you think of any other world leaders who deserve this treatment?

beer powered turnstile

2013-05-10T08:10:00.000-04:00

Carnival in Rio can get pretty balls-to-the-wall crazy, which of course centers around drinking. Being a responsible official beer sponsor of Carnival, Antartica wanted to make sure all those partiers got home safely so they created a super cool installation at the local train station. All you needed to get on the train was an empty beer can. Scan it and you've had your ticket on the train. Cool!

a tweety for your pee pee

2013-05-10T08:09:00.000-04:00

Hey, parents are very busy people. I mean who has the time to, I don't know, check their baby's diaper to make sure they aren't festering in a pool full of their own urine? Especially when you're doing very important things, you know, like Tweeting snarky commentary to the TV show you're watching.

Obviously Huggies Brazil understands this, so they created a prototype app that attaches to a baby's diaper and sends parents a tweet when it's wet. The prototype app will be tested by 10 parents who will be followed online to document their experiences in sucking as a parent.. err, I mean making their lives easier.

Hey, you gotta admit it's a pretty cool technology, right?

think today sucks?

2013-05-10T08:08:00.000-04:00

Coworker being obnoxious? Your client acting like a delusional megalomaniac? Roommate left his dirty underwear on the bathroom sink again? Here's something to help put it all in perspective: Here Is Today.

street art app

2013-05-09T08:04:00.000-04:00

Ever seen a great Instagram of awesome street art and wonder where you could see it in person? Well, turns out there’s an app for that!

1AM Mobile is a photo app that lets users document, share, and discover street art in your community. Users can browse photos of street art contributed by fellow users or they can use the app as a guide to view street art in person. The app is available now for free for iPhones. Neat, right?! Via

jacket snacks

2013-05-09T08:02:00.000-04:00

Who needs a stylish lunch bag when you can just stash your lunch in your jacket?! This jacket, which is totally made for those who hold snacks over fashion, is made completely out of Ziploc bags and can hold breakfast, lunch, dinner, and of course snacks! Would you sport one? Via

take me to pizza

2013-05-09T08:00:00.000-04:00

This delicious new app from points you in the direction of delicious pizza! “Pizza Compass” displays maps of nearby pizzerias along with a pizza-based UI will tell if the place is open or not and how far away it is. Mmmm…pizza. Via

a photo shoot unlike anything you've seen

2013-05-08T08:12:00.000-04:00

Dare to attempt this photo shoot? If so, it’ll be very short lived - about 10-20 seconds. Tokyo photographer and artist Hal, uses large plastic bags to capture his latest project FLESH LOVE. Hal photographs each couples in vacuum-sealed packs to illustrate the idea of keeping love fresh. More images here.

historical figures receive modern makeover

2013-05-08T08:08:00.000-04:00

Elizabeth I

William Shakespeare

Admiral Lord Nelson

Marie Antoinette

Even some of the most famous figures in history could use a little makeover, right? Yup. The British television series Secret Life Of, createdthese portraits to depict a modern refresh of these famous historians, as if they were in present day.

man animates wife's drunken joke

2013-05-08T08:04:00.000-04:00

"Two Chips" / An Animated Short from Adam Patch on Vimeo.

It’s hard to escape a drunken night these days, with all the surrounding technology. We all know, that far too option often those moments are captured and relived for many hilarious moments. Hence, this funny animated video created by Adam Patch of his wife’s drunk rambling.

test drive your future

2013-05-07T08:03:00.000-04:00

If you can test drive a big investment like a car, why not test out your higher education? To advertise for a brand new university, a Facebook Connect experience called "The Game of Your Life" was created to show how a potential student's Facebook timeline would look over the next 4 years if they attended the school, complete with posts and comments from actual Facebook friends.

This is a great visualization of what a college can offer to its students and get them excited about their potential there (without revealing the stress and pain of caffeine-fueled late night studying and crunching on finishing up papers). If you want to test drive the game to check it out, though, good luck - it's not in English. :(

Created by 41? 29! for OZU University in Istanbul.

an ad only children see

2013-05-07T08:00:00.000-04:00

What an interesting use of lenticular technology (which seems outdated) to target very distinct audiences. A child abuse outdoor ad shows different messages to people over and under 4.3 feet - to adults and children.

The creative for adults shows a picture of a boy with the messaging "Sometimes child abuse is only visible to a child suffering it," and the image then changes for anyone under 4.3 feet to show the same child with bruises on his face, and a message to call for help if someone has hurt you. Created by Grey Spain for ANAR.

when are you most productive?

2013-05-07T07:58:00.000-04:00

Can you relate to this? This is probably true since most people's days are filled with meetings and email responding (and Facebook-ing...sshhhhh). Via.

what famous websites used to look like

2013-05-05T20:26:00.002-04:00

Those were the days.

every noise at once

2013-05-05T20:20:00.001-04:00

Trust me, it's totally worth clicking around this site. Every noise at once is an algorithmically-generated non-analytical map of the musical genre-space, whatever that means. I just think it's awesome.

Do it!

Via.

what's your time worth?

2013-05-05T20:11:00.000-04:00

Last time I checked going to the bathroom cost me 2 pesos. Nice student work from Miami Ad School, San Francisco.

book a room with the homeless

2013-05-03T08:10:00.000-04:00

Faktum is a street newspaper and organization in Gothenburg, Sweeden whose sole purpose is to raise awareness of the homelessness in Gothenburg and to create jobs to get the homeless back on their feet. In fact, the homeless are the ones that sell the newspaper.

In an effort to raise awareness they created a fake "hotel" booking website called Faktum Hotels, complete with photos shot by a Conde Nast photographer and fancy language just like swanky hotels use. On the site visitors can book "rooms" throughout the city where the homeless are known to live.

And of course booking a room (for yourself or as a gift) manifests as a donation to the organization. Very nice!

useful app, useful marketing

2013-05-03T08:09:00.000-04:00

It's really tough to create a mobile app meant to market your brand, but at the same time also be useful and/or entertaining enough to actually make people want to download it. This one, from Audi, brilliantly does both...

New Audi's now come with this smart, energy-saving technology that turns your engine off when not in use (like at a traffic light) and then back on when you accelerate. To get awareness out about this, Audi created a mobile application (called Start-Stop) that essentially does this same exact thing for your mobile phone battery, sending you alters to turn off apps running in the background for too long, etc.

Smart, strategic, simple.

a tattoo for a raise

2013-05-03T08:08:00.000-04:00

If your boss told you that you could have a 15% raise, but only if you got a tattoo of the company logo on yourself, would you do it? Apparently at least 40 people would, because that's exactly how many did it when it was offered to them by the owner of NYC's Rapid Realty. I say heck yeah, you can always cover that sh!t up!

anonymous confessions

2013-05-02T08:15:00.000-04:00

Would you confess your deepest secret to the entire world? Odds are… probably not, but maybe you’ll find some comfort knowing they’re anonymous. Artist Candy Chang transformed this art gallery into a place where people could privately share their confessions. The exhibit, “Confessions” offered people the opportunity to express their inner most secrets on little wood squares which were then hung around the walls for all to see.

message only visible to children

2013-05-02T08:08:00.000-04:00

Two separate messages, two separate audiences, on one billboard at the same time – pretty clever!

This billboard reaches the right target at the right time by providing a unique message for children. The Fundación ANAR developed this billboard to discretely reach out to children who are victims of child abuse. This clever technique varies the displayed message based on the angle it’s viewed, so a ‘help’ message appears only to young children. Encouraging children to seek help.