Posts tagged in ‘trends’

Pick your own grannyPosted on December 12, 2008

No sooner had I published my last post about Emblogger (in under ten minutes too), then I stumbled across GoldenHook, a website that allows you to create your own beanie, then select the granny who’s going to knit it for you.

It’s such a cute idea, kind of like Innocent Drinks with their Big Knit [...]

Tags: Cool websites, random thoughts

That’s a dedicated bloggerPosted on

I’d say about half of my blog posts are banged out in under ten minutes, and I forget what I’ve written soon after that.
Over at Embloggery, Nicole Wolfersberger hand-embroiders each entry. Yep that’s right, sews them by hand.

The idea with this project is to examine the implications of the fact that we [...]

Tags: Cool websites, random thoughts

Born everywherePosted on October 19, 2008

The Guardian has a great interactive special on children born in every country in the world who now live in England.

It is incredibly well researched and it looks like a lot of time and energy has gone into this project.
Some of the comments from the kids are hilarious (gotta love the point of [...]

Tags: Cool websites, random thoughts

Story-telling teaPosted on August 19, 2008

Brian Fling has found a great little site by Joe Davis called I made Tea.

It it the most gorgeously engaging site. You click on any words highlighted in grey, and the sentence changes to add more meaning, or more detail to the story.

It’s so simple but so beautiful. I can’t remember the last [...]

Tags: Cool websites

Great journeys - nice use of FlashPosted on

I know I am pretty harsh on Flash on this blog (and for anyone who has the misfortune to get me started when I’ve had a few drinks), so I thought I’d post an example of Flash done well.
Good Magazine has mapped out history’s greatest journeys, from Marco Polo to Livingstone to Kerouac, the Silk [...]

Tags: Cool websites

1993 called - they want their haircut backPosted on August 17, 2008

I just found a really cute little site called Yearbook Yourself. (I’m not sure which agency was behind it, but if you know let me know in the comments).
In Australia we missed out on the typical American yearbook pictures as we didn’t really have yearbooks like the Americans do. I did appear in one yearbook [...]

Tags: Cool websites

Topshop goes all Helmut NewtonPosted on July 28, 2008

When I lived in London, Topshop was one of my guilty little pleasures. They had great cheap little clothes that were perfect for a backpacker - you could buy a little top or dress for £10 and not worry when they fell apart (usually after wearing them once).
I think I’m way too mutton to [...]

Tags: Cool websites, Marketing

A beautiful ode to sticky notesPosted on July 23, 2008

Jeff Ciba Stearns has created a beautiful, introspective and honest movie about the last 9 years of his life, using post-it notes and a felt tip pen.

I don’t usually watch 6 minute Youtube videos (short attention span) but I found myself really relating to this one. It’s funny how life passes you by - [...]

Tags: Cool websites, random thoughts

Dexter is back with a brand new viralPosted on July 9, 2008

I’ve blogged before about the brilliant dexter viral campaign they did a bit over a year ago.
Well they’re back with a second viral for season 3. Since blogging about it originally I’ve become addicted to the show and have watched season 1 and 2 back to back.
This viral is much the same in [...]

Tags: Cool websites, Marketing, innovation, memes

Moo do business cardsPosted on July 3, 2008

Some great news - Moo, who have previously printed gorgeous little photo cards, are now doing full sized business cards.

It’s US$21.99 for 50 business cards and they can take the photos straight from your Flickr stream, facebook or you can upload them yourself.
You have a photo on one side, and up to 11 lines [...]

Tags: Cool websites, Design