N O U N : A design blog by Oliver Oike

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Tee hee. Thanks to Adrian for the link.

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An oldie, but goodie. Something light for the summer, playa:

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Came across this super fun line up of body products at Winners of all places. Their line goes: “Whatever you look like, whatever shape you’re in, we only want you for your body.” Nice one. Lots of great product names, delivered in simple, inviting packaging using Helvetica Rounded.

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Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

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This campaign caught me off-guard when I first caught the ad. It took a second for my brain to resolve what I was seeing, but then the giggling started and really hasn’t stopped since last night. This kind of irreverence is great – certainly more successful than the trying-too-hard Crispin Porter Bogusky campaign for Burger [...]

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Ok, I guess I can’t ignore this any longer. Tay Zonday is clearly insane, but may be a genius (or at least smart enough to listen to the right people). The original video showed up in April, and caused a firestorm of disbelief and laughter as it spread across the web: was this for real? [...]

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Thetyee.ca is a BC-based online paper, something I’ve been reading occasionally for a few years now. Usually very entertaining. Anyway, I was talking about early retirement with a friend yesterday, about getting some matching velour tracksuits, hitting the croquet pitch, wearing a nice gold chain, sitting in the gazebo with the indoor/outdoor and Hawaiian lamp… [...]

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Saw this for the first time last night and was riveted. I didn’t know whether I should poke my eyes out by the end of it or stand and applaud. In any case, it’s directed by Napoleon Dynamite’s Aaron Ruell, and commissioned by Leo Burnett.

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Taking the piss out of us designers. Pretty funny, I guess… hmph.
From Digital Kitchen. Their reel.

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Super News is hosted on Current.tv and is always funny. The latest one features The Steve vs. The Bill. The rest are here.

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Skittles Beard
Skittles Leak
Here’s an excellent example of a question that pops into my head quite often: How did they pitch this? How did they get them to say yes? This example is particularly well-done in an insane, what-were-they-smoking way, whereas most often I find myself asking those two questions when watching ads for razors, shaving [...]

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These are fun, but serve as a reminder of my lack of Japanese language skills, despite my ethnic heritage. Sigh… some day!

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I remember Kottke had a post about a page of Web 2.0 company logos, and noticed that the “…names sound like a bunch of companies that make children’s toys (which when you think about it, isn’t too far from the truth).” Beyond that, they tend to have a similar art direction: bright colours, lots of [...]

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SXSW ended over the weekend, and now that most folks have recovered from their hangovers, they’re starting to post photos, videos, podcasts, and blog entries. A few good ones:
Podcasts (MP3s) Heather Armstrong & Jason Kottke Keynote Chat
Two blog giants sit down and share stories. Interesting to hear them *speak*, and have them share their perspectives [...]

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Addressing account executives (film industry): “Because (and I’m paraphrasing David Mamet) unless you’re an artist, unless you’ve written drama, unless you’ve been HUMBLED by the process of MAKING IT ALL WORK you will still maintain the arrogance drilled into you from birth and solidified by your graduation from Yale that YOU KNOW THE ANSWER TO [...]

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More on the Intelligent Design debate, this time, from The Guardian. Excellent.

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It’s rare that I find myself navigating the murky waters of politics and religion, because, well, I have absolutely NO PLACE commenting on either, given my complete lack of religious upbringing and cynical view of politics, but I couldn’t resist posting something about the hottest new right-wing creationist myth being sold all over the States: [...]

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