N O U N : A design blog by Oliver Oike

Found at Mid Century Modernist.

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It’s a year old, but it’s purty. From Sebastian Lange at My Name Was God.

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via Craig Rennie.

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The original Büro Destruct book came out while I was attending Emily Carr.  It made an impression on our class, capturing some of the design trends occurring at that moment in time. Post-graduation, I’d kept up with their work only loosely. Turns out they’ve been very busy.
The video above is a teaser for their third [...]

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I posted about this film over a year ago (here), when it was called “The Alchemists,” wondering if anyone knew if it had a release date… and then I forgot all about it. I see now it has been renamed to “Art & Copy” (and maybe re-edited? judging from a comparison of the two trailers) [...]

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This film looks really great, but it seems to be in limbo… anyone know when it will be released?

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Very nice video featurette of Pentagram. via The Serif

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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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Lots of great work from this busy studio. You’ve seen their work everywhere – their reel is full of familiar stuff. Ventilate has a solid video interview with the Creative Director, William Lebeda.

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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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“onBeing is a project based on the simple notion that we should get to know one another a little better. What you’ll find here is a series of videos that takes you into the musings, passions, histories and quirks of all sorts of people. The essence of who they are, who we are.There will be [...]

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Was browsing the Advertising Age site this morning and came across the latest TV spot for Brand Jordan (see “Brand Jordan Ad as a Triumph of Music” or see a lower-quality version on YouTube) directed by Mark Romanek. He has been doing his thing for many years (he was named a Video Vanguard by MTV [...]

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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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What a great film. We saw it over the weekend and I can’t seem to stop thinking about it. It was smart, funny, endearing and humble. But most of all it was a really great story about kind-hearted people caught up in a surreal, life-altering set of circumstances. At times you feel like you’re being [...]

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Fascinating stuff. via Brand Avenue.

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In a continuation of its award-winning ‘Campaign for Real Beauty’ series, Dove has launched a new film. As the proud dad of two young girls, this one really hit home. Congratulations to Dove.

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