Hi, I'm Edward Boches, chief creative officer and chief social media officer at Mullen. All that means is that I like great creative ideas, that I embrace social media, and that I spend my time encouraging others to do the same. Edward Boches is where I post interesting stuff I come across. Comments is where I collect reactions to other people's posts. My real blog is at http://edwardboches.com. You can also connect with me on Twitter at http://twitter.com/edwardboches.
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait to start creating iPad apps for clients.Just thinking about stuff like pad-to-pad air hockey, innovative forms of narrative, and ideas that combine music, video and chat into new digital experiences has my creative synapses firing.
Above: an early idea.Inter-pad Air Hockey.In a Wi-Fi environment the two pads can play with each other, hand flipping pucks from one pad to the other. Now, if I could only write code.
What are you thinking of creating on Apple’s new iPad?
The Swiss resort has no cars. So the air is cleaner. Makes for this billboard campaign from Wirz BBDO. Bubbles filled with fresh air from the resort town. Thanks to @stuartfoster for sending.
One of my favorite Ted videos ever. Thank you Tom Cunniff. It's not only a lecture about music, it's a lesson in learning to see and hear things differently. Guidance for being a leader. And instruction for how to command an audience with personality, humor and demonstration. Check it out.
Great video and story of the making of new Google Chrome spots from BBH. Ben Malbon opens the video and you can find more on BBH Labs blog. (Click on link above.) These guys are on fire right now and deserve to be. We live in an age where it's harder and harder for brands to tell their own stories; social media, word of mouth, consumer influence have taken over. So if you are going to create something as traditional as a TV spot, best to make it so wonderful that people not only want to hear the story, they want to know the story behind the story.
My colleague Marc Gottesman knows I love data visualization (or any kind of visualization for that matter.) It is amazing how much information, story telling and history can be conveyed in a simple visual. It's the art of reductionism. Enjoy.
Whether you're looking for freelance, a placement/internship or a really serious full time job the same rules apply. (Actually if you're looking for a 'really' serious job you might be in the wrong place).
Here's the rules:
1. “Passion and enthusiasm count for a lot at Poke” We're always looking for brilliant people. Contrary to popular belief there aren't that many truly great people in the world. If you're one of them we'd love to hear from you. But in order to be truly amazing (in our eyes) you have to be humble too, so you probably wouldn't see yourself as amazing. That's our little Catch 22. 2. If you want us to get excited about you, be excited. Passion and enthusiasm count for a lot at Poke. 3. If you're constantly unsure about what you want to do or what your role is, as long as it's channelled in a positive way we like that. People who don't fit in traditional boxes make for a more exciting world. 4. If you'd like to work with Poke don't assume that you're going to see an advert on the website. Send us a mail if you're look for a permanent job, freelance work, or an internship. A link to your blog, portfolio or something you've done is quite often much more useful than a CV.
No doubt there are plenty of best of lists, but you can always rely on The New Yorker for finding stuff you may not have seen elsewhere. Or at least work that doesn't show up on everyone else's lists. These images weren't taken in 2009, but rather exhibited in shows good enough to make the list.
Reminds me of Wired contest to find the writer who goes off the grid. But interesting and fun nevertheless. Glad I didn't know about it when it started or may have become addicted.
Google's new ads. No BS, no excessive production. Just product demonstration at its best. Not from the perspective of Google, but from that of the user. Search on.
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