Saturday 21 August 2010

Athlone towers implosion




Limited space available to view Athlone towers implosion – arrive early

The City has identified two areas from which to see the implosion of the Athlone cooling towers at 12:00 on Sunday, namely the Clyde Pinelands Sports Club and Rhodes Memorial. The two venues can accommodate approximately 4 000 and 500 people respectively.

The Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Alderman Dan Plato, will activate the implosion device from the Clyde Pinelands Sports Club at noon. Read further here

Thursday 19 August 2010

10 Common Typography Mistakes

1. Not enough leading
2. Not enough tracking
3. Getting tracking confused with kerning
4. Lengthy lines of text
5. Mixing too many typefaces and weights
6. Not using serifs for lengthy-text material
7. Printing similar values of color on top of each other
8. Reversed out text on less than 50% tints
9. Overusing centered text
10. Large body copy

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Typography tips from 7 top designers



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The Mégane Experiment - Full Documentary



In 2010 Renault discovered a set of fascinating statistics. According to the figures, towns with more Mégane were happier, had higher rates of fertility and longer life expectancies.

To put this theory to the test, they've sent Claude, a 'consultant de joie' to Gisburn (Lancashire). A town with no Méganes and apparently very little joie de vivre, to conduct 'The Mégane Experiment'.

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Street Graffiti Tactic




Great example of guerrilla graffiti tactics on a subway ad in Berlin. The street artist printed out giant replicas of Photoshop’s tool bar and palettes and then pasted them onto this billboard. It exposes how these depictions of music stars are heavily edited - as well as other images of woman.

Wednesday 11 August 2010

Analysis: Cell C, Trevor Noah and the cunning stunt that got everyone talking



Just because you’re one of South Africa’s “big three” cellular providers; just because you are in bed with one of the country’s top stand-up comedians; just because you think your marketing campaign is very slick – don’t mean everyone has to find you funny. Cell C feels the burn.

Read further on The Daily Maverick

Tuesday 10 August 2010

Infographic Animation of Little Red Riding Hood

Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.



School assignment to reinterpret the
fairytale Little red ridning hood.
Inspired by Röyksopps Remind me.

Music: Slagsmålsklubben, Sponsored by destiny
smk.just.nu
Animation: Tomas Nilsson
tomas-nilsson.se

Friday 6 August 2010

DATA VISUALISATION

Greetings All followers

Please take note of the All New Links Gadget on the Right side of the Blog - Data Visualisation