Good Design Doesn't Need a Headline

Just a caption.


Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics

La Resistance

It's interesting to watch smart, young people use their talents and intelligence in opposition to your own. When you're working hard, you never view yourself as the evil empire, but I guess that's who my peers and I aspire to work for. The kids at the Anti-Advertising Agency are the resistance, pushing back against our creative shilling. The work they're doing is really cool, and I respect it on a lot of levels. Everyone should check this out, regardless of which side you're on.

The lead image is from their "you don't need it" sticker campaign, which supplies consumers with... well, I'm sure you can figure it out.

Other cool work they've done includes Advertising=Graffiti and a bus stop campaign. It's all guerrilla and it's all pretty good.

Straight Tastemakin'

Quick post to draw everyone's attention to Muxtape.com. Just upload your songs and post away; all of a sudden, everyone can listen to the mix you made to score with that chick that works at Trader Joe's. Most of the mixes I've heard thus far have really, really good choices on them, so they're totally worth hearing. Another iteration of web 2.0 that doesn't suck. The pundits may have declared it prematurely pase.

I'll make one of these later. Check back then.

Can't Top Jesse's Post Title:

Roomate Wins Pencil. Other roomates plan to sulk quietly.

Congrats, Jake.

Yes We Can (do without serifs)

Mainstream press coverage of typefaces at the nytimes.com today. Jesse already posted a terrific evaluational of the candidates' design styles, but the article has some juicy bits for anyone interested in communication. Plus, the phrase "Brigadoon of branding" appears, so that's pretty awesome.

No, not "Al Green." It's "Al: Green."

Gawker has posted Martin's debut spot for The Alliance for Climate Protection, calling it "Gore-like in its earnestness." It works for me, though, since I like earnest advertising. I think the idea of playing on America's patriotic, me-first, our-way-or-the-highway sensibilities is smart, but I wish the ad had been a little more Obaman in its gravity. The chilled out "oooweeooo" soundtrack makes me worried that it will be drowned out by this year's "TOYOTATHON" or "LOBSTERFEST" ads.

The Opposite of a List (I guess)

A while back, I posted a list of my favorite albums from the past year. While it gave a nice gaze into my musical preferences, I think sometimes a single choice is a stronger signifier than a ranging compilation.

So if you lack the time or care, here's one song that effectively summarizes.