Credits:

Advertising Agency: Rethink, Vancouver, Canada
Creative Directors: Chris Staples, Ian Grais
Art Director: Chad Kabigting
Copywriter: Katie Ainsworth
Graphic Designer: Rory O’Sullivan
Producer: Ann Rubenstein
Account Services: Tricia Bradshaw
Client Supervisor: Bill Rice
Production Company: Holiday Films, Toronto
Director: Adam & Dave
Executive Producer: Josefina Nadurata
Producers: Josefina Nadurata, Chris Pavoni
Director of Photography: Jonny Cliff
Editorial: Melanie Snagg, Tonic Post, Vancouver
Music/Sound Design: Chris Hobbs, Koko Productions, Vancouver
Visual Effects: Tonic Post, Vancouver

[via Adsoftheworld]

Essentially, they are going to follow around five different kinds of designers/artists as they cull the NYPL looking for inspiration. In this first video of the series they introduce the designers and their respective mediums. Very neat stuff! Can’t wait to see the other parts of the series.

The New York Public Library holds a wealth of unexpected sources of inspiration for artists and designers—from vintage valentines and textile patterns, to fabric samples and turn-of-the-century menus from around the world. For this online-only miniseries, “Design by the Book,” the Library partnered with the leading design blog Design*Sponge to invite five New York City-based artists to sift through our collections in search of inspiration. Stay tuned for future episodes as the artists, who range from a glassblower to a letterpress printer, create unique works inspired by what they found; special guest Isaac Mizrahi will also join us to share his sources of inspiration. The artists are: Lorena Barrezueta, Rebecca Kutys, Mike Perry, John Pomp and Julia Rothman. Music by Clear Tigers.

[via Drawn!]

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[via Drawn]

Oh my, this commercial by the firm McCann Erickson is more than intense.

I wonder if this will ever air on US television…

[via Fubiz]

I said, “Oh yeah I saw that a few weeks ago, but…” and then we both started laughing…
I said, “Do you know what I am about to say?” and she said, “Yeah, you aren’t ready to talk about it because you just skimmed it”
hehehhehehehhehehehhe!

You can buy these (for me) here.

[via Josh Spear]

Rather than simply pandering to a younger demographic Discovery’s new channel, Planet Green, came up with a pretty inspired & humorous promo spot. The acting isn’t oscar caliber but this certainly will connect with their target audience a heck of a lot better than paying them to read a list of reasons why being eco-friendly is the prudent thing to do.

You have to give it to them for pulling this commercial off, it’s extremely hard to successfully use celebrities (Rocker Tommy Lee & Rapper Ludacris) as spokespeople.

Just look at this terrible example from TNT for the 2008 NBA playoffs featuring Terrence Howard as a comparison. EEEKKKK:

Mary and I are so excited!!! We are going to start doing some pro-bono work for the Adams County SPCA in Pennsylvania soon. Which means we get to work with the awesome Lisa Conklin, their director of development.

We will keep you updated on what we come up with. This is really exciting for us since we are both huge animal lovers:

My Raucous Bunch (Roxey, Lola, & Stewie)

Mary’s crazy cats (Steward & Basil)

Sent by Cody-Thanks Cody!