links for 2010-06-22

If it was my home dot com
A sobering visualisation of the scale of the oil disaster.

Google TV
Another simple explanation of a Google product – Google TV

Natura Kaiak scented banner
A simple but very effective idea that exploits the opportunities of blending digital and physical experiences.

Augmented Shadow
Joon Moon’s beautiful example of adding depth to an AR experience

links for 2010-06-16

After a couple of weeks of data free annual leave, I thought this would be a good opportunity to post material to this site. I have been using Twitter to share the stuff that I find inspiring and interesting, feedback is that this generally gets lost in the noise…

3D Laser Scanning
This still doesn’t really do this technology justice… our Film geek Will Case set up a demo outside our building. The above 3D model was achieved in 3 minutes and is totally interactive. We’re exploring how to integrate it into a variety of applications.

Nintendo 3DS
Lots of excitement about this in our house, looking forward to seeing the capabilities first hand…

Glastonbury 2050 Report
Orange looks into the future of festivals by commissioning Future Laboratory to create report.

USB Typewritter
Beautiful blend of old and new technologies.

links for 2010-01-17

USP ESP & XSP
I couldn’t agree more with what Paul Worthington from Wolff Olins has to say about brands having to be aware of and respond to the environment we share with them. Brands now have access to and have to access people in a completely different way, by providing additional, deliberate and appreciated value.

Coca Cola’s inspired Happiness Machine

Beautifully executed explaination of Google’s Chrome

Nokia N900 ‘Hackerbox’. Love it.

links for 2010-01-14

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• Pranav Mistry: The thrilling potential of SixthSense technology [TED]
  Pranav Mistry blurring the lines between physical and digital
  (tags: innovation technology gesture physical digital inspiration)
  
• Digital Magazines: Bonnier Mag+ Prototype [Bonnier AB]
  Great concept that importantly focusses on the needs of the user and their experience…
  (tags: design innovation digital interface inspiration interaction publishing concept bonnier)
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• AOL : Translating vision into an innovative new brand [Wolff Olins]
  Some great thinking to reposition AOL…
  (tags: design branding aol identity ideas creative)
  
• Gesture Design At Nokia: Developing A New Dialect Of Interaction [PSFK]
  Nokia exploring gestural interaction with mobile devices…
  (tags: gesture innovation nokia creative)
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• Boris Johnson to launch London ‘Datastore’ with hundreds of sets of data [Guardian]
  An amazing opportunity for some data blending…
  (tags: data digital government london opensource information)

links for 2009-12-02

• The Last Campaign: How Experiences Are Becoming the New Advertising [Advertising Age]
  At last… now can we stop calling ‘them’ the user…
  (tags: marketing experience digital trends advertising planning)
  
• Square
  I’m loving this payment solution…
  (tags: payment digital money mobile)
  
• What are the best TV ads of the noughties? [guardian.co.uk]
  What’s your favourite?
  (tags: advertising tv creative)
  
• BBC iPlayer use, in beautiful graphics [guardian.co.uk]
  Fantastic interpretation of data…
  (tags: data digital BBC infographics iplayer visualization)

links for 2009-12-01

• Information Is Beautiful
  Amazing infographics from visual and data journalist David McCandless
  (tags: data infographics visualisation statistics)

links for 2009-11-30

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• Sony Ericsson Hoppers (in a warehouse)
  #pumpt
  (tags: digital physical experience environment)
  
• Instant creative solutions for advertising [Adverblog]
  Stuck for the killer idea – here’s some help…
  (tags: creative ideas inspiration instant)
  
• Facebook Marketing: IKEA’s Genius Use of Photo Tagging [Mashable]
  Another great campaign from IKEA…
  (tags: socialmedia advertising facebook ikea campaign)
  
• Love Letters to the Future
  Your opportunity to participate in the climate chnge debate and particpate in Copenhagen’s climate change conference…
  (tags: environment digital personal message future)
  
• Being Connected [Conversation Agent]
  Valid point that reach doesn’t mean connection from Valeria Maltoni
  (tags: digital experience engagement conversation)
  
• Art of the Trench [Burberry]
  Burberry embraces social media with a great photography lead experience…
  (tags: burberry socialmedia fashion photography retail)
  
• It’s clicked: luxury works on the web [Telegraph]
  Tim Malbon shares insight into the luxury/online debate…
  (tags: luxury burberry gucci digital socialmedia)

links for 2009-11-12

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• The Boom of Social Sites [Focus.com]
  A great infographic that illustrates the rise and rise of social networking sites…
  (tags: socialmedia infographics internet data)
  
• Realtime Downloads from the App Store [Flickr]
  Still loving this – brilliant data visualisation of the 3,000 apps a minute that are downloaded from Apple’s App Store…
  (tags: installation data visualization apple apps)
  
• Caramel Nibbles Boutique
  Loving the latest from A Glass and a Half Full Productions…
  (tags: innovation cadbury experience)
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  Bayer LED – YouTube
  Good example of content being integrated into the fabric of a building…
  (tags: bayer led digital innovation)
  
• Matt Brown’s RFID Radio [PSFK]
  Physical interface…
  (tags: technology RFID innovation)
  
• Top Brands by Social Media Presence for 2009 [Sysomos]
  Measuring brands by mention/sentiment…
  (tags: socialmedia marketing brands analytics)
  
• Vodafone 360 – get all your mates in one place
  A great way of demonstrating a product/service through experience…
  (tags: mobile socialmedia digital vodafone)
  
• The GOOD 100
  Speaks for itself…
  (tags: creativity technology trends innovation ideas)

links for 2009-8-13

• Levelhead AR
  Lovely example of the possibilities of AR – right up there with the BMW Z4 work from Dare.
• The Difference Between Staged And Real Customer Experiences [The Customer Experience Labs]
• Leftfield, but underlining why experience and authenticity should be joined at the hip…
  (tags: experience design)
• You Want Me to WHAT? [The Social Media Marketing Blog]
  So. Is SM better than sex. What would you give up?
  (tags: social media marketing)
  
• Bus stop ad changes depending on if someone is looking at it [DVICE]
  An appropriate use of technology to underpin an anti-domestic abuse message
  (tags: technology advertising interactive digital outdoor)
• Nike Chalkbot: Blurring digital with physical [@bmorrissey]
  It’s a hot topic at the moment and talk of the town at Cannes, shifting the focus from brand experience to experiencing the brand…
  (tags: digital physical experience)
  
• 12 Gorgeous Vimeo Videos for Design Inspiration [Mashable]
  Not a big fan of ‘best of’ lists but this is a good collection of inspirational moving image pieces…
  (tags: video animation motion web)
  
• BBC Memoryshare
  Love the BBC Memoryshare – fantastic opportunity to blend with a variety of content and data
  (tags: BBC crowdsourcing visualisation memories)

links for 2009-6-8

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• Where is Everyone? [Baekdal.com]
  A fantastic journey through the history of information…
  (tags: social data advertising information trends marketing history infographics digital)
• The site you never want to see : contingency planning [Conchango]
  A sensitive yet timely insite into contingency planning…
  (tags: ux design contingency)

  

• American Airlines Web Site: The Product of a Self-Defeating Design Process [Fast Company]
  Design. Debate…
  (tags: design business ux travel process aa digital)

• Microsoft Whacks the Wii: A First Look [TIME]
  Word on the street that Microsoft will leapfrog Nintendo with Project Natal…
  (tags: innovation xbox gaming technology microsoft wii motion)
• Google Squared unveiled [IAB]
  Loving it – results in rows and columns…
  (tags: google search data squared)

• Inside IDEO [Konigi]
  Old but good – insight into IDEO’s Deep Dive approach…
  (tags: design innovation prototyping ux ideo)

  

• Consumers get creative control on digital posters through new iPhone platform [Campaign]
  Campaign reveals a new advertsing platform…
  (tags: iphone interactive campaign digital CBS)
• Six Ways that Google Wave is Going to Change Your Business, Career and Life [Think Vitamin]
  Insight into the impact Google Wave will have on us…
  (tags: google wave collaboration communication marketing)