Simple Great Idea

Fenske says "Hard work is a waste of time if your idea sucks." Here's an example of a great idea taking no time at all. He pushed a button and waited. The great idea comes from thinking it up in the first place, then giving it enough time to develop. Original source here.

Lonnie

paper illustrations

http://uponafold.com.au/blog/post/hina-aoyama/

-ren

Bernie Madoff Continues to be Gordon Gecko (Spoiler Alert - Wall Street II)

http://nymag.com/print/?/news/features/berniemadoff-2011-3/

“It’s unbelievable. Goldman … no one has any criminal convictions—the whole new regulatory reform is a joke. The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street:_Money_Never_Sleeps#Plot

Gekko's new book, he reveals his opinion that the unrestrained speculation will cause a financial cataclysm, even though everybody is euphoric about the current bubble.

Weird Tourist Traps

http://www.trutv.com/dumb_as_a_blog/gallery/51-dumbest-vacation-spots-in-america.html?curPhoto=1

-Anthony

Animation made with Code

http://vimeo.com/19367242

-Shanna

MDC Partners "Crowdsources" an Agency

The parent company of Victors & Spoils and CP+B offers 1 million dollars to fund the best idea for a marketing company in return for a 51% stake in the company.

- Dana

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/28/business/media/28adco.html?_r=1

The Big Caption

http://thebigcaption.com/

This guy takes photos from Boston Globe's "The Big Picture" and changes their meaning with well designed captions.

—Ross

the noise and dust through a viewfinder

a collection of photographs with various contributors.

click here

http://www.flickr.com/groups/ttvdust/

the 8pen

http://www.the8pen.com/

Cool design, but a great way to think about product innovation.

"How would ______ look like if it was invented today?"


-Kraft

Social Media Chatter Predicts the Oscars (Sort of)

http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/27/uninfographics/

- Chris

Cool.

http://irinawerning.com/back-to-the-fut/back-to-the-future/

-Nick

Amazing. (don't watch if you're fond of seals)

Sharks can fly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-t2ayKadD0

Craig

Voices

Voices of the Simpsons
-Dave Ashton

Attention Brandcenter

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/coffee

-jon

girl talk

http://www.fastcompany.com/1707948/girl-talk-all-day-infographic

Oops, well, how bout this one.

The History of the American presidency, in one poster.

http://timeplots.com/potus/?a_aid=coolinfographics

-David

Are sequels as good as the original?

This infographic tracks the rating of original movies and their sequels on Rotten Tomatoes to determine how sequels hold up to the original movies.

http://www.coolinfographics.com/blog/2011/1/17/the-sequel-map-is-part-ii-ever-better-than-the-original.html

- David

How much is left? Interactive Infographic

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=interactive-how-much-is-left

-Ernesto

Exploded views

http://www.toddmclellan.com/

-Ernesto

The Sequel Map

- Chris

Relationships Info

http://heart.bents.me/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/201012breakups.png

-Dave

pick two

Death & Taxes

This is a classic infographic many have probably seen, but it's really pretty amazing.

—Ross

London Tube Map

http://www.walking-uk.com/images/tube_map.gif

Primary method of transportation other than (tons of) walking when I went to London last summer. I'm not an expert at the London Underground, but I was pretty proud of myself when I successfully changed tube lines to get home one time.

Nick

Follow the White Rabbit.

-Jeff

Coffee Or Donuts

Just how many calories are your favorite caffeinated drink costing you? The folks at Information Is Beautiful risked answering that question, here.

—Lonnie

go to sleep. now.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/infographic-sleep-is-awesome

mb

Hand Dancing

This seems like it'd be a painful process.

-Rachel

Designer Favorite

Tisa

Maybe the art directors will find humor in this?

http://julianhansen.com/files/infographiclarge_v2.png

-Craig

Why are we in college again?

http://www.onlinecollegesanduniversities.com/college_america/

-Jon

2010 in Pitchfork Reviews

http://www.yearinreviews.com/

Inside Kanye's Noggin

-Keema

Infographic

my life

infographics

facebook photo infographics

Inception

http://fc05.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2010/204/1/a/Inception_Infographic_by_dehahs.jpg

Bryce

Ren presents Goliath & the States of Shame

MICHAEL PAUKNER-beautiful infographics!
http://www.flylyf.com/the-work-of-mich%C3%A6l-paukner/

-Lydia

pine point documentary/interactive website

http://interactive.nfb.ca/#/pinepoint

mb

Pop-Up book comes alive

Shows how a pop up book comes alive with help of a projector.
http://vimeo.com/19348564

-Shanna

Street View Art

Random arrests, exploding cars and ponies can all be found on the ‘9 Eyes’ blog, a collection of screen shots taken from Google Street View.


http://9-eyes.com/


<3 Roseanne <3

random inspiration

Kurz und Schön opener

lovveeee
Dana

Kickass

http://erkie.github.com/

Visualized Music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LlvUepMa31o

I think it's more beautiful when you can see and hear.

—Ross

Homemade Solar Death Ray

http://gizmodo.com/#!5747513/teen-glued-5800-mirrors-onto-satellite-dish-for-solar-death+ray

Happy Valentine's Day

Annual Valentine's Day Stoning Of Happy Couple Held


-Love, Keema

I sincerely apologize if you like Wu-Tang Clan or Speed Racer less than me.

How video games are made.

The French gaming magazine "Amusement" reports.

-Bryce

Free Money

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rkCqCLDjQ9Q&feature=related

-Ernesto

Looking into the past, cool photo set

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jasonepowell/sets/72157613841045343/

- Chris

When books come to life.

http://vimeo.com/16854639

"Going West." Kind of creepy, but very cool. I've no clue how they did this.

BONUS: video features a sweet New Zealand accent.

-Craig

where the mind will go if you let it

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/02/04/2011-02-04_controversial_bodies_exhibit_at_the_seaport_reopens_.html

-jon

The Greatest Guitar Player in the World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aYlx5gW90Aw

Now someone do that with the acoustic in the basement.

-Nick Park

http://statemottosproject.com/gallery/

A new project for artists to contribute designs from their home states about that state's motto.

-Lydia

Music time BOOOOOOOOOYYYYYYYYYYYYAAAAAAAA!

http://lab.andre-michelle.com/tonematrix

Princess Bridge With Light Sabers

Princess bridge sword fight video. With light sabers.

Oh baby.

-Lonnie

FratMusic.com

Whether it's baby making time, day-drinkin' time (or t-shirt time?), these guys have got your back. No longer do you need to curate the perfect playlist.

FratMusic.com

-Rachel

Google Art Project

-Anthony
http://www.googleartproject.com/museums/moma

BEST SKATEBOARDING VID I'VE EVER SEEN

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6MEA4ds7Fw
-MB

Google Font Directory

http://code.google.com/webfonts

Google hosts fonts that can be used on the web. The list is growing all the time, and making web typography more open and diverse. Linking to these fonts through CSS and HTML is very easy and instructions are included on the site. Try it out.

—Ross

The Next Bum turned Star

In light of the homeless man with an amazing voice, this guy has the most amazing michael jackson impression I've ever heard. One day, this guy will be famous.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-amWT5_WzM&feature=player_embedded

stop animation

http://www.behance.net/gallery/V-WATER-viral-animation/43975

a commodity into art.

sweat the details.

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1663153/a-stunning-intricate-maze-made-from-2200-pounds-of-salt

-Kraft

Does your diet consist of more than 75% caffeine?

....mine does.
Sometimes I get concerned, when my heart starts to race, I don't know whether it's the impending deadline of a campaign in an hour or the 2 cans of sugar-free red bull I shotgunned 5 minutes ago.





To make sure you're not going to die...click below.

Death by Caffeine

ps. and yes that is a picture of me, this past Saturday night...those are all mine.

xx
Dana

THe coolest Drawing sketcher thingy ever.

http://www.zefrank.com/scribbler/scribblertoo/

Um...

Would you forgo a brush and paste for THIS?








http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2011/2/2/student-spotlight-this-toothbrush.html

you look better as a crystal

http://www.etherealself.com/

-roseanne

Eternal Sunshine For The Spotless Mind?

http://technoccult.net/archives/2011/02/05/sleeping-protects-memories-from-corruption-2/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Technoccult+%28Technoccult%29&utm_content=Yahoo%21+Mail


- Yahkeema

Rich English Guy and his Trebuchet

Do you have a VCR? Do you need cash?

Then try this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZRLLy00E0A

Young Pianist

Goose bumps.

-Tisa

Archaeologist finds 2,000 new sites using Google Earth

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2011/02/giant-archaeological-trove-fou.html

- Chris

What is a "Premake," you ask? Here's one for "Up!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ml9hAN5km14

-Nick

It makes the game harder to watch

But it's pretty cool. Nike and Oregon are changing the way sports look. Again.

-Craig

This Exists

Portland-based inventor Chris Hoffmann created it on a whim. Four years after getting the idea for a one-wheeled electric bike, he started building it just to get it out of his head. He figured he'd stop if he hit a roadblock. But he didn't. Check out the story here. —Lonnie

Looking for inspiration in other people's photos...
http://photocreepers.blogspot.com/

WHY DO WE NEED ADVERTISING WHEN WE HAVE CELEBS?

http://www.eonline.com/uberblog/b222896_lady_gagas_perfume_inspired_by_blood.html

-jon

The MTA as a string instrument

Conductor: www.mta.me from Alexander Chen on Vimeo.

"Conductor turns the New York subway system into an interactive string instrument. Using the MTA's actual subway schedule, the piece begins in realtime by spawning trains which departed in the last minute, then continues accelerating through a 24 hour loop. The visuals are based on Massimo Vignelli's 1972 diagram."

Awesome idea, also incredibly important to use Vignelli's version to ensure direct contact. There's also a live feed at the MTA.me website.

-Rachel

Our Introspective Questionnaire in 3d... sort of...

If our questions and answers came alive, would it look similar to this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnwsAr8eBQA

-Shanna