Yes, we know, Spotify’s been around for three years already. But they didn’t achieve world domination until 2011. It’s a music-sharing service that functions as a kind of giant iTunes. You can play any song you like, but you can’t download them for free. Spotify’s shown us that total availability doesn’t mean piracy. Spotify has [...]
Make ads, not war. Greenpeace attacked Volkswagen’s opposition to cutting CO2 emissions with this Star Wars-inspired ad. Kids dressed as the cast assemble with lightsabers in front of a VW car, to the dramatic tones of the Star Wars theme. VW is the Death Star, attempting to destroy Earth with a laser beam. You can’t [...]
Did you know ogle is an anagram of Lego? Neither did we, until we saw this 33ft tall Christmas tree in London’s St Pancras Station. It’s constructed entirely out of Lego bricks, complete with Lego ornaments and Lego QR codes. The tree has 172 branches, from which dangle 1200 Lego baubles. It took 2 months [...]
Apple produces wonderful design, so it’s logical they’d inspire more. The simplicity of the back of a Mac invites graphic images. There are reams of Mac stickers on the web – here are our top five. ‘The early bird catches the worm’ is brought to life in this rather aggressive design. Recommended for the lazy [...]
If you watch most science fiction films they have at least one thing in common: every-one’s always talking on video phones. This crops up more than any other ideas such as hoverboards or self-driving cars; perhaps it’s part of our collective subconscious. This is all despite the fact that videophones have been around since 1964 [...]