Brilliant Social Commentary on Consumerism via Robots By Ilan Adler Shalhevet sent me this brilliant clip, which drives home an amazing point about consumerism, and what type of society we have become. We are addicted to screens all day long, staring at our phones in the morning, working on our computer in the office, checking our phone again on the commute home, and finishing it up on the TV or
The Most Unique Wedding Invitations! By Ilan Adler Wedding invitations have really taken on a life of their own in the last 10 – 15 years. Instead of just boring old calligraphy on a thick piece of paper, you can now find wedding invitations in all kinds of forms, like video, audio, and special typography and printing processes. Some great types of invitations can be found at The Firecracker Press,
Banksy Spotting in the Upper West Side? By Ilan Adler Me and Shalhevet have always been HUGE Banksy fans. In fact I believe “Exit through the Gift Shop” was one of the best films I’ve seen in the last 5 years, and I like to think I watch a lot of films. Besides the high production value and cleverness of his work, through each one of his pieces he continues
A Great, artistic Animated clip. I wish I could be a part of it. WISH LIST from Griff on Vimeo.
Guinness TV spot By Ilan Adler This one minute short for Guinness Beer hits the nail on the head for buddies enjoying being together. It’s refreshing to see a beer commercial that doesn’t have to be juvenile, chauvinist, or downright stupid, to get you to care about the product. Well done Guinness, well done:
Moreing by Boost By Ilan Adler Moreing is a funny, yet visually stimulating ad campaign about the Boost bar, produced by Cadbury of Australia. In this video short they take the meaning of “moreing” to a whole new level, as evidenced by the beauty of the things which the “artist” has made better by making “more of”. A very clever viral ad campaign that definitely got lots of people talking
Stop Motion Pregnancy Clip By Ilan Adler Have you seen our stop motion pregnancy clip yet? It’s been up for almost a month now, and we have been getting really great feedback! A lot of the people are saying that they found it was easy to watch since it was short and straight to the point. Since Amit (the namesake of this website) turned 8 months yesterday, I decided that
The World’s Tallest Slum By Ilan Adler I stumbled onto this short clip taking a look at the Tower of David, an unfinished skyscraper in Caracas, Venezuela. Since the Tower was unfinished, a bunch of people moved in and are now squatting in the tower, up to the 28th floor. If you are a fan of the excellent HBO show “Vice” you will enjoy this 6 minute short.
What is Ferro Concrete? Ferro Concrete is a LA based design company that also revolves around branding. Their site is really cool, especially this one project about fruit. It was done for a company called Fruute which is a gourmet cookie company that makes amazing looking (and probably yummy) cookies and treats. I really also like the quotes that they had placed on the cookie bags themselves, which is marvelous branding.
Street Art by JR By Ilan Adler JR was recently named one of the 50 greatest street artists living today by Complex magazine. This amazing piece of work was spotted between SoHo and NoHo, New York City.