Design with Intelligence in Mind
On Copyrights
By lainie at 13 January, 2012, 4:47 pm
There he is – the young art student – in the corner, sporting a slouch, worn blue jeans and a faded ironic t-shirt, standing in front of the canvases he submitted for this month’s class show; large, blue, sci-fi landscapes, which, from a distance, are beautiful. They look like heavenly, undulating space-scapes of sky and [...]
Feeling Good is the New Shock Value
By lainie at 31 December, 2011, 1:02 pm
By now, we’re all familiar with the side-effects of negative advertising campaigns – overwraught information control, nationwide health problems, stereotyping, the list goes on. In fact, we know more about the effects of negative advertising than about the effects of, for lack of a better word, “Lovertising.” However, psychological studies have proven the advantages of [...]
Intelligent Design – Dollar Artist
By lainie at 30 December, 2011, 1:06 pm
Art and Money depend on each other for survival. During the Renaissance, the Medici family was famous for their artistic sponsership – which has continued to beautify the European environment hundreds of years later. Today, successful businesses like to point to their involvement with and donations to arts funding as evidence that they have our [...]
Magnifying Connections: creating an installation, episode 2
By lainie at 9 December, 2008, 6:51 pm
We’re two days away from Digital Family Reunion. And the building process has commenced. Here, jungle [8] Designer Tuan is in the midst of early construction. Enjoy! To see where it all began, see Magnifying Connections: creating an installation, episode 1! UPDATE: Here’s another video for all of you! Me, drilling holes in styrofoam balls!
“If we knew how connected we are, how would that change everything?”
By lainie at 4 December, 2008, 1:56 pm
This is the question posed by Digital Family Reunion (DFR). jungle [8] has taken on the task of bringing the molecular level into a unified visual field. It began with Creative Director Lainie Liberti giving the visual interpretation of what a tech holiday party would want to stir in the consciousness of its attendees. You [...]
A Fresh (Branded) Gmail Experience
By lainie at 20 November, 2008, 1:07 pm
Yesterday, Google began its rolling release of the its newest novelty — Gmail themes! Hooray! The customizable, personalized iGoogle pages have had themes for a while now, so extending Google’s already masterful grasp on theming to Gmail appears to be nothing short of a logical progression. And, as all things Google usually are, Gmail themes [...]
When “Plug-in” Rhymes with Green
By lainie at 29 October, 2008, 3:26 pm
Whatever taste, aspirations are yours when choosing the car of the, your future, the constant in the equation will be its green properties. In the 2008 Paris, Detroit Motor Show, the diversification of the designs, technologies and creativity displayed incontestably the full range of environmental awareness of the car manufacturers. Aligned with the desiderata of [...]
In-authentically Brazilian
By lainie at 16 October, 2008, 6:34 pm
It was last June when we saw our first Cabana Cachaca ad, and triggering our first blog in response. The dramatic black and white ad features the model’s completely bare ass as the centerpiece, making it a startling ad to find in a magazine that featured a child star on the cover. Since then, the [...]
Well, color me [insert emotional trigger here]
By lainie at 8 October, 2008, 3:00 pm
It’s time to talk about color, or, for our audience across the pond, colour. Color: the derivation of those primary pigments red, yellow, and blue and made visible due to the light receptors in our ocular apparatus discerning the reflection and refraction of the color spectrum’s various visible wavelengths. But more simply — color is [...]
the addiction is internal
By lainie at 7 October, 2008, 4:30 pm
We Americans love our things. I’ll admit it. I spent this weekend running around frantically, on a mad mission to find the perfect gift for two special people on their birthdays. I drove across town several times as I searched for the perfect item. At one point during the day, I got so stressed by [...]
