Checkout Obscura Digital‘s work — from tables to walls to mirrors…
Latest notables: The Hard Rock Cafe RockWall, winning the prestigious 2010 Communication Arts Interactive Annual award for entertainment. Read the details in Communication Arts.
If only we can make a whole building a touchable surface…
Sony Style’s Bravia microsite has brought back drooling over TV. The site takes a little long to load but the interface is delicious. Mostly videos, the site showcases the new TV’s ability to tilt 6-degrees back for better viewing, connect to the internet and the social media sphere, etc. and it’s visually stunning.
I love the control tool: a little flat scroll-wheel-turn-slider-turn-control-button that makes dragging your mouse for control feels very smooth. It’s hard to describe because it feels preciously like you’re actually using your fingertip. Maybe it’s just Friday and I’m having Campari and soda in the office. 🙂
Then there’s the 3D TV. I like the little Flash Twitter post display.
Now we just have to wait for TV signal from cable to catch up.
This morning I got a little surprise in my inbox: An email from CardScan At Your Service telling me that a contact wants me to make sure everything is up-to-date with a little image of my business card with a bunch of notes. Oh cool, I thought, until I saw “bad teeth” scribbled on it! What??!
Apparently, I’m an “Asian fast talker” (check!) with “bad teeth” (so wrong!) and “Killer idea” (not bad for a closing statement). But “bad teeth”??! For the record, I only have 1 cavity in my otherwise near-perfect pearly whites. It would’ve made sense if I had summer teeth.
So I googled him and found his LinkedIn profile, in which he posed like an 80’s version of Rodin’s The Thinker. His Facebook photo is even creepier. No idea who he is.
There are “strategy,” “visability” [sic] and “create mini webpages for each candidate” which looked like I was giving out free ideas. Must’ve met him during a networking event a few years back in which I apparently made an impression, either with my killer ideas or with my bad teeth. What a dick!
So for you out there who write notes on business card: Don’t write stupid things, don’t scan it blindly and don’t use a service that sends out update reminders automatically. Or you’ll end up killing any business opportunities or just making it onto someone’s shit-list.
Lonely Planet on mobile, TV, touch, web, social…
First, we start with the Lonely Planet mobile apps offering Guide Books and the audio Phrasebook, offering travellers help in multitude of languages, from Arabic to Swahili.
Then there’s LonelyPlanet.TV that produces and develops some of the best travel and factual programming, including its flagship series, Lonely Planet Six Degrees. This playful, sassy, streetsmart and unexpected show that connects viewers to what makes each city special – the people that live in it.
To match that spirit, One Planet. 100 million stories invites you to share your travel photos and win a round-the-world trip for two. Pretty cool interface once you get to the photos but it is a little slow. Another is a Twitter contest that harnesses the lightheartedness and the social nature of Lonely Planet audience.
And in a true Lonely Planet traveler spirit, they developed the BlogSherpa where bloggers can blog about destinations and in return, get traffic and paid in return via Google Adsense.
The latest addition is Lonely Planet on Microsoft Surface prototype developed by Amnesia Razorfish to go into Lonely Planet stores. The app allows shoppers to place a guide book on the table and interact with content from that book, along with additional video content. You can then take a Lonely Planet passport book from the front counter, place it on the table, and then drag content from the books onto the passport, which you can retrieve later on the website.
This iconice brand seems to be doing stuff right. It stays true to the founders‘ attitude. Very cool.
Who knew Keds is for the cool kids now? The Original Sneaker by Keds is a totally cool interactive time travel with story of the day teamed with Daily & Decade Facts and links to style gallery and other features. You can also quicky tweet your inspiration. The Flash interface is clean and simple to navigate with nice panel-flipping transition.
The Style Gallery is powered by Chictopia.com, a fashion community housing style gallery, personal fashion blogs, contest, etc. Just put the URL of your photos and you’re in. Chictopia.com also lets you shop, find sales and shopping deals, and connect with other stylista. And the more you interact with the site (post in forum, comments on photos, upload your own photos), the more “chic rewards” you get, opening more site features as your accumulate points.
Another feature of the Keds site is Design Your Own Keds Shoes. Powered by Zazzle, it lets your channel your inner artist and create your custom Keds. You can start from scratch or use others as inspiration.
Very cool, Keds. And I thought Keds shoes are something you have to be forced to wear! 🙂 What do I know!
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