Is Google "Lost"? Are its failures part of a spaghetti-against the wall approach? Or is it an intra-company version of creative destruction? Let's look at three recent Google efforts that didn't end well and see what we can see...
PBDH has recently launched a 5-piece update of BECU's in-branch motion graphics. These short spots are now showing on LCD displays at many of BECU's Northwest credit union locations...
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The excitement and energy has been hard to contain in the house after winning the Woodland Park Zoo account! Last month, I got to join the design team on the account (Dean Hart, Cody Rasmussen and Dave Cole) and our client, Lori Veres, for a behind-the-scenes tour of Woodland Park Zoo. The very knowledgeable and friendly staff guided us through the HUGE zoo (I had no idea how big it was) as we got to visit and learn more about the many wonderful animals on exhibit.
Just another day at PBDH – a logo critique upstairs with the creative team, and a few extras on the side-lines hoping to get a glimpse of the latest work in development and even interject a valuable opinion or insight. This is one of the collaborative processes we have that helps to make the work we do better, on point and to ensure that we meet the clients' objectives. Too bad Scout and Woody can't share their thoughts too, I am sure they would have something very profound to say. For now, they'll just sit and wait for Leslie to go back downstairs.
Dogs, clowns and acrobats...oh my!
People... I am not a huge country/western music fan (other than cowboy music like Wylie and the Wild West). But I gotta admit I loved Garth Brooks last nite. What a show!
The Sun Valley Summer Symphony’s 2010 Season
At the time of its standardization, XHTML marked a major leap forward in standards for the web. Gone were the days of sloppy markup and broken pages due to unclosed tags. Strict syntax was the way of the future! Strict syntax promised to lead us to bigger and better success.
Well HTML5 is here and all that is out the window. HTML5 promises us more power than we've ever had before, but as far as markup syntax is concerned, it's sort of like moving from Dick's Drive In to Red Robin—both will get you your burger fix, but one has over a dozen overwhelming options vs the other's concise selection of four.
I've gotta admit: I don't have an iPhone. Apple and I have some karmic disconnect, I've learned through the years, and every day that I wake up (or at least every time I grab my phone) I thank my lucky stars that Google exists. Because without Android, I might have an iPhone... and that just seems wrong.
Skills of the Rockstar Planner is a series of short videos presented by PSFK exploring the world of exceptional Account Planners, or who we in the design industry call Brand Strategists. But whether you're a strategist, designer, account manager or any of the other key roles serving clients in the creative industry, I think these skills can apply to us all. These short, 5-7 minute videos are full of valuable insight shared through a series of interviews with top planners/strategists.
