Yesterday Barack Obama was inaugurated as the the 44th president. Obama’s signature campaign slogan has been all about change – and change has been brought to the White House…website as of 12:01 pm yesterday.
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Just wanted to let everyone know that my first crit is up on Please Critique Me! The site is all about offering free reviews of designs for both the print and web. Go check the site out and submit your work for review!
So hows this for viral marketing – Burger king will give you a free whopper if you delete 10 of your friends via facebook. You install the Whopper Sacrifice app on facebook and your friends are notified that they have been sacrificed. HA – I can’t figure out if this is clever or gross. Not particularly apealing to me since I’m a vegetables only kinda person – but then again sometimes I just crave THE BACONATOR!!! (j/k)
What do you guys think about this kind of marketing? Are companies just getting desperate for business? OR are they being incredibly clever with social media? Leave a comment and let me know!
The holiday season can be stressful. Clients want all their work done before Christmas, snow slows everyone down, holiday shopping can be a nightmare with tons of people at malls, and being around relatives can be….well…interesting to say the least. How the heck do you not keel over from stress?
I was at dunkin donuts the other day and noticed that they beat Starbucks in a ‘national taste test’. This prompted me to ponder where I get my coffee and why. I don’t know about you guys, but I’ve noticed that designers tend to be snobby about their coffee (or their symmetrically designed energy drink of choice *).
Creativity can spark at the strangest moments – Thats why its good to always be prepared to jot ideas down in a handy dandy notebook. Take a peek at 24 designers sketchbooks and get a look behind the scenes of creative minds.
