Have you every wanted to spend a year exploring art museums from around the world? Google's Art Project will help you do just that in a few moments.
At their new site, http://www.googleartproject.com , you will discover and view hundreds of artworks using their street view technology. You will be able to view all the works of art with incredible zoom levels, and even create and share your own collection of masterpieces.
Check out the site at: http://www.googleartproject.com
Does your brand or company have tons of influencers blogging, tweeting, vlgging and posting photos and videos all over the web? How do you take these disperate posts from thought leaders and influencers and form a global community? This was the business challenge when I began designing IdeaCorps platform.
When I thought about the audiece I found that we were all creating content locally. The creation of the content was not the challenge - however bring this content forth to benefit the global wunderman brand was. IdeaCorp.Wunderman.com was designed to bring together a global community that is focused on inspiring business-changing ideas.
Through the plaform we turned our top content creators and digital influncers into curators on behalf of the wunderman brand by using open social APIs to aggrigate a wide variety of content.
The IdeaCorps Global News Feed, this application uses just about every social API to aggrigate it’s community of thought-leaders. The feed seen in this iPad application uses dynamically pulls every content type into one mobile interface.
This is a fantastic, state of the art experience. Check it out at http://www.ibmpower.com/
This years best holiday site. Many retailers stay true to their stoggy user expereinces and CMS for the holidays - NOT H&M - If you want the best in fashion ecom this holiday season check out this site http://www.hm.com/gb/#/holiday2010/
There was not a day that passed in 2010 that I did not find use in a cool looking social media icon in my work. Here is a list a some that I have run into that could add to your designs.
You don’t need a “science” blog to take advantage of these lovely beakers. Anything that evokes knowledge, creativity or experimentation would be a good fit. Nine large icons in this set hit all the hip networks and then some.
These are just too cute to pass up. There are only four of them, and we wish they were a little larger, but the detail and the theme make them great for your foodie blog or caffeine-infused treatises.
Add these social pastries to any blog for a hint of the sweet updates you’ll be posting to Twitter andFacebook.
Pining for the days when you’d scribble appointments into a book, rather than your Google Calendar? Show your readers that you remember penmanship with these sleek Moleskines.
There’s something about the texture of these swatches that draws the eye. They don’t feel like paper, but perhaps cardboard or fabric. They’d make a great fit for a grungier blog theme, but use them sparingly. Because they are all textured identically, too many of them in a row may detract from their casual, worn-out look.
Is your blog full of “nature” and “out-of-doors” things, like “plants” and “animals?” This beautifully textured pack is perfect for green thumb content.
If you’re tired of blue Twitter logos and orange RSS buttons, mix it up a little with these sophisticated, modern, and gradient-infused icons. Each logo comes in six different flavors, and the files are nice and big (420 pixels square). With this many color options and size possibilities, the set is a valuable asset for blogs of any style or hue.
This bold set feels like a sticker book, but forgoes the “page peel” effect that can look redundant when you’re using multiple icons on the same page. They’re simple but clean, and the slightly raised look adds that dose of texture that many layouts crave.
Enjoy these short, pudgy social media monsters. There are only four in this set, but they hit the big networks (and an RSS logo), and would make an adorable addition to any fun-sized content.
These virtual stamps are free, and they’ll harken back to the old days of snail mail from the USPS. This set is a great fit for a paper theme.
Do you ever just want to snuggle up with LinkedIn? Me neither. But if you’re blogging about kittens orMuppets, these are a great way to connect your content back to the social web.
Even if the only painting you’ve ever mastered is the finger variety, you can still class up your social links with these oil-on-canvas masterpieces.
These 3D icons are large, crisp, and classic. The set also contains one of the best Foursquare icons I’ve seen on the web — a commodity that is still hard to find.
Place these cracking transparencies over any “surface” and the icon will appear to be busting through from the other side — no Photoshop mastery required.
Keep it simple with these elegant flat-panel monitors that display big, bold icons. We can envision these on the side bar of a tech or tech support site with a social presence.
Get that “I wrote your contact info on a crumpled cocktail napkin” feeling in convenient digital form with these nicely textured social icons. Each one is rendered a little differently, so they’ll still look good in layers.
These little trophies may not be all that versatile, but the eye-catching crisp 3D renders earned them a place on our list. The files are nice and big too.
If you’re illustrating a “connected” social presence, these smooth little puzzle pieces are a nice touch. We wish the files were a little bigger, but there’s a boatload of sites and services represented in addition to the social heavyweights.
[via: mashable & creatique]
While I am not a huge fan of their music - I am a fan of their social media and web design prowess.
Arcade Fire knocked my sneaks off earlier this year with a three-way marriage of music, video and HTML5. The group’s experimental new video site changed the way I think about a music video.
It's a highly interactive, personal site that uses the Google Maps API and the all-new HTML5 spec. The site challenges the your expectations of what the intersection between music and technology should hold.
I love crafting the physical brand. Package design is the cross roads between the phyical and emotional essense of a brand. here are a few examples of some of my favorites.
what are your favs?
I love info graphics. I stumbled on to a great set of templates that can help you get started on your next design project.
Buy it & Download @ http://graphicriver.net/item/infographic-elements-template/113554
