For one thing http://www.foronething.com Interesting bits and snippets & anything that comes to my mind. Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:52:15 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Interesting bits and pieces (February 22nd)
  • If It Doesn’t Spread, It’s Dead – Incredibly interesting and astoundingly profound discussion on the future of media and branded entertainment.
    • ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2010/02/interesting-bit-and-pieces-februar-22nd/     Political comics in HH Check out the exhibition at Kunstverein in Hamburg. Picture stories with political intentions ranging from the 19th century to contemporary topics such as Iraq and Afghanistan and the Bush era.

    Even more interesting than the exhibition itself is the exhibition design that presents the exhibits similar to a comic.

    Wo ist der Wind, wenn er nicht weht?

    ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2010/02/political-comics-in-hh/     Cecily Brown in Hamburg Cecily Brown @ Deichtorhallen

    I like her raw style. Her paintings are sexually explicit and amazingly powerful at the same time. Especially the large formats add to her expressiveness.

    ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2009/10/cecily-brown-in-hamburg/     Bogusky on cogs and stuff

    Agencies usually bring two films.

    Agency: I got this 60 second film that doesn’t answer your business problem but it’s very artistic and I got another 60 second film that doesn’t answer your business problem and it’s not that artistic.

    Which one do you wanna buy?

    Client: Because you …

    ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2009/10/bogusky-on-cogs-and-stuff/     Most inspirational positioning in the world Considering the prevailing system of fear other agencies use to push their employees, this one keeps you from getting paralyzed and feels so very very encouraging.

    I just wonder, if w+k truly live up to their promise?!

    ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2009/07/most-inspirational-positioning-in-the-world/     Cute I don’t think robots will take over the world that soon!

    Jump to www.tweenbots.com to find out more about this project and man-machine-interaction.

    ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2009/04/cute/     Radiohead again I’m always a bit late with the hottest stuff. Not until today that I discovered Radiohead’s Online Video Contest they hosted at aniboom.com. It’s a classic, very well executed example of online marketing and UGC: They pitched their fans to create video animations for their …

    ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2008/07/radiohead-again/     Fantastic Radiohead Video Radiohead again are one step ahead: Their video for their song “House of cards” breaks the traditional conventions and makes use of computer-generated imagery based on a laser scanning system by Velodyne. I’m extremely impressed by their trippy visualization that eschews traditional video recording. It’s not only some kind of …

    ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2008/07/fantastic-radiohead-video/     Here it comes: my thesis on “Collaborative Branding” Though I finished the whole thing pretty much two months ago, I haven’t had a chance to publish it since. Now here it is, though unfortunately written in German. I’d like to summarize the key points in English in the near future. So stay tuned for this abstract.

    If you …

    ]]>     http://www.foronething.com/2008/07/here-it-comes-my-thesis-on-collaborative-branding/     Radiohead remixed Radiohead held an online contest, asking people to remix the song “Nude” from their latest album. The following entry makes use of a Sinclair ZX Spectrum Guitars, Epson LX-81 Dot Matrix Printer, HP Scanjet 3c and Hard Drive arrays. An absolutely fascinating piece of work and incredibly ‘geeky’.

    Enjoy:

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