• It's Monday. Hope you're Geared Up.

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    Samsung wants you to remember:

    1. Ladies like it when strangers take photos of them.
    2. Accents are cool.
    3. Friends are dumb.

    Good luck out there!

  • Local spot: Binge Drinking by Red Noise 6

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    More about Red Noise 6, a video production outfit based in Des Moines.

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  • The not-sexy condom ad banned in Australia for being too sexy

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    We don't see this as being terribly graphic. It's less titilating than basically any Trojan ad, what with their vocal sound effects and double entendres. It's really pretty straightfoward and a good bit of copywriting on selling the idea of using a sized condom.

  • Santa's new brand book

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    Fifteen pages on Satna's new logo, the vocabulary of Santa, and the essence of the Santa brand. Worth a look.

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  • Will Ferrell anchors a newscast in North Dakota

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    KXNet - Bismarck/Minot/Williston/Dickinson

    His co anchor giggles her way through the broadcast, but Ron Burgandy keeps his cool. It's terrible, and we love it.

  • LogoThief documents design impropriety for the good of all

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    Designers love getting angry. This new site will help fill your well of mad feelings.

    We are LogoThief. We exist to name and shame logo thieves and all others who plagiarise the work of logo designers.

    We started this website because we are sick of seeing our own work and the work of our peers ripped off by unscrupulous designers in an effort to make a quick buck.

    If you know of any logo thieves out there help us to name and shame them by letting us know as much as you know and we will document the case and share it with the world. Hopefully by documenting each case in a public place we can make it less attractive for these thieves to steal others work.

  • Des Moinesian @rileyjbriggs and his 100 favorite shots

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    Riley recently sent his work to us, and it's good enough to share. He does production work for Gannett and spends his lunchtimes wandering downtown and capturing the sights he finds.

    Here are our top five Rileygraphs.





    What makes Mr. Briggs' portfolio successful:

    Good presentation. Good introduction. We know what we're looking at and why the photos are there.

    Studied angles. It's clear he is wandering around and around these familiar-to-most-of-us buildings, and finding new ways to see them.

    An experimental theme. Riley, your eye for geometry is strong. The snaps you've enhanced with subtle patterns and linear highlights are among your strongest.

    See 95 more of Riley's proudest photos at www.rileyb.me/dsm. Submit your work or work you love/hate to the Egotist.

  • Bear and Hare: An ad from the UK combining hand-drawn animation, stop-motion photography, cute animals, and Christmas cheer

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    First, watch the ad, put on the air £7,000,000 for John Lewis:

    Then, enjoy this elegant behind the scenes footage of dusting pine boughs, wrapping tiny presents, and meticulously following a slowly plodding bear:

    A lovely ad, and an even lovelier behind-the-ad campaign.