The latest viral marketing campaign by Nokia is again beautifully done, consisting of a website complete with videos, victim reports and posters warning of jealous computers attacking their owners when they buy or use a Nokia N95. As a nice twist, users can upload their own videos, pictures or stories of attacks and receive a specially designed T-Shirt.
Have a look at New York-based conceptual photographer Phillip Toledano’s portfolio for some really nice and inspirational photographic work. Some limited edition prints can be purchased online at Gild.
Mr. Toledano (by the way, I just love the entrance page) thinks, that every photograph should be like an unfinished sentence or part of a story and in pursuit of this, he has amassed a dazzling portfolio of original photography. The stories the photographs tell are so thought through and engrossing, it’s definitely worth a look.
Phillip Toledano, a lover of photography since he was eleven, was born in London and currently resides and works in New York.
What started as a side project for Dan Benjamin and Dan Cederholm on a Mac Mini in a collocation facility has grown to be one of the largest online communities for wine tasting. In about one year the site amassed about 20.000 users. A lovely design paired with a big community got the site quite far.
This week, the creators of Cork’d announced the sale of the site to Gary Vaynerchuk, the host of WLTV. A really nice outcome for everyone, especially since Gary seems to be a guy who understands the values of good design and a community. If you haven’t seen him before, watch this little summary - it’s worth it.
Congratulations to they guys from the iceberg!
Miranda July has a new collection of short stories coming out in May, called No One Belongs Here More Than You. But not only July’s Book is a gem of unconventional storytelling: The book has a a stunning web site that is more creative than I’ve ever seen. The site has no navigation, except for forward / back buttons and consists of a series of images. No real text, just the images scaling to the size of your browser.
Of course, no serious webdesigner would ever consider making such a website for their client. The website is not accessible, doesn’t fall back if you can’t see images and is basically empty for search engines. It breaks every rule that contemporary web designers follow.
The intrguing thing is, it works. No, not just technically. The site works as a narrative that pulls the visitor along, a narrative that is also used in July’s book. I loved the website so much, I couldn’t stop clicking until I was through. And isn’t this the point of a website like this?