during an awards ceremony in honour of ‘lidewij edelkoort’ last night in amsterdam, her partner the one & only ‘anton beeke’ surprised her by dancing on stage & handing her a ring, thereby officially announcing their engagement in public… how sweet, he needs to get that jacket mended though
me news
private parts
two nice print ideas from a canadian ad agency i hadn’t heard of before: cossette
cervical cancer ads that work particularly well when viewed as thumbnails (which is how i discovered them online) and some clever image cropping to turn a daily newspaper into a burritos wrap for junk food retailer McDonald’s
ordinary things in a new way
some amusing ‘idea doodles’ from art-director david brock, the guy who also created the ‘make something cool every day’ series back in 2009
(link via mister ‘mart boudestein’)
mapping the dam (23rd of nov. ’12)
this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, originally posted on the 23rd of nov. ’12…
mapping amsterdam
I recently came across three online projects, each mapping certain aspects of the city I call home, in its own specific way: Designer Hans Gremmens’ wonderful Amsterdamdam which collates the turbulent history of the ‘Dam’ into an intriguing visual story. A real-time map of the decibel levels (‘geluidsnet’) created by Schiphol Airport. Usually worst when we have strong winds at this time of year (forcing planes to travel straight over the city centre). And finally a project documenting lost or forgotten street names; which badly needs input if you happen to know of any…
mapping the dam
this is a post i wrote as contributor to the amsterdam ad blog ‘something related to amsterdam’ column, yesterday
mapping amsterdam
I recently came across three online projects, each mapping certain aspects of the city I call home, in its own specific way: Designer Hans Gremmens’ wonderful Amsterdamdam which collates the turbulent history of the ‘Dam’ into an intriguing visual story. A real-time map of the decibel levels (‘geluidsnet’) created by Schiphol Airport. Usually worst when we have strong winds at this time of year (forcing planes to travel straight over the city centre). And finally a project documenting lost or forgotten street names; which badly needs input if you happen to know of any…