web talent competition

found this and thought id let fellow web designers know...

Design events collective BD4D is inviting up and coming Web designers to create ‘a piece of highly creative, playful and engaging interactive Flash’.

BD4D is partnering the Wellcome Collection and Ico design group to run its first annual design competition. Entrants will choose words from a ‘word soup’ to create content that encourages viewers to explore medicine and art.

BD4D says, ‘The competition is a great opportunity for students and people new to the industry to have their work showcased at the Wellcome Collection, as well as on the BD4D website.’

The winner will be awarded a 2GHz Apple MacPro computer with a 20-inch flatscreen monitor, while second prize is a 2.16 GHz MacBook Pro laptop. Five runners up will each receive a 2GB iPod Nano.

To enter the competition visit http://www.bd4d.com/wellcome.

pudsey bear make over

reading in design week, i came across this article that the famous pudsey bear mascot has had a make over just in time for this years launch on friday 16th november.

'Advertising agency Fallon was approached to create a ‘fresh new look’ for the marque. As part of the redesign, the agency was tasked with creating something that was ‘exciting and accessible enough to make people want to get involved.’

'A digital illustration style for Pudsey has been devised, so he could work on-line and in animated sequences. He now possesses a wider range of poses and expressions. A broader palette of colours has also been used in the design, the spots on his bandage are now multicoloured, and a new font gives the logo a more ‘modern and friendly appearance’.'

plain white t's - hey there deliah

love this new song. for the video (as above) the screen is split in to sections, with different things going on it each section, not quite sure the reason behhind it, but its interesting.

place your bets

check out this virgin viral campaign, thougth it was quite quirky! click on the link and choose from balloons, chicken, spoons or a chopper, then play along.

/www.leanmeanfightingmachine.co.uk/virginbets2/

'Virgin Bets is a betting site for people who get put off by the complexity and seriousness of the high street bookies.
We had to get people to bet on Big Brother. The idea was based around 'live' bets where the outcome happened then and there.
To be topical each ad was written, filmed, produced and trafficked within 24hrs.'

new cadburys tv advert

I saw this new tv ad for cadburys the other day and thought it was great. It is good to see that cadburys has moved on from the previous tv ads of cheesy families sitting round a tv eating cadburys chocolate or the milk chocolate people seen at the beginning of coranation street.

benetton toybox website

www.benettonplay.com

I recently came across Benetton's online multiplayer games site. It's for anyone who wants to put their creative skills in animation, graphics or music to the test and share their work with an online community.

Benettonplay has been created by a young team of international designers and artists at Fabrica, the Benetton communication research centre in Italy. The site features four games, and new games will be added on a regular basis.

FLIPBOOK
Animation as a form of communication. Using their mouse, players trace an image sequence to build, figure by figure, little animated loops. The player can save the animation to the gallery and share it, vote on other animations or send them to friends to build up a creative community of countless little stories. Flipbook was recently awarded the Japanese Media Arts Festival Grand Prix for Entertainment in Tokyo.

ODD ONE OUT
A memory-boosting game requiring fast reflexes, Odd One Out is a seriously addictive experience. Players are challenged to pick out the non-identical element in a series of images in the shortest time possible. The aim is to beat all the other online players and make it to the top of the high score table.

DOODLE
Doodle is a collaborative graphical chat space. The player has a white square to draw in, just like the notepad that gets filled with doodles during a business meeting. Once your doodle is finished you place it on the page with all the other doodles from around the world. Doodles can be published in a grid updated in real time, creating an instant group of images. Players can also modify other players’ doodles, sharing little snapshots of creativity.

ORBIT
A musical game. The player chooses one of ten backing tracks, from pop to classical music, and an instrument, ranging from piano to sax and even recorded voices. Using the keyboard, players compose a piece which can be saved to the gallery and shared with other players or sent to a friend. A musical community that explores and shares music, creating a world-wide, real-time dialogue.