compliment machine

If your feeling unloved or down when take a walk on 14thstreet in washington. This bright red and white stripped box sits on a platform of bricks and gives out compliments to passers-by. The artist Tom Greaves is a visual artist and this is part of a public art collection which runs from street P and V on 14thstreet. The box speaks in a reasurring voice and gives out compliments such as 'you help create a brighter future'.

spot the bull

When looking on the creative showcase website i came across this months winner which intrigued me. The story behind the competition was that orange had several pairs of glastonbury tickets to give away and they effectively wanted to do it by word of mouth. Therefore as glastonbury is rural and pastoral they chose a bull, fitted the bull with GPS positioning equipment at let it rome around a field. Competition entrants had to guess in what coordinates the bull would be standing at 3pm each day to be in with a chance to win tickets. The competition ran for a month and had thousands of hits.

This is unique idea made me think that anything is possible and the more crazy and out-there ideas tend to be the more successful when it comes to website hits.

fashion and sport

The V&A museam in south kensington houses an exhibition exploring the relationship between fashion and sport.

Recent developments have seen fashion designers engaging actively with sportswear brands and vice versa including using celebrities such as david beckham in their campaigns. The exhibition examines contempory issues such as the link to fame, the obsession with the perfect body and the challenge of designing for physical movement.
Exhibition dates from 5th august to 23 novemeber 2008

racy ads

In an internet ad for the new bmw mini one shoppers are encouraged to 'floor it' by clicking on a graphic accelerator. They then see the drivers' face contorted with G force. Complaints that the ad breached safety rules by encouraging speeding were upheld by the ASA. But many have branded them irresponsible over the high speed advert for the new car. I have tried to find the ad but have had no luck, any one seen it?

skinny water

at 99p a bottle who could go wrong??? this water claims to have appetite suppressants in it which turns fat to energy. convinced? or just another expensive bottle of water containing many harmful minerals?

It is meant to reduce sugar cravings and improve the bodies ability to burn fat, check it out at www.skinnywater.co.uk

works of bart

www.simpsonizeme.com


The Sun newspaper celebrated the release of the new simpsons movie by using some of britains best known faces and given them a simpsons makeover.

The website www.simpsonizeme.com, run by burger king, allows users to see what they would look like if they were a simspons character. You simply upload a digital photo of yourself and you will see how you'd appear as a character.

Another way to pursuade kinds to eat fast food through the interent such as burger kings??

lego da vinci

Italien artist Marco Pece has recreated some of Leonardo Da Vinci's greatest works of art using lego. He has recreated the Mona Lisa and the scene of The Last Supper. He has also tackled movie scenes such as The Blues Brothers and The Graduate.