Here is a cool site that allows you to design your own package. I can't really read what it says, but it's not hard to understand and follow the navigation and instruction. Recommend using full screen to view this site.

http://www.santahelena.se/#

Happy Holidays!

-Michael Chou

Get your beard on.

http://santasbeard.com/

Eau de Burger

Who doesn't want to smell like a greasy piece of meat? Well, Crispin Porter is back for BK and hoping you will. The King is still as creepy as ever. Is this going too far?

http://www.firemeetsdesire.com/

Love the music and the spray bottle navigation. Very clean and cheezy. Hold the onion.

-Jon

Thanks you Beyond Banners monkies. We've enjoyed all of you this semester.

Now sit back and enjoy an advance Beyond Banners screening of A Charlie Brown Ad Agency Xmas.




Good luck and keep in touch.

Your favorite instructors,

Jon & Joseph

Have a safe trip home tonight.

http://www.safetriphome.com/

More than TV and poster ads for music album. A campaign for SonyBMG and its launch of Dido's new album. This campaign based on 11 short films from all around the world, and fitting in with the album's theme of finding 'home'. Its wondwrfully warm, moving musical album.

The campaign uses embedded YouTube video links.-Dhruvi

Meet the people you're going to replace one day.

http://www.adweek.com/aw/special-reports/30-anniversary/the-influentials/index.jsp

For all who are going for job interviews. To recall influential people would help. Save the link.
-Dhruvi

Get a Mac goes clay.

Apple produces their new commercials using clay animation. Both are about holidays. Check it out.

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

Michael

Happy Christmas From AKQA

Take a look at this very smart and clever holiday greeting from my old agency AKQA. -Jon

Season's greetings from Stella.

http://www.stellaartois.com/christmas#/en_US/christmas/film

Beautiful holiday video for Stella Artois. Really nice simple site, with great art direction.

Nick

Welcome to the LittleBigPlanet.

Create your character and play with it. It seems like a nice game, but it's bad that I don't have playstation 3.

http://mysackboy.littlebigplanet.com/

-Micheal

Lucky Brand Jeans says, have a bucking good time!

http://luckybuckoff.com/

Very simple and fun. Intuitive and accurate controls. Love the tunes as well. Go buck yourself.
-Jon

Take a hair bath, and more, with Diesel.

http://diesel.com/index.php#/start

Ok, this was a huge WTF? moment for me. See it for yourself. It's so weird that I love it. Very simple nav. A nice wrapper for video. -Jon

Good wants you to go elfyourself.

Agency: JibJab

http://elfyourself.jibjab.com/

Check this out guys this is cool idea for this coming Christmas.

Good.

Throw your thoughts on the pile

Agency: mono

http://www.thoughtpile.org/

This is a really cool piece from Herman Miller. Share your thoughts. It's where innovation is born. -Jon

LIVE FROM THE TENDERLOIN

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/06/BANM14ITI9.DTL

Take a look at Adam's Block. He lives at 250 Taylor and has a web cam in his window. Actually web cams in two windows. He's doing his part to keep an eye on the loin from his little perch in SF. Take a look at his site:

http://adamsblock.com/

It's a very simple site that you all can do yourselves in a matter of weeks. Go to "View" in the menu of your browser and view "Page Source". See how the page is coded. It's a great way to learn. The Live cams are Swfs. Enjoy. -Jon

Have a Happy BetaMaxmas!

http://betamaxmas.com/

Most of you are too young to remember this decade. Damn you all! (I say in the most loving way) This is a good example of what you can do online. It's an experience. An experience of a time when a man said "pity the fool" and cars talked. Notice the option to post to Facebook. Something to always consider. Tune in and have fun. (Note: Adjust the reception by moving the antennae. -Jon

AKQA and Target make a snowglobe for iPhone

This is actually nothing new, but early examples were hokey at best. AKQA has done a good job of re-executing an idea. -Jon

Adweek Article

DOWNLOAD SNOWGLOBE

Nike goes viral on YouTube with Franck Ribery

Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Amsterdam

http://www.nike.com/nikeos/p/nikefootball/en__EMEA/index.html

Can you spot a drunkard?

Agency: Ruby

http://www.knowthesigns.com/

Heineken asks you to put your beer goggles on to spot pre-drunkeness signs. The user interface and video controls and animations are nice. Can't say the same for the writing. -Jon

Let GE help you find your lighing style.

Agency: Keathley Advertising

http://genet.gelighting.com/LightingStyle/html/index.html

Love the interface and clean video. Talent is very engaging and informative. Like the pop-up screen animation. Overall a great intuitive experience. -Jon

Volkswagen builds a living and breathing site, literally.

It's a cool site from VW. About the contents, it's just a site that introduces you a car. I really like the way that they use people with card boards to show all the navi and images. But the time for loading is too long.

http://www.vw.com.br/fox/

Happy Thanksgiving!

Michael

Let's get risky!

http://www.hasbro.com/risk/flash_world.cfm

Cool site. You can play some interesting mini games on it. It's nice that it creates a small world for all buttons. The animations and the way how it uses the spray paint to be the preloader are nice. The boss and wife buttons at the right bottom corner are hilarious. - Michael

Protect 7-7: A huge WTF?

Here a nice website. Very cool I love the idea beside the website. Not just need help from people but they also let me people see what happen in the real world. -Good

http://www.protect77.com/

Nickie shows us the Sonacom site

Like the experience page that can interact it the whole page a lot. Visual and sound are nice. While another page they keep it simple and clean.

http://www.sonacom.fr/sonacom.html

Nickie

Only the Japanese could think of a Quarter Pounder store.

http://www.quarter-pounder.net

Take a bite.

Nokia gives Bruce Lee a call.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqGQ72bre30

Sent to me by my good friend, Don. This commercial was uploaded to Youtube just over 6 days ago. It has almost half a million views already. This is a great example of agencies using the internet to distribute commercials. The great thing about Youtube is that you can see how many people viewed your ad. It's something that's hard to do with TV or broadcast media buys. -Jon

There is a newer one that I likes even more. -Nick

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j78HYNW_Qa0

Newsflash: Burt Reynolds isn't dead.

Agency: McCann/TAG

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/splash/y/yitm/

He says you can be in the movies just like him thanks to Xbox 360. Burt, hate to break it to you, but Smokey and the Bandit was a very long time ago. Anyway, this site has a very simple, yet cool, interface and has a very intuitive nav. Best of all you can explore the space and find some easter eggs. If you guys don't know, easter eggs are those hidden surprises inside your site. They can simply make a noice when rolle-over, or they may take you to a new page. Have a look around. You're all movie stars in me and Joe's eyes. Ta ta. -Jon

Walgreen's Makes It Big In Times Square

http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1370868150/bctid2957150001

Dare you to count the pixels. This is really what "beyond banners" means. Your digital message can take on any form, from something as simple as a text link to a ginormous ad in Times Square. Will we even stop there? How about billboards in the sky streamed from satellites? It will happen during your generation. Stay tuned...-Jon

Sephora says put your holiday face on.

By way of EVB in San Francisco, it's Sephora's Mistletoe Makeover. Get under it, yo. -Jon

P.S. Love the ability to interact with the ornaments up front.

http://www.mistletoemakeover.com/

Toshiba makes their products look even more like crap by creating a really cool site.

http://www.toshiba.eu/whatnext/

An experimental website that uses gesture navigation. Unfortunately Toshiba's innovations and products are not as interesting as the navigation. -Nick

Lokesh Dhakar: The Lightbox Guru

http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/

Pete Brings Us a Bit of Brazil.

http://www.farmrio.com.br/

This is one of smooth website even I never listen the mexican song but after I visit this website I love it. With the nice color and easy pattern look like fit in with this product a lot make me feel really really smooth

PETE

Heinz Wants You To Seduce A Plant

Someone needs to sweet talk this site to make it more interesting. I really want to like it. It an unexpected idea (By the way you could have done this for Long's). This experience is way way too slow for my taste. You see, I have the attention span of a fly. I simply moved on after a few minutes. Not the impression you want. What do you guys think? -Jon

http://www.talktotheplant.com/

Take a Ride with JEEP

Cool car site.

http://www.jeep.com/en/

Take a tour. "The unmatched and unexpected comfort of Jeep."

-nick

AT&T Is All Thumbs

Agency: Atmosphere BBDO

The URL naming really had me excited, but then the site loaded and sense of disappointment came over me. The name of the site is a better idea than the actual site. Never a good thing. What I do like about this site is the user interface. How you enter your information and interact with the "sphere" graphic. I also like the interface where your enter your definition. This is a good example for you guys in that respect. Let me know what you think of this site. Your thumb is for more than just sucking. -Jon

http://www.speakinthumbs.com/

Test Drive A One Show Pencil

Agency: Boone Oakley

Because your work for Long's is going to kick One Show ass, right? Take a look at this site. I got all the way up to the point where they asked me for money. I'm not going to buy an award, even if it's only temporary and I get my money back. Not to gloat, but I've won my fair share of ad metal in my day, but I'm still fed up with this self-congratulatory part of our business (And that does not excuse you from entering! I'll be posting a list of upcoming award shows). So, go ahead and give the One Show your credit card number and please let me know how your experience was. Because I honestly do not think the experience would be worth it. -Jon

http://www.oneshowtestdrive.org/home/#test-drive

Famous' Dynamic Non-Flash Site

Guys, this is something you are all capable of putting together. Very simple HTML and Java scripting. Notice the simplicity. -Jon

http://famous.be

Unload with Nokia

Client: Nokia
Agency: FarFar

This is an interesting experience. Something I've never seen before. There are a few things I would have done differently but it's fun overall. Namely the queue takes too long after you've uploaded a file. Background music is spot on. Start unloading. -Jon

http://www.the-unloader.com/

Work From T3 Shown By Glen Sheehan 11/11

1. Dell Believe

--T3 Case Study

2. Marriott: Reveal Renaissance

Flight Patterns

http://www.aaronkoblin.com/work/faa/

Tokyo Plastics Site

This one of my favorite website. I really like the animation that look really clean, simple and working really well with music. Hope you guys will have fun with it too.
-nickie

http://www.tokyoplastic.com/

Grabarz & Partner in Hamburg, Germany

This little import comes from an ad agency in Hamburg that my friend just interviewed at. Notice the familiar interface. -Jon

http://grabarzundpartner.com

Sprint NOW Widget

Just saw a great idea for Sprint widgets. Watch yourself live too.. Pretty cool

http://now.sprint.com/widget/?id9=SEM_Google_A_Sprint_Widget

-Dhruvi

LIVE From Obama's Party At Grant Park In Chicago Is Now A Newsroom Cam

Over 1 Million people are expected to fill the park to celebrate Barrack Obama's historic win tonight.

Virtual world celebrates Obama's win

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081105/ap_on_en_ot/election_online_communities

Stars, gizmos align for Election Night

Never before has the political landscape leveraged digital as it has in 2008. Online is now, more than ever, the most vital tool for reaching voters. Please read the below article and let's sit back and enjoy this extroidinarily historical night, together. As only digital folks know how. -Jon & Joseph

READ ARTICLE

Google Electoral Map

LIVE: NBC Nightly News With Brian Williams

Check out the electoral map that's on the ice rink at Rockefeller Center.

CBS NEWS ELECTION WIDGET

Josh with up-to-the-minute election results from his bedroom.

Everyone can be Walter Cronkite with today's technology.

Current TV, ya Digg?

http://current.com/topics/32967338_election_2008

Obama Sign Cam

Portland teen hopes webcam can nab Obama sign thief
Live Streaming by Ustream.TV
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Northeast Portland teenager is firing up the Internet with his global effort to try to catch the thief who stole Obama campaign signs from his front lawn.

Preston Fosback, 16, was angry that two of his signs mysteriously left his lawn but he had no idea his mission would get international attention.

READ FULL STORY

Fresh Squeezed Election Analysis From Tropicana

http://www.anorangeamerica.com/

Classic Presidential Campaign TV Spots

At a time when streaming video was just as unheard of as landing on the moon.

Even aliens are rocking the vote

http://www.wejustlivehere.com/

A site that polls non-US-citizens. Pretty basic, but interesting.

-Nick

If the World could vote

Judging from the results, it would be a much, much better World.

http://www.iftheworldcouldvote.com/results

Stewart & Colbert's Indecision 2008

http://www.indecision2008.com

Assignment Five 11/4: Portfolio Site

Hi Class,

A portfolio site is crucial for any advertising professional. Just think. No more paper cuts. No more all-night book-making marathons. No more money going to ink instead of to your stomach. Amaze creative directors with your Web savvy and throw a simple link to your work around like it's nothing. Of course you should always be choosy who you send it to;-)

Your fifth and final mission for Beyond Banners is to create a portfolio site. The minimum site should be in HTML but if you feel confident you can do it in Flash. Keep in mind that you can simply put Flash components into your HTML site. Creating your site entirely in Flash has it's drawbacks. We'll discuss more in class.

For the final class, all of your work created in this class should be featured on your site. And most importantly, LIVE.

Here are some portfolio site examples for reference:

Brandon Levin was a classmate of mine. He created this site before he left school and landed a job at RPA in Santa Monica and is now an Art Director on the show South Park. This is his brain.
http://www.brandonsbrain.com/

Jason Zada is the founder/ECD of EVB here in SF. His site is a mix of HTML, CSS, Flash, and a bit of JS i believe.
http://www.jasonzada.com/index.html

Alicia Kawamura is an MFA in Advertising major where? In the school you go to. She hasn't even graduated and is kicking ass in online. Plus she has a site any professional would be jealous of.
http://www.aliciasbook.com

Peter Crosby is an writer/ACD with whom i worked at Ogilvy. His site is actually a blog. All HTML.
http://www.crosbyreport.com/blog/thecroz

Ryan Cochrane was my partner beginning at AKQA and then at Ogilvy. He refers to it as an arranged marriage. Then one day he switched to writing copy and we had to get a divorce. Ryan is now at Freestyle Interactive. All HTML.
http://www.ryancochrane.com/

Michelle Hirschberg is a writer at Goodby, Silverstein. I worked with her at AKQA. She's the brain behind Doritos' Hotel 626. All HTML site.
http://www.thinkmichellethink.com

We'll find more examples in class.

Where's George?

I stumbled into Taqueria Cancun on Sunday to satisfy my belly with a burrito and ended up going home with George. For those of you who were at the 1000 Journals event at school last Tuesday, you might recall that wheresgeorge.com is one of Brian Singer's favorite viral/online projects. It's one of mine as well. Take a look at the tracking report for the George in my life. A dollar for your thoughts.-Jon
View Tracking Report

Get a room at the Bad Credit Hotel. Or not.

Is it a bit too close to Hotel 626 for Doritos? I think it's actually really lame.-Jon
http://www.controlyourcredit.gov

People in the middle for Obama.

Here's a very simple yet engaging site from Chiat in LA. Notice the vertical video menu. Very clean and experiential. Are you in the middle?

http://www.peopleinthemiddleforobama.org/

SAY NO TO (surfing the Web while on) DRUGS

1000 Journals Project Event 10/28

Getting a user to interact with your banner is cool. Getting the world to interact is even better. Tuesday class will be going offline so we can gain insight into Brian Singer's 1000 Journals Project. He'll be giving a talk in advance of his SFMOMA exhibition. You can't get anymore interactive than this.

Class is from 6:30pm to 9:30pm tonight. Let's meet in the library.

Tuesday, October 28th, 6:30 - 8:00pm
Academy of Art University Library
6th Floor, 180 New Montgomery St, San Francisco

About 1000 Journals:

One thousand journals are traveling from hand to hand throughout the world. People who find them add something (anything) and then pass them along in an ongoing collaborative art project.

The journals have traveled by air, sea, and land throughout 40 countries and all 50 states. They've been the subject of treasure hunts, hidden in remote caves, abandoned at airports, left in the lost and found, and stolen at gunpoint. The project has been covered extensively in the media, including the San Francisco Chronicle, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Entertainment Weekly.

Brian will be available afterwards for Q&A, and to sign his book. More information about the project at: www.1000journals.com

Glen Sheehan of T3 Comes to the Academy

Glen was my Executive Creative Director at AKQA here in SF. He has since moved on to T3 in Austin, TX. He's a great guy and a champion of his creatives. If you want to know why I am so hard on you guys, come meet Glen. He made me realize what was truly expected of me when I was at your level and just out of school. He brought out the best in me. I can only hope to do the same with all of you. Thanks to Nick for the tip.-Jon

http://www.t-3.com

Tuesday, November 11^th
79 NM Theater, 1^st Floor
4pm

Hyundai Widget

http://adage.com/garfield/post?article_id=131844#widget