Stuff that inspires us
In order to make contact with my creative spirit, I turn to religion. My creative brain works best when I am influenced under a higher power, when I feel myself bathing in a sea of endorphins and disappearing into a dream world. In my creative religion there are ten commandments I follow when I want [...]
For å få kontakt med min kreative sjel, må jeg ty til religion. Jeg tenker best når jeg er litt salig, bader i endorfiner og lever meg inn i en drømmeverden. I min kreative religion finnes det ti bud som jeg følger når jeg vil se lyset: 1. Du skal ha mange forskjellige guder. Ha mange [...]
In march, our creative department went to Resonate Festival, in Belgrade, Serbia. Resonate was held for the first time this year, and gave an overview of current situation in the fields of music, visual arts and digital culture. Guest artists, lecturers and other participants represented the cutting edge of the contemporary creative industry in Europe. [...]
Animoto is an online tool that turns your photos/video into really professional video slideshows. You can create your own reel, or just make a nice Christmas compilation to send to your friends. I really like the fact that one video will never be the same as the another one. Even if you use the same [...]
As a digital designer I am always looking for inspiration when it comes to interaction and visual eye candy. These days I find it more often right in my pocket. These are my top 10 favorite apps of the 110 I have installed and among the many that have been removed. 1. Path (is [...]
Digital heroes is about trying things. Not only with communication in mind. But also with passion and curiosity for whats coming out of an experiment. Thats what so nice about working in the digital business. It must feel like it did in “the good old days”. When creativity started beeing used more and more as a [...]
The purpose of Twitter -or one of the most important- is to establish a direct and effective communication with our contacts. In 140 characters, we must be able to express what we are thinking about or comment the information we are sharing using link. But behind many of the more than 250 million messages are posted each day through Twitter there are fascinating human stories that often go unnoticed among the maelstrom of information of [...]
In our line of work, we’re constantly tapping into the moment of now. How do we reach the people we want to talk to? How do we connect? What engages people and what do they talk about? We respond to that and create platforms and arenas that enable our clients to participate in the dialogue, [...]
Choosing a typeface is about more than redability, every typeface has its own expression and is one of the most powerfull tools a designer has. When looking for a typeface we are presented with a huge amount of font options. Combining the right typefaces to achive a nice hierarchy, proportions and contrast for a project [...]
Ideas are the big commodity in the business of advertising. The big idea makes unforgettable marketing, which makes the unremarkable, remarkable. But how is these brilliant ideas conceived? Lately I have been thinking, thinking about how ideas occur, how that single thought of genius suddenly appears and makes you scream in joy of intellectual creation. Based [...]
It’s a cliché that an image speaks louder that a thousand words. But if that’s so just imagine the number of words you have to write compared to a short animation. Maybe someday in the future it will be common to have animation like these on the wall at home. Probably equipped with a motion [...]
I found some examples of websites with navigation that made me wanna click ‘em.
To all project managers: Smile, be attentive and be proud of your work. These are some of the key words on how to become the valuable and important person your clients will adore! Aasta Braathen, former director of marketing in Norwegian, has given all Project Managers in Mediafront valuable inspiration and insight through sharing her experiences on project management [...]
Last friday was spent at Litteraturhuset in Oslo, presenting, discussing and enjoying thoughts around what’s next in the wold of communication. With presentations by Børge Sandengen/Mathias Friis, Nick Marc Jackson, Karina Hillestad, Johannes Rummelhoff/Kevin Murphy, Silje Gabrielsen, David Prentell, Paal Tarjei Aasheim and Joakim Nilsen, there was a variety of insights and themes to be [...]
In this area of business everyone wants to come up with great ideas. Ideas that will take over the world. Or at least the target group. Well, maybe every now and then throw in one of them lions in Cannes. We want to make ideas so fabulous – everyone else can hardly wait to spread [...]
For the last few months McCann along with MediaFront have been hard at work designing and developing Rimi’s new website, new concept and slogan “Raskt & Rimelig”, as well as their entirely new online service Rimi Pluss. With Rimi Pluss you gain access to Rimi’s entire catalog of products, as well as a comprehensive database of [...]
The next big MMORPG will take place in your neighborhood where all the kids will run around flicking their phones like swords and wands battling each other out in the streets. They will run into the woods and fight orcs and dragons while questing and looking for treasure. This is my mad look at games in the world of tomorrow. [...]
Music videos are not what they used to be. Interactive music videos draw the user into the experience, allowing him or her to set their mark on it, and share it with friends afterwards. In the OK Go video All is not lost (you need a Google Chrome Browser to make it work), you can type [...]
It’s a common sense that kids, even though not legally allowed on most networks, are social networks heavy users. The problem with the major players is that they don’t offer any special safety for this audience or any extra tool for the parents to have some control on what their children are doing out there, [...]
I would like to share and something NON IT here. Which has been studied by many big business school like Harvard, THE DABBAWALAS, of Mumbai. A dabbawala meaning person with a box, found in Mumbai, who is employed in a unique service industry whose primary business is collecting the freshly cooked food in lunch boxes [...]
You can read more about how to constructively identify what opportunities we have right now – that work. What we can do to get optimal effect out of our marketing initiatives today that supports a sustainable business model. And how to do it - Here U can also serendipitous stumble upon some cool videos that perhaps [...]
Det er når du har laget noe som treffer det de fleste av oss har med oss stort sett overalt; til og med der teknologien råder, at du kan sette deg ned og hvile på laubærene et lite øyeblikk. Treffer du hjertet, treffer du blink – og en hel del følelser. Det er gjerne den [...]
For me, looking at art is not only a source for inspiration, but also a way of putting things into perspective.
I do not feel especially smart right now, so I present some rather smart thoughts from some clever, creative minds. About the biggest mistake people doing digital marketing does: Confusing the real internet with an illusionary marketing internet full of Consumers who can’t wait to interact and converse with all the Brands in their lives. [...]
A brazilian website created a service to help football fans to keep up with what is going on with their favorite teams. Siga sue time (follow your team) has a couple of different ways that you can choose to receive real time news related to the club you support. The user can choose to follow [...]
