BMW: Drive for Team USA [Pictures]
Last week, BMW stopped by Los Angeles Center Studios with some new 3 Series as part of their Drive for Team USA campaign. For each test drive completed, BMW donated ten dollars to Team USA for the London 2012 Olympics. We stopped by to test drive one for ourselves and had a blast driving around Los Angeles.
Here are some of the pictures we took of the event and the new 2012 3 Series.
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The Avengers – Ampersand Shirt
Since The Avengers hit theaters at midnight, we decided to have a little fun and create this t-shirt showing off each of the Avengers’ names and trademark colors in a simple format.
Star Wars: May the Fourth Be With You
May the Fourth be with you! In celebration, here are some more Imperial propaganda posters from the Council for Improving Imperial Relations.
If you missed our first round of posters, you can find them here.
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The Pixel Avengers – Templates
For those of you who want to recreate the Hulk or any of the other Avengers in Post-its, here are the templates to do so. We think the templates themselves look pretty cool as well.
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The Post-it Hulk Pictures
In anticipation of The Avengers being released tomorrow, we thought we’d use some office supplies to pay tribute to one of Marvel’s greatest superheroes and one of the biggest (at least physically) stars of the film: the Hulk. Tomorrow, we’ll post the blueprints to make The Hulk as well as all of the other Avengers.
Hope you enjoy these as much as we enjoyed making them!
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Record Store Day 2012: The Amoeba Hollywood Experience
Last Saturday (April 21, 2012) was annual Record Store Day (RSD). Thousands set out to grab copies of limited vinyl records by some of their favorite artists and enjoy live in-store entertainment. It was a celebration of fellowship among those of us that share love for the tactility music can still offer in the digital era. To participate in this great event, I joined the ranks lined up early at Amoeba music in Hollywood.
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DDB’s Impact on the Creative Revolution
With the new season of Mad Men back on AMC, it’s only natural for advertising enthusiasts to take a look at the Creative Revolution of the 1960’s. Advertising in the sixties shaped the advertising industry into the practice used today. Doyle Dane Bernbach was the industry leader in advertising in the 1960s because William Bernbach, the creative mind behind DDB, introduced a different technique for creativity in the sixties that had not been seen before. This is what was known as the Creative Revolution (Dobrow, 1984).
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Mad Men – Don Draper Cinegraph
It’s another day in the ad world, so we thought we’d share a cinegraph of legendary (fictional) ad man Don Draper. Click through to the full post to see it.
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Record Store Day
Record Store Day is this Saturday, April 21st. Record Store Day is a celebration of vinyl and the art of music in general. If you’re interested in vinyl, be sure to check out the official website for information about events in your area. Expect live performances, special releases, and a good time.
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