One of my favorite shorts of the last year, seems to have heavily influenced a new set of ads created by JWT for Microsoft.
Here’s the original:
and here are the two MS spots:
via YouThoughtWeWouldntNotice – a site I highly recommend checking out/subscribing to.
A virtual preloader museum, brought to you by the talented folks at Big Spaceship.
Check it out here.
TypeDNA is a new font manager with some (hopefully) revolutionary tricks up its sleeve:
“Font Harmony™” helps you choose the right font for the job.
Easily combine fonts to create appealing visuals without having to learn or understand typography! Save hours of time and open a whole new world of visual opportunities .
- “Similar Fonts™” streamlines your search! Just choose a reference font and click ‘Find Similar’. TypeDNA will analyze the characteristics of the your font and list similar one selections you could choose.
- “Font Recognition” determines which font has been used in a flattened JPG file without ever having to leave the Font Manager Adobe Photoshop, InDesign or Illustrator.
TypeDNA site here.
Sign up for the beta (available sometime this month), here.
via T.U.A.W.
This is old, but it’s one of the most impressive things I’ve ever seen.
Some really great behind the scenes action- showcasing 3 studios (Big Spaceship, 2Advanced and Blitz), hired to create the Adobe MAX experience site.
Watch the “making of” video here… Just make sure to click anywhere outside the information window and know that each visit is randomized to start at a different environment.
Equally as cool, if not cooler- is this pdf that Big Spaceship created, which has swf’s embedded (just make sure you have the latest version of Adobe Reader which you can download here.
