Stuff Like That.

"Nobody ever grew up wanting to be in advertising."

Fri, 20 Apr 2012 14:28:33 -0400

““Nobody ever grew up wanting to be in advertising.””

- Don Draper (via rachelmercer)

Holy crap. Someone just reblogged AND TRANSLATED something I did...

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:26:00 -0400

Holy crap. Someone just reblogged AND TRANSLATED something I did for class many years ago. It gives it so much more meaning!

[Link Here]

[More of the project]

HTC One X packaging design On the left: The international...

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 14:03:08 -0400

HTC One X packaging design

On the left: The international packaging for the HTC One X.

On the right: the american AT&T packaging for the same phone.

Why do third parties always ruin a good thing? The original packaging matches the shape & design of the phone so well! The AT&T packaging is obnoxious. They could’ve simply added some orange and some branding to the original packaging.

That’s probably the cause of delays, nothing to do with the phone.

ilovecharts: Yeah, Tumblr!

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 15:56:31 -0400

ilovecharts:

Yeah, Tumblr!

Things of note:

Wed, 28 Mar 2012 11:38:00 -0400

I recently became unemployed.
I am available to make your things look better!
I am available to put your things on display on the internet.
I am available to make your things on display on the internet look better!

Things you can do to help me be less poor:

Hire me to do one of the above things.
Tell your friends that I can do the above things.
If you have something that’s not listed in the above things, talk to me, and we can probably make it happen.
Check out the things I’ve already done.
Like my facebook thing.
Follow my design oriented tumblr thing ”Stuff Like That”.

(Taken with picplz.)

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:47:29 -0400

(Taken with picplz.)

Big kitty (Taken with picplz at Philadelphia Zoo in...

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:21:32 -0400

Big kitty (Taken with picplz at Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, PA.)

helloyoucreatives: Smart LEAGAS DELANEY (UK)

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 13:17:14 -0500

helloyoucreatives:

Smart

LEAGAS DELANEY (UK)

1) Get in early.2) take pics.3) ???4) Profit. more to come...

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 06:28:22 -0500

1) Get in early.
2) take pics.
3) ???
4) Profit.

more to come later. I need a steadier hand.

using “LapseIt” from the android market…

barackobama: It’s a pretty good one. Apply, apply! I kind of...

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:55:58 -0500

barackobama:

It’s a pretty good one. Apply, apply!

I kind of want to apply for this job. But I’m not sure what A/b and multivariate testing is.

FOUR in New Zealand has launched a campaign to promote ‘All New...

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:54:53 -0500

FOUR in New Zealand has launched a campaign to promote ‘All New Family Guy’ via agency Special Group, New Zealand.

This. Is. Amazing.

Photo

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:06:14 -0500

flight001: HELP WANTED ✈ DESIGN INTERNSHIP IN NEW YORK...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 13:47:13 -0500

flight001:

HELP WANTED ✈ DESIGN INTERNSHIP IN NEW YORK CITY!

We’re looking for a visually confident, verbally clever, graphic genius to join our team! You’ll be helping us with everything from developing sub-brands and package design to assisting with weekly web campaigns in-store signage and much more. If you think about travel every day, this is a rare opportunity for you.

Apply today and be a part of our team of travelers!
http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/med/2825437054.html

This company should be ashamed of themselves for offering that design position as an internship. All you want to do is save money. Hopefully that intern is paid. they should just be hiring an entry level designer. Or a freelance designer to do things as needed. If then work w/ the same freelancer over and over a solid workflow will develop. And if they cant find a freelancer they like… keep looking. There are hundreds of thousands of us [designers] out there.

(I checked the craigslist listing, they’re paying $15 dollars a day! I’m an entry level designer getting paid more than that an hour. ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!)

This shit is ridiculous. And not only is this killing the creative industry, but unpaid internships are also killing the economy in general!

Super Relevant link!
[Do Unpaid Internships Exploit College Students?]

Recent news, also related:
[Unpaid intern sues Harper’s Bazaar for minimum wage]

Issues in Honest vs Evil usability design Meanwhile on...

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:27:00 -0500

Issues in Honest vs Evil usability design

Meanwhile on Reddit:

If you do this on your site, FUCK YOU.

One of the conversations that ensued, (this is not all branches of conversation, each blockquote is a reply to the line above it):

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vectoredzev

Welcome to the world of Dark Patterns…. Evil Usability Design…

http://wiki.darkpatterns.org/Home

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b3mus3d

Whether you agree with it not, I don’t think this qualifies as ‘User Interfaces Designed to Trick People’, does it?

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carlhuber

Yeah it’s not tricking, it’s abusing.

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mercurycreative

How is this abusive? If they asked for your credit card information would that be abusive? If you don’t like the terms of the agreement don’t download the product.

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vectoredzev

My concern with your statement, is you dont know how the product was offered. Was it offered, free, no commitment? Or was it a paid product.

Either way, no one should be REQUIRED to publicize something before downloading it.

It should only be an option.

You mercurycreative are supporting evil design.

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mercurycreative

Assuming the product was free, then I see no issue with this. It is neither abusive nor “evil design”. It is a creative barter agreement. They give you the content for free in exchange for you providing a little publicity. If you don’t wish to participate then look elsewhere for the product. It doesn’t appear that they ask you to support it or evangelize the product, just state that you downloaded it.

This company is not REQUIRED to give you the product for free. They can offer you any form of exchange for the download they like. You are free to accept the terms or move on.

Angry Birds does this to unlock levels. Is that abusive? Or a creative way to get marketing and engage the friends of a user?

We need to start thinking of new ways to engage, market and monetize websites and their products. It’s all well and good to demand that everything be free and catered to your whims, but your clients need to make money off of their products. Either you be the creative person thinking up of new ways to market or someone else will take your job.

EDIT: This wasn’t even an example from something in the wild. It’s from a demo http://tutorialzine.com/2011/05/tweet-to-download-jquery/

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vectoredzev

Btw. I posted a live version of one, down below. People use it, just not with that text, so its harder to find.

Seriously, go read the website I linked to. Dark Patterns. You might learn something.

What this tool did is not about engagement, its about being viral, and not in the good way. In forcing your name throughout the web.

Tools like this are not an example of good experience, product, and branding. It’s an example of manipulation. Offer a product, with a requirement.

The same way capitalism works. You mention marketing and monetizing. You’re right, that is exactly… EXACTLY what this is doing. But it’s not doing it in a reputable way.

The point of Dark Patterns is to point out the ways companies “Monetize” and retain their users. But they do it without giving an option.

In Louis CK’s iAmA here on Reddit. He pointed out that the LAST thing he did on his site was decide whether or not to let users “opt in” or “opt out” of the newsletter. That was his decision. He chose the default option to be “Opt Out”, and in doing so, gained the respect of more than a handful of his users. Which replied by thanking him in the AMA and supporting his album, which only cost $5.

There is a difference between creative engagement and ruthless entrapment.

That’s where the line is drawn between good and bad memorable & forgettable products.

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mercurycreative

I have read it. Which dark pattern do you believe this site is employing?

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vectoredzev

While the costs are minute: http://wiki.darkpatterns.org/Hidden_Costs

Also,http://wiki.darkpatterns.org/Misdirection

And,http://wiki.darkpatterns.org/Road_Block

You pick.

The end… for now….

I dont know if the convo continued… but that’s what I was a part of.

What do you think?

Blackout your site for the day too! #StopSOPA

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:52:00 -0500

If you host a website… add this between your <head></head> tags:

<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://stop-sopa-alternate.googlecode.com/files/sopablackout.js”>
sopablackout_on = [2012, 1, 18]; // Fire only on this local date
</script>

See it working at http://www.zevdesigns.com/

same as the one from www.sopablackout.org, but less people using it, so your site will load faster, and i’ve edited it to be less susceptible to your existing CSS.

And its now hosted at: http://code.google.com/p/stop-sopa-alternate/