We Mine Deeper

We tuff people are busy compiling teh epic gifs, but here’s one for now. It kills me. Wish I knew what they were singing to.

Also, FLATRATE: I raise my glasses to you.  Whoever thought up of the following ad deserves a massive pay rise. (thanks to stu for the link)

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Short yet informative article on the psychology of colour. A good read for anyone, especially people who have previously ignored this incredibly useful subject.

See also:

How the use of colour can help you sell your home

Colour psychology in marketing

Colour psychology in logos

Blue streetlights may prevent crime, suicide

Wiki says to take all of the above with a grain of salt

Love this postcard series Jim Stoten illustrated for pharmaceutical company, Lipitor.

(via thelastpeople)

One by one.

Saw this post on IBelieveInAdvertising of this absolutely brilliant ad for Adobe Photoshop CS4 which will blow the brains out of any photoshop geek’s head. Would be pretty refreshing to have this as a working skin in photoshop, especially for those on multi-day multi-year photoshop binges. See the ad bigger here, and a behind-the-scenes making of gallery here. 

creative director : hendra lesmono
art director : andreas junus & irawandhani kamarga
copywriter : darrick subrata
photgrapher : anton ismael

A Simple Bikes ad from 2007 that was in Props 67. The music is catchy but doesn’t take itself too seriously, the filming is on point, the editing is efficient, and the riding is gnarly. More!!

(via metalbikesblog)

MAGNUM- Tour De France: This is hands down the best photo essay on bikes I’ve ever seen and I doubt a better one will ever be made. John Vink, Robert Capa, Elliott Erwitt, and Henri Cartier-Bresson: A-list dream team shooting le tour. After spending a lot of my life obsessively looking at bike pictures, this is like finding the holy grail. There must be a book with these photographs somewhere. Completely amazing.

ATOMIC BABOON Camelbak Ads: Love these vintage road shots, the first one cracks me up. Contrasted to today they make competitive riding look like so much… fun. Hit the link to see them bigger.

TOKYOPLASTIC: The not-so-Japanese collective has updated their website. Super fun- like being so engrossed in ice-cream that you don’t care it’s dripping on to your new shirt fun. Lost a part of my evening to this site.

Apologies for the lack of updates. Have been on work related travels and olympic related tv-binges (gymnastics). Today, Singapore qualified for the women’s team table tennis finals, which guarantees us at least a silver. This may sound inconsequential, but the last and only olympics medal we ever acquired was in 1960; very exciting. Our tactic of buying Chinese talent is proving fruitful (none of the team were born in Singapore). 

Absurdly good photo from a Andrew Hetherington Interview. 

via Skavenger

via NewShelton

More stylish photography from the excellent Justin Kosman

More round round from Taschen’s book, The Circus

Still in love with these sketches by Andrea Joseph. Make sure to see them full size.

Media Outlets Losing Money from a Lack of Auto Ads- NYT