On June 25th, David Plouffe, the campaign manager behind Barack Obama’s historic presidential election, joined the advertising industry at the Cannes Lions International Advertising Festival. Presented by DDB Worldwide, David Plouffe explained how to harness the power of social networking to connect groups of dispersed people and motivate them toward a common goal.

In early 2007, few people thought Senator Barack Obama had a chance of being elected President. But Obama’s leadership team, with David Plouffe at the helm, developed an extraordinary strategy to develop a world-class online community. They not only proved the nay-sayers wrong, but also blew by previous fundraising records – $580 million in two years, with 91 percent coming from individual donors. The campaign generated brand loyalty with unprecedented success.

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I am positive that every designer can relate to this in some way.

When I heard that Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak was being made into a film, I was overjoyed. It’s one of my favorite books of all time and all I could think was, how can they do it? Then I saw Spike Jonze was attached to direct. Problem solved. The adaptation is FINALLY available to watch. Directed by the very imaginative Spike Jonze and written by Jonze and Dave Eggers. Check it out at Apple Trailers.

Beautifully grotesque.

Music by Bloc Party
Remixed by Armand Van Helden
Directed by Hiro Murai
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The days of buying a camera are slightly over. One camera dares to be different with a grid of plastic parts, an instruction manual and your provided motivation. Unlike the tedious and monotonous model cars and/or planes of the past, the SuperHeadz Plamodel DIY 35mm Camera says if you build it, photos can be taken!

What?!

Yes, you can actually build this 100% functioning camera yourself. In a matter of a few hours, you can snap the camera together and have a photo shootin’ good time, for a really good price… and NO BATTERIES!!! Other features include a wide-angle 28mm lens, a vinyl and plastic build, and the ability to customize it however you like.

There’s no way in hell that without it, design could exist. You would wander the streets amongst aimless similarities and be lost upon all things media. Nothing would be memorable, and nothing would be worth a damn to look at. So kiddies, I’m supplying you with a small set of examples of typography origin. A thin slice of the pie. A page from the textbook and a stuffy 101 classroom. It’s TYPOGRAPHY boys and girls, so sit back with a cup of Ovaltine, and gulp down some info.

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Typography 101 – The Wikipedia History.

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A nice showcase of vintage and inspirational works by Smashing Magazine.

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Pretty stellar display of important typographic history, in a scientific format.

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Lovely display of Industry, this Flickr set has some of the originals.

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Finally, here’s to good health…just in case.

I think I’m in love.

The unassuming Holga is here to save you from a future of digital pixels and images shared on small screens on cameras or phones. We have all become numbed with photography, there is no denying it, but a chunky camera made almost entirely of plastic has been put on this Earth to save us. It will reawaken your vision, fill you with joy, make you see beauty when you thought it had disappeared forever, and bring out sunshine on a cloudy day.

Check them out here.

This is the new site. Feel free to look around, and come back for new works from time to time. I’ve decided to lose the old site, in exchange for something a bit more me. I’ll be posting to the blog every day or so with anything that trips my trigger, or that may get yours.

Welcome to the new brettschnacky.com