Digital artist Alex Varanese shows us artifacts from a past that never existed but that we wish had. Welcome to ALT/1977, where today’s technology is trapped thrives in a 1970’s aesthetic.
Posts in the Inspiration Category
July 15th, 2010
What’s That Smell?
This week, The Man Your Man Could Smell Like, a.k.a. the Old Spice Man, became the first Social Media superhero. He accomplished this by taking the social web by storm as the star of a viral campaign that churned out clever, cheeky video responses to individuals who had tweeted, blogged, or otherwise referenced the man or the brand. A total of 184 of them over the course of two days. Wow. Game-changing.
June 3rd, 2010
Here’s Some Words. Now Start A Blog.
Often as a society we decide something is too important to be left to professionals. Think punk rock. YouTube videos. And, yes, blogs — that wonderful web invention that allows everyone, including you and me, to become published writers.
Great. Now I’m a writer. How do I start?
May 5th, 2010
Welcome to GS. We hope you stick around awhile.
I recently overheard a comment that startled me: The average tenure at a well-known agency is only 18 months. In and out in less than two years. Wow. In other words, as soon as you get to know your coworkers (or, more importantly, get to know how to work effectively with your coworkers), you go your separate ways, lose that learning and momentum, and start all over again.