Category Archives: consumer

UI Realism.

Written by Peter. Posted on January 22, 2010. Filed under advertising, annunciation, consumer, design, interactive, internet, technology, user interface, work. No comments.
UI Realism.
I was a huge fan of Marvel Comics growing up, and love Scott McCloud’s books on comic art’s ability to communicate across languages via symbology, etc.  Found an article recently by Lukas Mathis of ignorethecode.net that applies cartoon principles to User Interface (UI) design.  Not quite ‘less is more’, but rather ‘just enough is correct’ [...]

00′s Infographic.

Written by Peter. Posted on January 13, 2010. Filed under business, consumer, design, politics, trend. No comments.
cool decade graphic
What’s changed?  A lot. Click image to get to glorious ‘big’ view.

Bankrupt Mall of America.

Written by Peter. Posted on December 22, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, trend. No comments.
bankrupt_mall_tn
Delicious infographic from the economic crisis blog.  Apparently something called Consumer Sentiment is down to its lowest levels since 1980.  Coincidentally, so is my Frequency of Visits to Crappy Stores at Crowded Malls index.

Puck the System.

Written by Peter. Posted on December 15, 2009. Filed under annunciation, business, consumer, design, interactive, technology, user interface, vids. No comments.
Puck the System.
This is pretty rad – a RFID wireless ‘puck’ that can be used as a remote to interact w. sensors to control whatever parameters you’ve got set up – in this case, mood lighting…

Cool AR Biz Card.

Written by Peter. Posted on December 15, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, flash, interactive, internet, technology, trend, user interface, vids. No comments.
Cool AR Biz Card.
This is pretty neat – nice application of augmented reality in a business card context. AR Business Card from James Alliban on Vimeo.

Thirst or Idiocy?

Written by Peter. Posted on December 11, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, design, politics, trend, vegetarian. No comments.
Thirst or Idiocy?
Bottled Water costs 10,000 times more than Tap, and is generally more polluted and less regulated.  Signs the Apocalypse is Nigh… Click for large view.

Choose Your Own Visualization.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 12, 2009. Filed under consumer, design, flash, interactive, kids, user interface. No comments.
Choose Your Own Visualization.
Children of the 80s may remember those awesome ‘Choose Your Own Adventure‘ books, in which the reader determines the storyline by choosing to follow plot path options.  This site features some incredible Flash visualizations of the plot possibilities as motion animations.  Select a Title, and then hit the ‘Play’ button to watch the magic.

Chilean Deliciousness.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 10, 2009. Filed under brand, business, consumer, food, trend, vegetarian. No comments.
Chilean Deliciousness.
My buddy Tom Caestecker is a Chicago-based wine reviewer – check out his latest column on Chilean reds here.  I just like hearing things described as “total fruit bombs”.  And what other wine review references the ‘sixth’ Rolling Stone?  Little Red Rooster, indeed.

Social Insecurity.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 9, 2009. Filed under business, consumer, politics, trend. No comments.
Social Insecurity.
One of many really nice infographics from visualeconomics.com.

Brooklyn Fare.

Written by Peter. Posted on November 5, 2009. Filed under advertising, brand, business, consumer, design, user interface. No comments.
Brooklyn Fare.
Beautiful brand & packaging design work featured recently on Behance. Brooklyn Fare is a new, full service grocery store located in Downtown Brooklyn. The identity is very simple: one custom proprietary typeface (Fare Serif), four colors, and lots of witty copy. The text is useful in highlighting the store’s diverse range of quality products and [...]