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Thursday, July 31, 2008

Fredo's Fridays 39

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FEATURE


DNA 11
DNA ART

FF

"DNA 11 is the original creator of DNA Portraits-the world's most personal form of art. We have propelled an entire industry with unique artwork based on genetic codes.." Get your DNA, fingerprint or kiss print made into pieces of art.


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THE SOCIAL


PAGE LINKING
DELICIOUS

FF

If you live under a tree, you may have never heard of delicious.com a social site that allows you to bookmark your favorite websites while clouding them with their entire network of linkage. This week they introduce a redesign of their site.

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FLASH SITES



FLUID DESIGN
INTERACTIVE DESIGN AND BRANDING

FF

Great look for interactive design house, Fluid Design. Great use of full browser canvas keeping the interaction simple and to the point. They have a couple of gems in their portfolio section.

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READ


MICROSOFT MIDORI
...A FUTURE WITHOUT WINDOWS

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Microsoft begins to look beyond Windows to introduce the future of OS possibilities.

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ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
ELECTRONIC PAPER

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Esquire plans to release their first ever magazine cover using electronic ink for their cover...

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WEB URBANIST
BANKSY

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Anonymous street artist, Banksy is one of my all-time favorite writers. His work has been seen around the world, yet nobody knows who he is. From political to comical or thought-provoking, this graffiti artist's work has been seen since the early 90's. I think what I like the most about Banksy is the added mystique he's managed to maintain over the years. Little is known about him other than his country of origin (Bristol, UK) and a few minor details. Be sure to check out this eight-part series on his works.

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MICROSOFT LIVE
SEARCH TACTICS

FF

Microsoft begins testing new search engine tactics by provoking users to dive into searches with enticing background graphics and hot spot areas. Some are calling it crazy, yet it may work!?

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Thursday, July 24, 2008

Fredo's Fridays 38

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FEATURE


HBO
VOYEUR

FF

This site has been up for some time now, but I never mentioned it before. The amount of detail that went into this flash piece was very creative. Don't forget to voyeur into other buildings behind the initial zoom.


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THE SOCIAL


ACQUISITION?
GOOGLE/DIGG

FF

Google foaming at the mouth to acquire long time interest, Digg.com for a target range of $200 million.

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FLASH SITES



FRANK SORBIER
FASHION DESIGNER

FF

This little gem uses some nice papervision action. It is a simple site, yet very elegant.

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WEB WATCH


MATE STEINFORTH
MOTION DESIGNER

FF

Online portfolio of Mate Steinforth. Most of this work is a showcase of works while at Psyop, an amazing studio in NY.

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UX


INVESTING IN UX
THE UX FUND

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"The UX Fund was created to test a belief that companies who deliver a great user experience will see it reflected in their stock price..."

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Thursday, July 17, 2008

Fredo's Fridays 37 - The Return

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FEATURE


Chen Zhun
Chinese Hotness

FF
FF
FF

Chinese photographer, Chen Zhun delivers some Asian hotness with this photoshoot for Chinese FHM. This futuristic take on anime has all themes of girls, violence, guns and girls again.


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THE SOCIAL


IMAGE BOOKMARKING
WE HEART IT

FF

IF you like ffffound.com then you'll heart WeHeartIt. No invites needed here to join. The browser bookmarking feature makes it so easy to use.

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FREE SOCIAL LISTENING
GROOVESHARK

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Listen to any song – even if you don’t own the track – in its entirety. You can earn store credits by sharing songs that go toward buying songs to download. No restrictions, plus the interface is super clean. Sauce!

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WEB WATCH




US/UK STUDIO
NON-FORMAT

FF

A London/Minneapolis creative team with exciting new works.

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TYPOGRAPHIC DELIGHT
ALEX TROCHUT

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Illustrator/Typographer, Alex T. from Barcelona lays a smackdown in his world of typography and illos. You may have seen his new stuff in the new Nike Football campaign.

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PHILLY COGER
JASON SANTA MARIA

FF

Philly native Jason Santa Maria of Happy Cog updates his site. Looking sharp.

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Thursday, June 07, 2007

Fredo's Fridays 36

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FEATURE


LONDON 2012
LOGO?

FF

Opinions flying high. This logo is causing a stir within both the design community and England itself... Some are saying it looks like Lisa Simpson performing an obscene act?


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FLASH DESIGN


T-SHIRT BRADY BUNCH
CICATRIZ

FF

That's right, this interactive shopping cart reminds me of the Brady Bunch. Play them all.

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AUDI TT
ACQUISITIONS

FF

If Leonardo DaVinci learned flash...

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WEB WATCH




GOOGLE BETTER THAN LIMEWIRE?
DOWNLOAD PAYDIRT

FF

A quick video on how to download stuff *cough*... *music*... *cough*

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DIGG MORE
PRODUCT AND SERVICES

FF

Digg will be doing product and service reviews soon...

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Thursday, May 31, 2007

Fredo's Fridays 35

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FEATURE


BILLY G AND iSTEVE
FIGHT

FF

"Why yes Bill, people WILL pay double the price for a shiny box that underperforms its competitor..." Ok maybe he didn't say that but this video is great to watch.


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WEB WATCH


PHOTOSYNTH REVISITED
MICROSOFT

FF

Perhaps the most amazing demo of 2007 (or is it Surface?)... Blaise Aguera y Arcas from Microsoft demo Photosynth.

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FLEKTOR/PHOTOBUCKET
ACQUISITIONS

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Murdoch's at it again as Fox Interactive acquires Photobucket for an alleged $300 Mill (Dropinthabucket) and an interesting property called Flektor (all Flex). For those unaware, Photobucket dwarfs Flickr in users.

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Flektor
Photobucket





GOOGLE AUDIO ADS
SAY WHAT?

FF

Audio ads now an option in Adwords.

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YOU TUBE ON APPLE TV
VIDEO

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YouTube now offered on AppleTV

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YAHOO EXPERIMENTS
OUTLINKING

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Yahoo is experimenting with linking to outside sources on their home page. Their goal is to make these outside links as relevant to the home page as possible ala Digg.

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COMCAST



BYE BYE FIOS
DOCSIS 3.0

FF

Brian Robert, Comcast CEO shows off super fast modem capable of downloading (and uploading) at an astounding 150 megabits/sec. It's on yo!

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Sunday, August 06, 2006

Fredo's Fridays 34

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FEATURE


WINDOWS LIVE LABS
PHOTOSYNTH

FF

"What if your photo collection was an entry point into the world, like a wormhole that you could jump through and explore…

Watch the video to learn how this new technology will change the way you think of photographs forever. "


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FLASH SITE


DIESEL MARKETING
MGM GRAND HOTEL

FF

Las Vegas luxury hotel revamps their website with an excellent CGI composite used on the home page.

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BETA/SERVICES




AOL
VIDEO BETA

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AOL Launches its video beta service for searching video on the web.

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WINDOWS LIVE SPACES
MY SPACE KILLER?

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Windows blogging and social networking site.

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AOL
X-DRIVE 5GB

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AOL opening X-drive free to public. Store your media online and share.

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LYCOS
3GB FREE MAIL STORAGE

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Lycos now offers 3gb of storage and allow attachments of "essentially unlimited" size to be sent and received.

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BUSINESS WEEK ONLINE
THE TOP 100 BRANDS

Here's a look at the world's most valuable 100 brands according to an annual survey by BusinessWeek and Interbrand

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FLASH FORWARD FILM FESTIVAL
THE FAN

The Fan is up for an award in the Video category at the next Flash Forward Film Festival. Go vote for it in the people's choice award.

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Friday, March 10, 2006

Fredo's Fridays 33

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FEATURE


ABSOLUT KRAVITZ
FLASH SITE

FF

The latest release from North Kingdom. A first strong contender for site of the year.

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PORTFOLIOS


SPUNK
FLASH FOLIOS

FF

A collection of hot designers/developers showcased in a nice flash presentation.

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VIDEO




MARK ROMANEK
DIRECTOR

FF

A nice interview with leading music video director (NIN closer, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Johnny Cash, Lenny Kravitz, Linkin Park, Jay-Z...).

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HIS SITE





BIRDS
PLEIX STUDIOS

FF

Great new video by Pleix. The birds look like dogs.

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MADONNAS/GORILLAZ
PEPPER'S GHOST

FF

Over at YouTube, you can find the Grammy performance of the animated characters from the Gorillaz and Madonna on one stage. A little showbiz effect called "pepper's ghost" was used to pull off this effect.

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UK MUSIC LINK





WEB 2.0



WINDOWS LIVE LOCAL
VIRTUAL EARTH TEST DRIVE THRU

FF

What if you could take a virtual car and go through the city on the internet and experience everything through a virtual windshield.

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TIVO
TV LISTINGS

FF

Tivo launches its own TV Listings grid online with this new ajax technology.

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MICROSOFT GADGETS
(WIDGETS)

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Microsoft launches its own widgets page.

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WEB 2.0 NEWS



LOGOS OF WEB 2.0
FONT FEED

Examine the typographical make-up of web 2.0 logos. Collage can be found on Flickr.

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GOOGLE CONFIRMS WRITELY ACQUISITION
WRITELY

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SKOBEE
PLAN SOMETHING

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Friday, January 20, 2006

Fredo's Fridays 32

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FEATURED


INVISIBLE CHILDREN
DOCUMENTARY

FF

"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
-Albert Einstein

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PHOTOGRAPHY


SHUAKASHI
JP PHOTOGRAPHER

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Hot Japanese photographer now in NY.

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JEREMY COWART
PHOTOGRAPHER

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Photographer and Graphic Designer, Jeremy Cowart out of Nashville, TN.

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ILLUSTRATION




Ben Tour
ILLUSTRATOR

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Canadian Illustrator, Ben Tour.

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ELECTRIC HEAT
NIGEL EVAN DENNIS

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The works of Nigel Evans.

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FLASH PORTFOLIO



DYSPLASII
PORTFOLIO

FF

Hot work taking identity design and following through with editorial and web layouts.

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ARCHITECTURE DESIGN



SHIROGANEYA
JP

FF

Japan's best kept secret.

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LAMPELUNA
POLISH DESIGN

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Hot Polish Architecture Design studio.

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ADVERTISING



I HAVE AN IDEA
AD SUBMISSION

FF

So you have an idea for an ad? Now you can submit your ideas or browse others. You just might get someone's attention.

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READ


FIRST IMPRESSIONS COUNT
EYE-BLINKED DECISIONS

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