Fredo's Fridays 42

---

FEATURE


TIN EYE
IMAGE SEARCH ENGINE



This nice little service lets you upload an image and search results pull back data relevant to your image. Esta bien nice.

LINK



VIDEO


EMILY IS NOT REAL
3D GAMING



Advancements in the gaming industry have allowed for more realistic rendering in gaming software. Check the vid yo.

LINK





SHORT LOVE STORY
STOP MOTION



"This is a segment of a yet unfinished Stop motion and 2D animation work."

LINK




READ



BABY CAR LOGOS
BRANDING



What if Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Jaguar had infants?

LINK

Fredo's Fridays 41

---

FEATURE


THE SLEEPWALKER
CHRIS CUNNINGSCAM



So when I first saw this I thought immediately, another Chris Cunningham project, but lo and behold, it's actually some Japanese film maker's work. Strong edits nonetheless.


LINK



VIDEO


ABSOLUT KANYE
TAKE THE PILLS



As some of you may know, I don't own a television so I am not exposed to today's commercials, but I found this Kanye ad online with Absolut. The marketability of this guy intrigues me.

LINK






CUT CHEMIST
FIRST BIG BREAK



So the first 360 degree video is released. Now only a matter of time before all the other imitators come out with one too.

Link





ANIMAL LOGIC
REEL



Animal Logic releases their latest TVC Reel. It's off the meat rack!

LINK




OLYMPIC MONKEY
BBC



Fun Monkey video I spotted on the BBC site for the Olympics. Has been produced by Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett, the guys behind the Gorillaz.

LINK






FLASH SITES



SCION UNITED
FLASH VIDEO



I thought this was cool for like 10 seconds then realized you can't kill the video so it became really annoying. Interesting nonetheless.

LINK

Fredo's Fridays 40

---

FEATURE


SNOWL
BROWSER + IM = :)



An experiment from Mozilla that allows you to chat and surf the web all contained in your browser without having to minimize/ALT+Tab/jumpy-jumpy.


LINK



THE SOCIAL


TWITTER FONE
TWEET BY PHONE



You can now send messages to your twitter account using voice. They allow you to register your phone number and call in to voice your tweet. The service then converts your recording to text and posts it on your twitter account. Dayum... What's next?.. teleportation?

LINK



FLASH SITES



SPECTRA VISUAL NEWS
NEWS TWIRLY THINGY



I'm not exactly sure how this works fully, but it looks pretty damn cool despite not being able to convince myself... sorta.

Link




READ


RE-MISSION
DRUG ADHERENCE



A video game designed towards adherence for young cancer patients. Reports showed that this target age group yielded lower rates of adherence before the game was played... hmm.

LINK




DEATH OF AN ICON?
SHAKE IT



Philly local, Jason Santa Maria's nice post on the imminent death of the iconic use of the Polaroid graphic to represent images on and offline.

LINK





ADOBE FLASH PLAYER 10
BETA



For those that missed the beta release back in early July, here's a great page to catch up on all the new great features of this beta release. All videos!

LINK





UNITED VISUAL ARTISTS
VISUAL ENTERTAINMENT



"United Visual Artists are a British-based collective whose current practice spans permanent architectural installation, live performance and responsive installation."

LINK

Fredo's Fridays 39

---

FEATURE


DNA 11
DNA ART



"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.


LINK



THE SOCIAL


PAGE LINKING
DELICIOUS



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.

LINK



FLASH SITES



FLUID DESIGN
INTERACTIVE DESIGN AND BRANDING



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.

Link




READ


MICROSOFT MIDORI
...A FUTURE WITHOUT WINDOWS



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

LINK




ESQUIRE MAGAZINE
ELECTRONIC PAPER



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

LINK





WEB URBANIST
BANKSY



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.

LINK





MICROSOFT LIVE
SEARCH TACTICS



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!?

LINK

Fredo's Fridays 38

---

FEATURE


HBO
VOYEUR



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.


LINK



THE SOCIAL


ACQUISITION?
GOOGLE/DIGG



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

LINK



FLASH SITES



FRANK SORBIER
FASHION DESIGNER



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

Link




WEB WATCH


MATE STEINFORTH
MOTION DESIGNER



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

LINK




UX


INVESTING IN UX
THE UX FUND



"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..."

LINK

Fredo's Fridays 37 - The Return

---

FEATURE


Chen Zhun
Chinese Hotness





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.


LINK



THE SOCIAL


IMAGE BOOKMARKING
WE HEART IT



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.

LINK






FREE SOCIAL LISTENING
GROOVESHARK



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!

Link




WEB WATCH




US/UK STUDIO
NON-FORMAT



A London/Minneapolis creative team with exciting new works.

LINK




TYPOGRAPHIC DELIGHT
ALEX TROCHUT



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.

LINK





PHILLY COGER
JASON SANTA MARIA



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

LINK

Fredo's Fridays 36

---

FEATURE


LONDON 2012
LOGO?



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?


LINK
Discuss



FLASH DESIGN


T-SHIRT BRADY BUNCH
CICATRIZ



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

LINK






AUDI TT
ACQUISITIONS



If Leonardo DaVinci learned flash...

Link




WEB WATCH




GOOGLE BETTER THAN LIMEWIRE?
DOWNLOAD PAYDIRT



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

LINK




DIGG MORE
PRODUCT AND SERVICES



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

LINK

Fredo's Fridays 35

---

FEATURE


BILLY G AND iSTEVE
FIGHT



"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.


LINK




WEB WATCH


PHOTOSYNTH REVISITED
MICROSOFT



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

LINK






FLEKTOR/PHOTOBUCKET
ACQUISITIONS



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.

Story
Flektor
Photobucket





GOOGLE AUDIO ADS
SAY WHAT?



Audio ads now an option in Adwords.

LINK




YOU TUBE ON APPLE TV
VIDEO



YouTube now offered on AppleTV

LINK





YAHOO EXPERIMENTS
OUTLINKING



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.

LINK





COMCAST



BYE BYE FIOS
DOCSIS 3.0



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

LINK

Fredo's Fridays 34

---

FEATURE


WINDOWS LIVE LABS
PHOTOSYNTH



"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. "


LINK




FLASH SITE


DIESEL MARKETING
MGM GRAND HOTEL



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

LINK




BETA/SERVICES




AOL
VIDEO BETA



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

Link





WINDOWS LIVE SPACES
MY SPACE KILLER?



Windows blogging and social networking site.

LINK




AOL
X-DRIVE 5GB



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

LINK





LYCOS
3GB FREE MAIL STORAGE



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

LINK





READ



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

LINK




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.

LINK