Disc Cover Disaster

What in the sparkle motion is this?





Though the album was released some time ago, I finally caught a glimpse of it up close today at Starbucks. For a portrait album cover, there is way too much going on here. The pose, the colors and the "glitter" almost invoke Barbie packaging.




It is by far one of the worst album designs I've seen in a long time.

United States of Autocomplete

Very Small Array posted an infographic today of each state's primary association, according to Google's autocomplete feature. Sports, universities and newspapers proved to be the most common things people look up about a given state, however there were some interesting outliers such as "Montana Fishburne," "North Carolina furniture," and "Vermont country store."

 

It is somewhat surprising that only two states resulted in anything related to leisure or travel. "Hawaii hotels" seems like it would be a much more enjoyable Google search than "Hawaii Five-O."

Show and Tell: Short Video

Target Women appeared regularly on Current TV. Sarah Haskins hosted the show that imitated a news brief, but parodied advertisements aimed at women. Episodes of the show targeted a variety of trends and products including jewelry, chocolate, and razors. Check out the famous Target Women: Yogurt Edition:



Current TV no longer produces new episodes of Target Women, however you can watch and enjoy them all here. 

One Sentence Movie Reviews

It was brought to my attention recently that several close friends have a knack for reviewing movies. Not the sort of reviews you're probably used to that strive to articulate every aspect of a film, but reviews that cleverly (and sometimes cattily) summarize a movie in a single sentence.

One Sentence Movie Review will become a regular feature on bold-faced, however here are a few favorites to get you started:






Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
"This movie is a CGI sh-tstorm."










The Runaways
"This movie should be called 'Joan Jett the Stable Rock and Cherie Curie the Basketcase.'"










Elf
"I think the pitch for this movie was: Will Ferrell... In an elf costume."

Lottery of Life

Save the Children recently unveiled a new ad campaign in the United Kingdom. The Lottery of Life uses the simple technique of compare and contrast, however with such powerful images this campaign is anything but simple.








It's clear that the images were very carefully selected. The photographs on the left side of each advertisement show poor living conditions and get the point of the ad across without being too overwhelming or depressing.

What do you think?