What’s up, beer drinking, ideas producing nation? And by nation I mean Jake and Elias. Leaving 2009 behind us, much to my relief, here is the first Link Dump of 2010. Enjoy it while it lasts.
British copywriter Howard Fletcher has an awesome website. With words.
Really not much else.
Feel like change? Get sacked. Check out what can happen when you get laid off and make the best of it. There’s life beyond this industry. Actually, only there. Lemonade.
WTF of the day: First I found ten Euros on the streets. Then THESE fellas send me a big
package of spicery, sauces and awesome - to an address where I don’t live anymore for
over ten years.
So either these guys are really fucking late with their orders or somebody is
trying to be funny. Either way, as I certainly didn’t order anything from those fine people,
I just say Thank You for the chili-ketchup. Finally I come home and find a book in my mailbox, wrapped as a gift - with no sender. Unexpected. It’s like the universe finally is okay with the decisions I made lately. It’s about freaking time, universe.
We’ve come a long way.
Speaking about food Feran Adria practically has no home, always thinks, never rests, just cooks. Interview with a maniac. From 2006, but still inspiring. Via H.O.M.E. mag.
Insane animation tests. Tracked with PFHoe Pro. Man, you got to be kidding me.
Design case: The Holy Bible in a Moleskin version might just be what the Vatikan needs.
What kills businesses: lazyness, mostly. Copying signs your death warrant afterwards.
We knew it. Great article over at Hadelsblatt.com.
Handsome AND smart: Stefan Niggemeier interview at dctp.com. Also online: Sascha Lobo talks about himself. For proper 40 minutes. If you really hate your life, you’re welcome.
Exactly two years ago I was sitting in a bar in Hamburg with a fellow copywriter thinking about how it was time to start a green agency. Of course we never realized it. Because we are idiots. Somebody else did. Fair enough.
You think winter in Berlin sucks? Try good ol’ Russia.
All the most incredible pictures of 2009 - and some more. The Big Picture at Boston.com.
Copywriter Bob Bly makes a point by posting what he won’t and will do for free for you.
It may sound tacky but I know how he feels. I was recently asked to come up with a claim for a multi-million Euro Start Up, you know, as a favor, but only if I had nothing else to do at night.
Think about it, these people have so much money they could hire a team of scientists to grow a genetically enhanced leprechaun in a lab who then builds a massive claim out of solid gold yet they ask you to do it for free.
Because it’s 2010 and things need to change - again - this is the guitar I’m going to buy. Isn’t she a pretty thing?
To see what a man with his guitar can do in times of need check out this little film of a guy called Josh Wilson who lightened up the spirits of a lot of people while stuck at the Newark airport a few days ago. Nice one, Josh.
I discovered a really, realy, really cool German actress around Christmas, while sitting on the couch with my mom watching TV. I will not admit what kind of movie it was. Let’s just say my mom enjoyed it a lot. And Paula Kalenberg made it worth my while.
Finally: Thanks to Björn (Studio314), his girlfriend and all the good people of the Wiener Straße for an awesome New Years Eve. Good times. And thanks to Jochen for the Zimtschnecken.
PS: It’s not that you fall. It’s how you land.
