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  • Learn Guitar With David Brent

    May 15th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    Now that NBC's so-so version of The Office is ending, Rick Gervais (who was an Executive Producer on the show) is resurrecting the great David Brent from the original and far superior British version of the sitcom. He'll be launching a series of guitar tutorials on YouTube starting May 20th. Subscribe to Gervais' YouTube channel to see it first.

  • Hate Heat Maps Provide Even More Evidence Why Living in Colorado Is Tops

    May 15th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    Monica Stephens, an assistant professor at Humboldt State, analyzed 150,000 geo-located tweets from June last year to this April to show where people are using Twitter to voice off homophobic and racist slurs. Called the Geography of Hate, the Tweets were then heat mapped across the country. Aside from a little heat around racist terms, Colorado came out relatively clean.

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  • An Update from Denver's (Busy) Amélie Company

    May 15th, 2013 / Comments (5)

    Most agencies these days have their nose to the grindstone with little time to look up. We're always trying to get a peek at who's doing what. Starting alphabetically, we bugged Amélie Company to see what they've been up to in the last few months. Here's a taste:

    Delta Dental Brush With Me campaign — Delta Dental's philanthropic program to get parents to brush kids' teeth from ages 0-3. Amélie created the name, branding and the website with the help of 303 Software. The accompanying TV spot presents with the appalling stats from children's tooth decay. Produced by Futuristic Films. Rounding out the dental concepts is an ambient giant tooth coated in dry erase paint — kids can mark it up, then 'brush' off the mess with giant toothbrushes.

    Colorado Dept. of Transportation's Motorcycle Safety campaign returns this year, advocating the use of helmets and gear. This set of three posters written in motorcycle-speak artfully aims at moto-geeks.

    DRCOG's Way to Go campaign, produced last fall, aims to increase carpooling and ride-sharing, while reducing the number of SOVs (single occupant vehicles) on the road. Photographs by John Johnston.

  • The Making Colorado Creative Team Has Been Chosen

    May 15th, 2013 / Comments (11)

    One month ago, the State of Colorado started accepting applications for the “Making Colorado Creative Team” — a 12-person collective of the state’s best creative thinkers that will work on an initiative created by Gov. John Hickenlooper to help redefine how the world sees and hears about Colorado.

    Dave Schiff, founder of Made Movement, has made his selections for the team. The following 12 participants will be developing concepts to be presented to the public for feedback and eventual execution. Quality crew. Go get 'em, you guys.

    Todd Berger – Designer, Berger & Föhr
    Justin Fuller – Co-Founder, Good Apples
    Mona Hasan – Senior Copywriter, CP+B
    Evan Hecox – Artist & Designer, Freelance
    Chris Holder – UI/UX Designer & Developer, CO Dept of Labor & Employment
    Marcus Jimenez – Partner/Principal, Huemanitas
    Delaney Keating – Owner/Creative Director, RoShamBo
    Camille King – Art Director, Karsh Hagan
    Ramzy Masri – Designer, Made Movement
    Katherine McCoy – Design Consultant & Education, McCoy & McCoy
    Jared Rippy – Graphic Designer, Freelance
    Joshua Wills – Creative Director, Factory Design Labs

  • #ShitToHit: Wednesday Nights, June-August – Beverage Counselor with Bartender-in-Residence @ MCA Denver

    May 15th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    MCA Denver is doing summer camp-themed nights this summer and Wednesdays look especially good. Denver’s top bartenders drop by to "counsel campers" on the art and craft of a tasty cocktail. Each beverage counselor will create signature drinks on the outdoor rooftop bar on Wednesday evenings from 5–9pm, June-August. We'll be camped out, see you there.

  • New Logo for 21st Century Fox

    May 15th, 2013 / Comments (3)

    Because of legal battles and shareholder anger over the phone hacking scandal by its British tabloid newspapers, Rupert Murdoch's megacorporation NewsCorp is currently going through the process of splitting into two parts. As such, most of NewsCorp's entertainment and TV properties, including the Fox Entertainment Group, Fox News and 20th Century Fox, will be split off from its publishing assets into a separate company — which will now become 21st Century Fox.

    It's still up in the air as to how it will be used, but here's the new identity for that company. We hope it doesn't replace the iconic music and visual introduction 20th Century Fox has used to precede movies since, well, forever. It's too precious to let go of.

    What do you think of the new design from Pentagram?

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  • #SiteLaunch: Monigle

    May 15th, 2013 / Comments (5)

    It must new-website season for Colorado agencies, because they're rolling off the digital presses at a maddening pace right now. Add Denver branding agency Monigle to the list. There aren't a ton of technical tricks with this one, but it does deliver the big-brand work they're doing in a clear, professional way — though the marketing jargon does get a little thick at times.

  • Actually, You Can Make Something Creative With Stock Video

    May 15th, 2013 / Comments (0)

    Getty and AlmapBBDO prove it in this new film, titled '85 Seconds.' This had to be painstaking to assemble.

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