What do you think? Good or bad move?

We’ve seen the little guy transform over the years from illustrations to animation, here’s a few samples:

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According to some people the technique of hand painted advertising is making a come back, but it’s hard to believe it when we live in such a fast paced society where a 20 foot billboard can be printed off and hung within a few hours.

Apparently the larger companies are willing to fork out the big bucks because it’s authentic and it creates a spectical in the city or a “buzz.” I can definately understand that, since you can actually watch the image appear over a period of time, while the guys are dangling above the city in their rigging.

I am blown away by the skills they have. Unfortunately I don’t think those skills will be passed on to too many more people in the future if their industry really does die.

So next time you think of designing a billboard, why not think of the artists and get it hand painted for a change!

Check out the documentary here:

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The web development team at Cowie and Fox recently launched their latest and greatest interactive project: the 2010 Legacies Scrapbook. The 2010 Scrapbook, focused on strengthening arts, healthy living accessibility and volunteerism, uses innovative touchscreen technology to connect diverse communities from all over the province.

The interactive scrapbook, like the other touchscreen projects C&F has done for Quigg Group and Oru for Fairmont Pacific Rim, it is designed to accessibility standards and can be displayed publicly on a large scale, or privately on your own computer. It uses Flash, and it uses it well. It’s user friendly, search engine friendly and easily updatable with dynamic content drawn from a Content Management System. Those of you who are more technical will also appreciate that it’s deep-linking, mirrored to html content, programmed in ActionScript 3 with a backend api that integrates with a content management system built on the PHP Symfony Framework.

Because of all of the exciting events taking place in BC the site is always growing. By running the touchscreens off of a USB memory stick that is connected to a local database, the touchscreen version of the scrapbook can stay current by automatically syncing with the online version as soon as it’s plugged into an internet connection, making frustrating updates a thing of the past.

It’s awesome. But don’t just take our word for it, check out the video demo at “2010 Legacies Now” or launch the website by clicking here.

This is Lance interacting with the website on the touch screen.

Check out the Legacies Now 2010 Scrapbook »

Well ok, so we know that this winter in Vancouver hasn’t exactly been a frigid one, but you’d be hard-pressed to find someone who wouldn’t jump at the chance to escape to Jobbie’s Surf Camp, Costa Rica. Jobbie’s website, created by the Cowie and Fox interactive team, masterfully combines an original logo, brand and look-and-feel to create an awesome site that is totally representative of Jobbie’s carefree philosophy.

Whether you’re an avid surfer, yogi, or just looking to have fun, Jobbie will be there to ensure your trip is nothing short of supernumberonegoodtimes…

Visit Jobbie website »

I’ve discovered a brilliant crafty exploration, showing Arial vs. Helvetica side-by-side. You’ll notice that in most cases Helvetica is the simpler, more elegant of the two. (see the angles of the r, t and c).

You might also noticed that there’s only 10 characters listed here, is it because all the others are identical? Some investigation needs to take place! Anyone up for the challenge?

(image via: google.com)