Playpen

I meant to post this last week but was travelling and forgot. Take a look at the never-ending web page that Poke designed for the Orange Unlimited campaign “Good Things Should Never End”. Iain also posted some secrets about the site - goodies are hidden therein.

Lovely, silly animations by Rex and some smart little interactive toys too. Infuriatingly it really does seem to never end too - I keep trying to chase my scrollbar to the bottom but the fun just keeps coming.

Apart from it being a fantastic, playful time-waster it’s also perfectly aligned with the message. Nice.

[tags]animation, marketing, illustration, Poke, play, interactivity[/tags]

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My mate and erstwhile work compadre, Steve Scott, has finally updated his website with lots of new goodies. If you’re a fan of illustration and animation, check out is work. I just whiled away a nice chunk of precious time seeing what he’s been up to.

Don’t be fooled by the Australian domain name either - he’s living in London these days, so go hire him before someone else does!

[tags]steve scott, illustration, animation[/tags]

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One of my more brilliant ex-students, Gabi, just sent me this link to the very disturbing Têtes à Claques. It’s all in French and my schoolboy French isn’t so hot these days, but as far as I can make out it is a very amusing animation show. Gabi, who moved to Paris from Sydney a couple of years ago, tells me Têtes à Claques means ‘an ugly face that inspires you to hit the owner of the ugly face’, which I like the sound of (although Google reckons it’s ‘heads with opera hats’ - who knows?).

I’m sure everyone in the French speaking world already knows about it already, but hey, we do English and German around here so I haven’t seen it. Go check out the episode above for a taster.

(Yes, I know it’s got nothing to do with interactivity, but it’s late.)

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