Timely

Saw this poster on another blog.

via swissmiss

Simply Cool

Paul Newman, Steve McQueen, Mick Jagger, Clint Eastwood, Elvis, Clark Gable, plus motorcycles. Awesome post from The Selvedge Yard.

The Last Advertising Agency on Earth

Via the always reliable denveregotist.

Up and at them!

Brilliance.

Barcelona Poster

Poster was designed by me, Walter Soza. Hope you like it. You can buy it here.

For another version, click here.

Snow at White Rock Lake. Dallas, Texas

I took these photos on Sunday, March 21, 2010 the second day of Spring. Snow? wtf….The photos are taken with a Nikon D-90.

Holy Soccer Team!

In honor of the World Cup 2010, here’s a design the good folks at SimianSoul* have come up with. To purchase this totally awesome gem of a tee, go to my SimianSoul site or just click here.

*SimianSoul is the product division of SozaDesigns. The SozaDesign company, name and logo and the SimianSoul company, name and logo are all under the ownership of Walter E. Soza. All Rights reserved. © Copyright Walter Soza, 2010

Art & Copy Film

More than a year after it’s Sundance screening, Art & Copy is making it’s way back to Dallas —yea! (Art & Copy was one of the films featured on last year’s AFI film festival — we blogged about it last summer)

The Dallas Ad League will have a screening of it on Tuesday, March 30 2010, 7:00pm - 10:00pm at The Studio Movie Grill, on Royal and 75. Below is an excerpt taken from the Art & Copy website.

SYNOPSIS

Art & Copy is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray (SURFWISE, SCRATCH, HYPE!), it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for “Just Do It,” “I Love NY,” “Where’s the Beef?,” “Got Milk,” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion.

Brand "Frags

The following quiz is taken from an article found @ Issue Magazine. (@ Issue. The Journal of Business & Design. Volume 8 no. 1)

Brand “Frags”

In 1984 design planner and theorist Jay Doblin of the respected Doblin Group noticed how brands have become paramount to corporate identity in the minds of consumers. To illustrate the power of effective brands, Doblin created a quiz out of fragments of national and global logos, which he flashed on a screen a few seconds at a time. Doblin called the quiz “Frags.” Here we’ve updated Doblin’s 28-year-old quiz with some contemporary logos. See if you can name the brands based on the close-up portions shown. You will probably be surprised by how many you can identity — a compelling argument for why distinctive graphic branding, applied often and consistently is key to a strong identity program.

Note: I have updated some of the logos found on the @ Issue “Frags” quiz. Also, if you do not have copies of @ Issue Magazine, I strongly suggest you get some. Extremely informative and very well designed.

To get a larger view of this quiz, click on the image.

Eye Candy. Sony

Beautiful ad. Blurb on  youtube: This project was created to show off SONY’s new HD television systems and is being broadcast in SONY stores everywhere.



UPDATE

Thanks to the talented Mr. Robert Manly for sending this info. Here are the credits for the Sony “Eye Candy” video:

Client: Sony Electronics
Video Program Manager: Lisa Gonzalez

Agency: chickINchair Productions
Executive Producer: Kim Tierney

Live Action Production Company: Superfad
Director: Will Hyde
Director of Photography: Martin Ahlgren Production Designer: Jason Puccinelli Wardrobe Design/Stylist: Heidi Meek Make Up: Bryin Smoot Line Producer: Scott Ludden

Design & Animation: Superfad
Executive Creative Director: Will Hyde
Creative Diretor: Carlos Stevens
CGI/VFX Director: Dade Orgeron
3D Artists: Tom Oakerson, Phiphat Pinyosophon, Andrew Butterworth, Yas Koyama, Alex O’Donnell, Dimitri Luedemann, Billy Maloney
Compositors: Tom Oakerson, Paulo Dias, Loren Judah, Dorian West, Sohee Sohn, John Stanch, Soyoun Lee, Dimitri Luedemann, David Holm
Editors: Ryan Haug
Flame Artist: Andy Davis
Head of Production: Chris Volckmann
Executive Producer: Rob Sanborn
Music: Matt Hutchinson

from http://www.cgnews.com/2010/03/superfad-directs-eye-candy-for-sony-bravia/