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AIDS Out Life In
The global HIV/AIDS epidemic is an unprecedented crisis that requires an unprecedented response. In particular it requires solidarity -- between the healthy and the sick, between rich and poor, and above all, between richer and poorer nations. We have 30 million orphans already. How many more do we have to get, to wake up?
<div style="width:425px" id="__ss_4393553"><strong style="display:block;margin:12px 0 4px"><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/abhishekshah/aoli-aids-out-life-in" title="AOLI - Aids Out Life In">AOLI - Aids Out Life In</a></strong><object id="__sse4393553" width="425" height="355"><param name="movie" value="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/playerv.swf?doc=aoli-aidsoutlifein-100602152336-phpapp02-video&stripped_title=aoli-aids-out-life-in&autoplay=0" /><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"/><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"/><embed name="__sse4393553" src="http://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/playerv.swf?doc=aoli-aidsoutlifein-100602152336-phpapp02-video&stripped_title=aoli-aids-out-life-in&autoplay=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="355"></embed></object><div style="padding:5px 0 12px">View more <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/">videos</a> from <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/abhishekshah">Abhishek Shah</a>.</div></div>
Frozen By Fear
I read in a blog the other day how a recent neuroscience study showed that fear drives us more than we ever would care to admit. Makes sense. I don't think that comes as a shock to anyone. In fact, in this economy, everyone is in survival mode these days, for fear of losing everything they have worked so hard to obtain. Needless to say, this is not the best time to take risks.
Or is it?
Especially in business during economic downturns, those who learn to manage their fear have been able to turn lemons into some rather tasty lemonade, as it were. But those who do not, become paralyzed to do anything to promote their business.
When it comes to building businesses and brands, it's all about solutions and meeting needs. Everyone would agree the recession has changed society and culture to the point we can no longer look at the world the same way or go about doing about business as usual. That's just the nature of change and when things change, we all have to adjust.
This certainly opens the door for innovation, but not everyone will walk through it. Only the strong survive and I'm not just talking no guts, no glory here. No, this isn't merely about courage. This is about character. Character that says, if I truly have something to offer that's of any value, then discounting my brand is the last thing I should be doing right now. Character that says, everyone else is freaking out, but I'm going to stand strong knowing that this is just a test, and if I pass, I'll reap a reward for years to come, because my brand never stopped being relevant. If it did, then that's a discussion for another time, but the point I'm trying to make for everyone else is this: Failure seems to always follow its best friend, fear.
Business has always been about sowing and reaping and right now many are seeing the field as ripe unto harvest. So staff up and send your sales force out knowing that your return on investment is imminently at hand.
Moviemaking and Rocking Out in Vancouver
My blog, "Moviemaking and Rocking out in Vancouver" is where I write updates of my adventures as a filmmaker and a musician.
For the past seven years since I arrived to the Canadian west coast, I have worked for some of the world's top TV animation houses, rocked out with some of the best musicians Ive known and made movies with the help of a wonderful local indie film scene.
My goal? Seize life, have fun and leave something great to be remembered by.
http://javierbadillo.blogspot.com/
Come visit sometime.
2D animation is alive!
The most fun I've had working on an ad long distance. The client, a communications company in the Caribbean, hired a production company in Halifax, who in turn hired me to create it... I live in Toronto, as you might have read.
Communication was a bit of an issue during the first few stages, but thanks to the swift management chops from Curve Productions and our easy going relationship, we got it done!
More Logo Creations
If you're a marketer, I don't need to tell you the importance of a logo. If you're not a marketer here is a great article by Tara, a graphic designer in the UK: 6 reasons why a logo should cost more than your lunch
In any case, I truly enjoy creating them.. it could be because the creation will hold the identity for the company or product, be on business cards or the side of a building... or it could be the clean slate that most logo designs start with. Not every client, but many have approached me with nothing more than a name and sometimes even that was debateable - but that leaves the door open to so many options. What could be more fun to create!
Some options I did recently for a client..
Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC): Lynx (Feature Video)
Project: Series of (24) feature videos to introduce MEC's new line of bicycles
Client: Mountain Equipment Co-op
Role: Art Direction, Technical Direction, Animation
Team: Giant Ant Media, Jay Grandin (Creative Direction, Design, Animation), Derek Pante (Concept Design, Graphic Design, Animation)
CANADA'S WORLD
Project: Infographic for Canada's World, a discussion about issues that define the current global environment.
Client: Simon Fraser University's Centre for Dialogue
Role: Art Direction, Technical Direction, Animation
Team: Giant Ant Media, Jay Grandin (Creative Direction, Design, Animation), Derek Pante (Concept Design, Graphic Design, Animation)
