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Back again

Man…. it seems ages ago since my last post. OK, without the exaggeration… two months. Well, a lot has happened and here’s the great news: I just started my own business!!!!!!
So, finally, after years of hesitation and indecisiveness the decision is there and I can call myself Owner, CEO, CFO, General Manager, Global Group Creative Director, Head of Sales Devision, Receptionist and Head of Catering of Make It Heppener! (or as Marc Zugerberg of Facebook was going to put on his business card: I’m CEO Bitch)

Wondering what I’m doing? Check my website www.benheppener.nl. This will soon carry my business name Make It Heppener.
It’s been extremely busy (and that’s good news for a start up) so inspirationspam suffered from that. But enough talk about me, let’s get back to the blogging.

Published on 12/04/2011 in brands, design - graphic, design - web, film, graphic design, motion design and motiondesign. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

On the first day of Christmas…

So, how much does Christmas cost us? Twenty-seven years ago, the chief economist at PNC decided to figure out how much it would cost to buy each of the gifts in “The 12 Days of Christmas“. It has become an economic tradition that continues to this day; The Christmas Price Index.

Continue reading ‘On the first day of Christmas…’

Published on 21/12/2010 in brands, concept, design - graphic, design - interactive, design - user interface, design - web, graphic design and motiondesign. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

20 Things I learned…

… about browsers and the web.
What’s a cookie? How do I protect myself on the web?

And most importantly: What happens if a truck runs over my laptop? For things you’ve always wanted to know about the web but were afraid to ask. This online digital guide/book, published by Google Chrome, is a short guide for anyone who’s curious about the basics of browsers and the web.

Illutration: Christoph Niemann
Text/editor: Min Li Chan, Fritz Holznagel, Michael Krantz
Website: 20thingsilearned.com

Published on 24/11/2010 in design - graphic, design - interactive, design - user interface, design - web and graphic design. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , .

The People’s Supermarket

This is a new supermarkets concept: The People’s Supermarket; owned by the people, for the people. You can become a member, by being a member you dedicate a few hours per month as a volunteer, so the shop is ran by volunteers, that way it cuts on staff cost. Its a real cooperative and by being a member you have a say in how the shop is ran. Judge for yourself and check their mission video. Continue reading ‘The People’s Supermarket’

Published on 24/11/2010 in brands, concept, design - graphic, design - interior, experience, retail and supermarkt. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

Clean cleaner design

Cleaning and detergent products; how exiting is that? Not very, you’d expect from the design point of view. But in the household and personal care industry a lot has been happening over the years and design rules are changing.
Once one of the dirtiest industries, is now becoming clean. The big guy’s are catching up on the small pioneers and now health and the environment has become an important issue in big brands future strategies. Continue reading ‘Clean cleaner design’

Published on 23/11/2010 in brands, concept, design - graphic, design - industrial, design - packaging, design - product, environment and innovation. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , , .

#WeAreTheDestroyers part2

Here it is. This is what the fuzz was all about. In an earlier post I discussed the Twitter-campaign of Nike #WeAreTheDestroyers. Some more hints have been leaking in via twitter over the days.

We know now that last sunday a party was held  in Nike’s pop up store located underneath a railway arch in London’s Shoreditch all to help celebrate the launch of Nike Sportswear’s Destroyer jacket. Continue reading ‘#WeAreTheDestroyers part2′

Published on 16/11/2010 in advertising, brands, commercial, concept, design - graphic, film, photography and video clip. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

#WeAreTheDestroyers Destroy To Create

If you follow @nikesportswear on Twitter you might have noticed, they’re teasing us with a # (hash-tag) campaign: #WeAreTheDestroyers. They’re giving away bits and peaces of video and twitpics, but we still don’t know what it’ll lead to.

Continue reading ‘#WeAreTheDestroyers Destroy To Create’

Published on 15/11/2010 in advertising, brands, commercial, concept, design - graphic, film, photography and video clip. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .

French heraldry

French artist JULES JULIEN created 150 poster with one theme: “All those who imagine they are French, are making a mistake.” – Michel Colucci.
The way I see it is that this is a complaint to the populist politicians, with growing popularity in Europe, who share a xenophobic view of the world. And it’s telling us that it’s an illusion to think that we’re 100% Frensh, or Dutch, for that matter.
The posters are nice serie of iconic designs, a modern translation of traditional heraldry. Love it.

Check out the complete collection at frenchheraldry.com

THX Anneke Krull from I Love Illustration blog for tipping me.

Published on 21/09/2010 in art, design - graphic, graphic design and illustration. 0 Comments

Don’t click it

Since the beginning of internet we’ve learned that to get anywhere we have to use clicks. We got used to the fact that this is the way to navigate trough the interface. But from the technology point of view clicks aren’t really necessary to get from one place to the next. So is it our natural behavior that we click or is it something we’ve gotten used to it over time?
This is a web experiment testing the need of a click. But in this interface you won’t find any buttons. Instead you navigate the content in a different way. It takes a short while to get used to it, but you’ll get the hang of it.

www.dontclick.it

THX Rik.

Published on 31/08/2010 in concept, design - graphic, design - interactive, design - user interface, design - web, experience, innovation and technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

ED-Festival award winners

The 2010 edition of the ED-Festival has been held in Rotterdam from 27th to 30th May. For the fourth consecutive year, ED-Festival brings to life a unique event presenting the best communication design in Europe. The winners have been announced and  here’s a couple of my faforites.

AND MY ABSOLUTE FAFORIT is this animation from Paul Postma

Check the EDaward website for full details, credits and all winners.

Published on 01/06/2010 in design - graphic, design - interactive, design - packaging, graphic design, illustration and motiondesign. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , , , , .