Kit·Blog Notes

Mihai Ovidiu Popa (aka Spargluna, aka Psalmplasma) shots Tokyo like a mash-up of Matrix, Gattaca and Blade Runner. Don’t miss it.

Liviu David (CD Next, ex-CD D’arcy) — one of the most unpretentious top professionals I know — writes on IQads About Modesty [link in Romanian] and sums up what makes the Romanian advertising industry rotten: incompetent arrogance.

Following Liviu David’s article, Lucian Georgescu of Gav Scholz & Friends re-iterates similar opinions — the youngest adman wannabes have certain attitude problems — while looking back at industry’s development over the years. [links in Romanian]

Read The Secret of Apple Design “The inside (sort of) story of why Apple’s industrial-design machine has been so successful.” and What If Apple Is Bad for Design?. Judge for yourself.

Big fat laugh seeing Top 10 Star Wars t-shirts on The Daily T-Shirt Blog. My favorites are Boo Boo Walker and Ping Pong Vader.

Not even Susan Sarandon could save this one. Irresistible (5.6 on IMDB, trailer) starts like a ghosts flick, turning into a “Luke, I’m your father” affair — total genre mix-up. If not a hardcore Susan Sarandon fan, avoid.

Expectations set to zero — this is the secret ticket to enjoying movies you randomly picked because the intended one was sold out. Next (6.1 on IMDB, trailer) is no exception. If really pedantic, consult How To Tell If You’re Watching A Bad Nicolas Cage Movie guide first.

Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (ranked with a delirious 7.8 on IMDB, trailer) is Lord of the Rings, but with pirates. A bit too much entertainment, even for a Saturday night.

The judging for LogoLounge Book 4 has been completed, I am told. Judges this year: Louis Lygo of Wolff Olins, Jerry Kuyper of Jerry Kuyper Partners, Jason Schulte of Office, Gaby de Abreu of Switch Branding & Design, Haley Johnson of Haley Johnson Design, Neville Brody of Research Studios, Janet Martin of Communication Arts, Inc., and Chris Campbell of Interbrand. Congratulations to Founder Bill Gardner and Editor Cathy Fishel for this new baby.