We mentioned a while back that we’re a bit addicted to Pinterest. So many pretty pictures, we can’t resist it! We love seeing which of our pins turn out to be the most popular, it is so fascinating to see what resonates with people. In this vein we thought people might be interested to see […]
As you may be aware salonMonster experienced some downtime on Sunday evening and we have been working around the clock to resolve the issues related to this. We wanted to explain to you what occurred and what we are doing to improve salonMonster so that this won’t happen again and if it does that it […]
Hairy Jam, an exciting new hair industry event premiers this weekend here in Vancouver. We’re super excited, it sound like it’s going to be great! We were able to catch up with the event’s organizer, Jim Dreichel, to ask him a few questions about the project. So, what is Hairy Jam? Hairy Jam is a […]
I’m a fan of creative advertising and marketing. I’m a lot more likely to remember your message if you make me laugh. These ads from Pantene all made me chuckle: Dandruff prevention Dandruff salt shakers … brilliant! Although I don’t feel like salting my meal anymore. Door Handle A clever way to advertise the […]
We’re loving these amazing photographic works by Naia del Castillo entitled Portraits y Dialogues. They’re such effective pieces and really make a statement. It’s incredible how simple yet powerful they are. Naia was born in Bilbao in 1975. She graduated with a specialization in Sculpture at the University of Fine Arts of the Basque Country […]
We’ve been in Sydney Australia the last few days and have been having a blast. One of the highlights has to have been our visit to the Aesop store on Oxford street in the lovely neighbourhood of Paddington. It’s a shame that more cosmetics companies don’t have this much style, it’s so inspiring. Their product […]
I absolutely love the use of tree trunks as mirror supports in the Ricort hair salon designed by the architect Teruhiro Yanagihara. Located in a clinical white Tokyo commercial building the space is designed to create the feeling of a fictional garden that leads you into a metaphorical cottage. I imagine the contrast with the […]
We have decided not to post a blog today in support of the protests agains the Protect-IP (PIPA) and SOPA protests. Instead, we ask that you watch this video about the risk that these acts pose to the internet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHj2djD1130
While catching up on some of the great coverage of this years CES (Consumer Electronics Show) we stumbled across this really awesome looking new company called Liquipel. Their promise is simple, send them your smartphone (and about $60) and they’ll coat your phone with their liquipel product to completely waterproof it inside and out! […]
I’m digging the cheeky copywriting and attitude of Crop Hair Boutique‘s branding by ReThink Communincations. With slogans like “From now on you’ll be mistaken for your hotter twin” and “Help us help your hair help you get laid” how can you not love it? I’m always a sucker for buttons and they have […]