Creative Swell Blog

Snail Mail Marketing

// March 1st, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Article, Blog, Branding, Featured Articles

Published in the Small Business section of the January 12th edition of the WSJ was an article on Snail Mail Marketing. Most of us with marketing degrees that graduated after 2001 would probably just pass this article up, “Snail Mail” is a very cliche (often dirty) word in today’s world of Digital Media Marketing. The term “Snail Mail” refers to the (sometimes costly) production of marketing materials sent via regular mail to thousands (or millions) of households.

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T-Shirt Wars!

// February 16th, 2010 // No Comments » // Article, Blog, Entertainment, Featured Articles

Check out this creative T-Shirt Wars video from Rhett and Link. More than 220 individually designed t-shirts were created for this video. You can even purchase the very same shirts they wore in this video or design your own. Just click the jump link and check out the video!

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What’s the iPad really worth?

// February 12th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Article, Blog, Featured Articles

Apple has plenty of buzz surrounding their new hybrid device – the iPad – which was unveiled last month. The tablet is expected to devastate Amazon Kindle sales (and hard copy book sales) with its own apps store, bookstore and gaming capabilities. So what is this coveted iPad really worth? The guys over at iSuppli tore down the device and priced it out based on materials and manufacturing costs. Apple is selling the new device for  $499 but what does it cost Apple to manufacture? Check out the breakdown after the jump…you’ll be surprised.

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Hello my name is: CREATIVE SWELL

// February 3rd, 2010 // No Comments » // Article, Blog, Branding, Featured Articles

While I’m a fan of shameless self promotion, ALDB (Andy Law Design Blog) was to be a temporary name until I had time to re-brand the blog (6 months later). Without further ado welcome to CREATIVE SWELL! CS will be a place for design inspiration, creative community and tutorials. We are driven by our readers so please tell us what you want…more contests?! interviews?! articles?! Tell us after the jump by leaving a comment.

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and the winner is…

// February 1st, 2010 // 4 Comments » // Blog, Contest, Entertainment, Featured Articles, Gear

Thank you all for entering my first contest (Win an iPod Nano) and making it a success. Check back for more contests and updated content every week. The winner of this contest was selected at random (using a list randomizer) based off the email addresses submitted, the winner will be contacted via that address and their first name posted below. Did you win? Find out after the jump. And the winner is…

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Inside South Africa

// January 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // Article, Blog, Entertainment, Featured Articles

This is a great intro video that will be seen by millions and millions of people during this years FIFA World Cup in South Africa(beginning June 9th and lasting for 4 weeks). The motion graphics are amazing and this video uses some of the latest effects, rendered with simple fly out shapes and great audio. If you like African themed into videos (kind of a niche market), you will love this one! Concept and creation by BIZQUIT DESIGN, click more to see the video! (more…)

“Kindle Prepare to Die” – iPad

// January 27th, 2010 // No Comments » // Article, Blog, Branding, Entertainment, Featured Articles, Gear, Tech

Well after years of speculation, mystery, rumors, gossip, trademarks, false domain registry and consumer brouhaha the Apple i…i…iPad is here! What, the heck? The iPad?!?! Oh well I guess we will just have to get over that one. This little plastic, chrome and glass device is going to change the world one more time and its not going to take years like the iPod. I could talk about features and functionality until my fingers are bleeding and your eyes develop cataracts but lets save us all time and pain with the official Apple iPad video(HD of course!). See the video and more photos after the jump.
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The BookBook Cover

// January 26th, 2010 // 1 Comment » // Article, Blog, Featured Articles, Gear

This is just about the closest I get to reading on an average day. The BookBook Cover by TwelveSouth is a hard back leather case for your MacBook 13″ or 15″ laptop. Cleverly disguise your computer as a really old book, no one would ever dare stealing because lets face it what thief can read? Buy this now for $79.99 from TwelveSouth. TwelveSouth creates a line of Mac accessories including the BassJump, SurfaceJump, BackPack, BookArc (featured by MacWorld) and few other new additions to the mac accessories family. See images of the BookBook case after the jump.

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Olympic Logo Design (2000-2012)

// January 26th, 2010 // 2 Comments » // Article, Blog, Branding, Entertainment, Featured Articles

…a look back and a peek at London 2012.

The Olympics are just around the corner so we thought we would share with our readers the past 10 years in Olympic Logo Design. It is very interesting to see how design styles have changed over the last decade and how each country uses color, style and typography in their designs. If you’d like to read more on Olympic design check out our posting of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Medal Design. Check them out after the jump.

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Bumptop Desktop in Action!

// January 21st, 2010 // No Comments » // Article, Blog, Cool Site, Featured Articles, Freebies, Tech

Every month I see newly released software for the mac. Typically these gimmicky software additions are no more useful than braille on a drive-thru ATM. However, every so often I come across something that should ship with every new computer because it makes one’s life 0.00001% easier (in this case through organization). Okay I’m done with my rant, the software you should try (FREE for 30 days, $29 for the pro version) is called BumpTop from, you guessed it, Bump Technologies. (more…)