If Madmen had the internet

There's something nice about taking new things and making them old. Really nicely art directed ads via

ADMA Awards Judging

This year i was fortunate enough to be selected as a creative judge for the 2010 ADMA Awards. Judging took place in Sydney, where alongside some very highly respected creative directors we picked the best work of the year. Here are some behind the scenes pics of the judges at work;

Checking out a campaign by Commonwealth Bank

Hamish, Rebecca and Neil reviewing the video case studies


Dave Scott writing his thoughts

Selecting the finalists with red dots!

iPad just got a little cooler

Really nice video by Dentsu London showing what beauty you can create using an iPad and your digital SLR camera. You can read about it more here. Thanks to Only Dead Fish for the link.

Things look great from far away

I recently went on a trip back to my home city of Christchurch in New Zealand and everything was as i remember it. 2 weeks later the 2nd biggest earthquake NZ has ever seen struck the land and the hearts of my friends and family.

On a lighter note, look how beautiful it looks from space. NASA Colonel Douglas Wheelock, based on the International Space Station, claims to be the first space based twitterer and has specialised in turning out the kind of landscapes only astronauts can come up with.

He posted this picture 2 days ago not knowing the devastation that really lay below.