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Karma Enlightenments 2
Ladies and Gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts:
Over the next couple of days you may experience some srange shifts and turbulence in the value we call Karma!
We’re adjusting the Karma system, trying to determine the ideal factors to have the BEST of you lead the Karma position. And by best we mean: best for the [...]
Tiny relaunch: we’re getting better at Facebook. 0
Thanks to Jeroen, We have finally cleaned up our facebook representation, which had been sitting there undisturbed much like sleeping beauty in her overgrown castle.
Time to wake up and stretch!
The facebook page is the main jovoto representation on facebook. Become our fan to help us out of the misery of having so embarrassingly few!
Becoming [...]
Real 3D 1
Forget about Avatar, forget about alice in Wonderland and YES also forget about the geeky 3d glasses.
Good morning future. Imagine somebody prints out a 2d print, and then suddenly buildings pop off from that print. Showing you exactly what the structure of – for instance – the building will look like. This technology really gives [...]
The one and only ipad commercial 2
Tadaa. And here it is, the first official commercial for the Ipad. Aired yesterday during the Oscars. We will be seeing them a lot i guess heading for the ipad release in – late april – in Germany. It’s pretty much what you would expect from apple. Visually, it showes a variety of features, point-of-view on iPad’s [...]
The power of packaging #2 0
Doing packaging design for tools doesn’t really sound like the most inspirational thing to do. But when you start using nature as metaphors for the design it’s getting more and more interesting.
A hammer, an hammerhead shark
A Saw, an crocodile
A garden hose, an elephant
Designer Marc Monguilod from Barca really did a great job with these packages, [...]
Something about Trolls 0
So-called trolls are a constant in the history of net culture.
Luckily, the phenomenon is not very present on jovoto, but there’s just no way to ensure a 100% troll-free zone. Who are these people? And what do they want? That’s still quite a mystery, not only to us but also to researchers (yea, there’s actual [...]
Creativity can solve anything 0
You see an average of 5,000 ads every day. Lets be honest – Most of them suck – . A handful are good. Only a few look and feel like – and indeed really are – art. The most innovative advertising campaigns of our time and the creative rebels behind them are the fascinating subjects [...]
Latest Posts
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Contest winners Out of the closet
Tuesday March 2nd, 2010 0Absurd, bizarre, inspiring and funny. That’s what the Alain duchamps “out of the closet” contest was. After a bit of chaotic kick-off, were it wasn’t clear to everybody on the platform where this bizarre contest was all about, you – the community – once again delivered !
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Photo manipulation at its best
Monday March 1st, 2010 1While most people try to hide the fact they use photoshop to brush up their pictures, there are also artists who obviously distort images. Only in this case Erik Johansson does it so cleverly that you almost start believing in the amazing illusions he creates. Different from a lot of other digital artists Erik [...]
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Another new face in the office: Jonas
Monday March 1st, 2010 5Hello everyone !
For the upcoming weeks I’ll be the new intern at jovoto and am looking forward working with you.
I am currently studying advertisement in Berlin and have been interested in the arts
for the most part of my life.
In my spare time I observe my natural surroundings with the camera, enjoy writing short stories for
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30 Bizarre Examples of Defacing Money
Friday February 26th, 2010 0We’re almost ready here at the jovoto HQ to call it a day, and jump into the weekend. First some good stuff to get a smile on your face before finishing the day !
There are actually a lot methods of individual expression today as compared to any other period within history. Whether you select blogs, [...]