Zombie Survival Guide iPhone App
New York interactive agency Honest launched an iPhone app for Max Brooks’ series of zombie books, such as “The Zombie Survival Guide”. Although it’s a fairly basic app the execution and details are well done.
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Serenading Unicorn
“Can a singing unicorn with a platinum perm help make the world a sweeter place? We think so. EVB is proud to introduce Juicy Fruit’s Serenading Unicorn. He’s here to sweeten your friend’s day with timeless classics from Michael Bolton, Boyz II Men and Culture Club.”
The Serenading Unicorn was created by EVB (Evolution Bureau), Partizian Productions, and Jim Henson Creature Shop
Alice for the iPad
This will give a whole new twist to reading books to your kids with an added layer of interactivity and illustration.
The Digital Invaders
The Digital Invaders is a new interactive site promoting digital agency Grupo W’s creative school located in Saltillo, México. The site is full of fantastic animation and illustrated characters.
View some of Grupo W’s other award winning work on The FWA.
Via Ventilate.ca
Flame It
StruckAxiom just launched a new campaign, Flame It, for DreamWorks new movie “How To Train Your Dragon” that lets users unleash a firestorm of attacks on their friends Facebook page or any website.
One Bit Experience
Leon Hong and Camile Orillaneda run a small design studio One Bit Increment in central California where they recently launched a hand-made interactive experience crafting a paper forest, buffalo in search of potatoes, hedgehogs ready to be squished. Taking the experience one step further they’re using sunrise / sunset and weather data to mimic the Los Angeles weather.
Read more about the process of making the experience at their blog - One Bit Wonder.
VIV Mag Interactive Feature Spread - iPad Demo
Fantastic example of how motion, interaction, and editorial content can come together to create digital content. Sure this might take far more time than a standard content layout, but if a publisher can create one to two of these featured mixed in with well designed content this will take off.
Together with co-directors Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung, we produced a motion magazine cover and feature spread for Viv Mag - an all digital magazine, which would allow us to create content that will be able to live on the iPad and other tablet devices where digital magazines can live.
Via Josh Spear, Trendhunting (you might want to bookmark this site)
Avatar Interface Design—Neil Huxley
Inventing Interactive has an incredible interview with interactive art director Neil Huxley who was hired by VFX house Prime Focus to design all the interface elements for the futuristic displays. Avatar was Neil’s second movie to work on VFX after Gamer in 2009, and prior to that he had primarily art directed movie title screens and created educational interactive work for museums and galleries.
All of the scenes were created using Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects and then incorporated into 3ds Max and Maya. In all he had 7 months to create the visuals for the movie along with a team six After Effects animators and a few cg artists.
After Avatar picked up an Academy Award for visual effects I’m certain Neil Huxely’s work will be in high demand.
Read the interview with Neil Huxley | Inventing Interactive on the movie Avatar | Prime Focus’ press release on the interface graphics
Newcastle Brown Ale
Interactive agency Struck/Axiom with offices in Salt Lake City, UT and Portland, OR recently relaunched the brand focused site for Newcastle Brown Ale (with the help of agencies Vitro Robertson and TWC). Their new approach uses almost nothing but beautifully shot video scenes and minimal text overlays. Impressive work!
Bank Run - Interactive Action Movie
Remember the Choose Your Own Adventure books as a kid? Bank Run is like combining one of those book, with the production quality of an action movie, and an interactive game. Interactive shop SilkTricky run by Chris Lund recently launched this site along with part II that’s playable as an iPhone game.
Go ahead. Kill some time on this site. It’s worth it.
