Award submissions can be tedious affairs. The prospect of preparing all those facts and figures to prove ROI and effectiveness. The pages and pages of do’s and don’ts. The sometimes nonsensical category choices. Well here’s some good news. If you’ve longed for some straightfoward awards that exist solely to reward a bloody good idea, you’ve [...]
Posts under ‘Digital Inspiration / Creative’
The Language of Computers
If you went back to 1973 and brought someone into the future they wouldn’t have a frickin’ clue what everyone was talking about. I like computers and I like language. So one of the things I like when you put computers and language together is the language of computers (or digital strictly speaking).
I’m not talking [...]
Design Inspiration from the New Girl
It’s not easy being the new girl. Except, quite fortunately, when you join a lovely agency like Swamp. Like-minded people, homemade mince pies on tap – it’s a greedy copywriter’s heaven.
By way of saying thank you (and hello to those I haven’t met yet) I’ve put together a list of my top five design and [...]
Cigarette Lighter Graffiti Art
I love this cigarette lighter graffit art, created by Parisian artist Olivier Kosta-Théfaine.
He burns patterns into the ceiling with a cigarette lighter. Enjoy
Photo Source: Work: Olivier Kosta-Thefaine, Photo: Cripta747
Photo Source: Work: Olivier Kosta, Photo: A. Bouvy
Close-up:
Photo Source: Olivier Kosta-Thefaine
Photo Source: Work: Olivier Kosta-Thefaine, Photo: Cripta747
Cheeky swampy nakedness in deepest darkest Holbeck
Three caricatures in cheeky naked poses
Lisa, Alex and Robbo
Now adorn the great stone walls
(covered with plasterboard may I add)
Of Templeworks where fabled sheep munched on the roof
And disclaimers were signed upon entry
(this flaky building may attack at Random)
And Dan’s girlfriend sold the cutest stuffed things ever
The largest room in the world (they said)
Guarded by a [...]
My dear, is this art?
So, I went to the Tate Modern this weekend- it was great fun!
I experienced the Pop Life exhibition, squinted in admiration as I tried to spot the fish in Salvador Dali’s The Mountain Lake and scratched my head in bewildered at some Paul McCarthy video art; but what made my brain whirr the most [...]
What are you then?
Walking into work at Swamp is a bit like opening a box of chocolates. Or life I suppose.
You never know what you’re going to get.
The latest exhibition of artwork to greet Swampies as they walk through reception is a series of very personal works by Huddersfield artist Amanda Spawforth, exploring the identities we give ourselves [...]
swamp assists Econsultancy with their latest guide to Effective Web Design
We’re excited to see the latest Econsultancy Effective Web Design Guide has been published, and even more excited that swamp have been mentioned in it! We’ve been working with Yorkshire Water for quite a while and discussed with Econsultancy how, when developing the Yorkshire Water website, we used search and analytics data to develop a [...]
Emotional mind control through stunning VFX
I’ll be honest, I’m a sucker for adverts, you could pretty much flog me a dead horse if it came with a free Parker pen; but what you are about to see will make every other advert (ever) fade into insignificance.
Unconsciously it makes you pull one of those ‘aww, look at the kitten cuddling the [...]
The Future of Web Design
I went to “Future of web design”, a conference last week with speakers from Clearleft (Paul Annet), Erskine Design (Simon Collison), Magnetic North (Brendan dawes) and Microsoft. I found it interesting and inspiring and would love to share a few points!
User Experience in Web Design
One of the main themes from the day was the increasing [...]
