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Design meets art

Wednesday, April 11th, 2007

We are literally just putting the finishing touches on our latest spot of branding. It’s for a South African financial client and is the fourth major piece of international business for the dogs this year. We were challenged by the client to create a brand visual look and feel that would feel really unique and […]

Usability, Schmoozability?

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

I was recently asked by .Net magazine to write an opinion article on a subject of my choice. Being true to myself, I chose something topical in our industry to duly receive a good dose of slagging off. The following is by no means my finite opinion on the subject, it’s just been written to […]

Monoface - Mutant faces untapped!

Friday, February 23rd, 2007

Sometimes there’s a technology based viral that just hits the mark. Monoface is such a viral. Brought to us from an agency out west in Minnesota, it marries humour and code seamlessly. Such a simple idea for a New Years greeting with such dynamic results. Damn, why didn’t we think of it first…
viral, […]

An exciting start to 2007

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Just when I thought I was going to be able to slack off for the first couple of weeks of 2007, we land a really large project. We were commissioned by a client late in December to organise a photo shoot with three models, some heavy post-production and quite a bit of collatoral to design […]

Merry Christmas from Firedog (Free gift included)

Friday, December 15th, 2006

After all of the recent press regarding the ‘outrage against non-Christmas cards‘ (Telegraph 10/12/06), we at Firedog thought it would be vitally important, and essential to the wellbeing of our future generations, to highlight the fact that Christmas is a festive holiday, full of cheer, kindness and it would never be the same if brussel […]

Max and Lara’s amazing travelling space circus

Friday, November 17th, 2006

The firedog blog has been quiet of late. It’s like that when you have heaps of work on, funnily enough. Well, I’ve managed to surface for a short while - hence the article. The reason for our busy-beeness? It’s down to us being overly creative again.
bbc, raw, literacy, kids book, […]

Same old music collection?

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

I’m always on the lookout for ‘when music meets technology’ and I think this is another good example. It’s a website called liveplasma.
liveplasma, digital music, genres