Guerilla Marketing: Best Of…

From a blog I listed last week as one I turn to for frequent inspiration, Francesco had outdone himself with this compendium of 80 terrific guerilla marketing tactics. As a big fan of street art, I think there is a very fine line between it and guerilla marketing. I also find it interesting that one is commonly accepted while the other is often looked upon with scorn (admittedly, I’m not a fan of mindless graffiti scribbling). I guess society finds corporate messaging more palatable than artistic endeavors.

Awesome Design Inspiration

So we all turn to different places for inspiration from time to time, and over time I’ve come to realize that there are a number of blogs that I visit more frequently than others. Some of these, in fact, I visit daily. Enjoy:

http://blogof.francescomugnai.com/
Today this blog has a feature on the works of Banksy, my all-time favorite street artist. But there’s much more cool stuff and thought here than that.

http://www.smashingmagazine.com/
No surprises here to anyone actively involved in the Web design business.

http://ffffound.com/
Not a design site, per say, but rather “a web service that not only allows the users to post and share their favorite images found on the web, but also dynamically recommends each user’s tastes and interests for an inspirational image-bookmarking experience!!” Emphasis is theirs, and I’ll forgive the double exclamation points because I like their site that much!!

http://www.coolhunting.com/
Objects, videos and other cool stuff that you could buy (they’re not selling it) if you were rich and fabulous enough. 

http://www.everyoneisanartdirector.com/
I might go so far as to call this site “edgy.” Artistic endeavors served fresh every day. 

 

Environmentally-friendly street art

This remarkable street artist makes beautiful images by taking something away from walls…dirt.