United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Harry Pearce and Jason Ching have designed a series of posters for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime that highlight the relative merits of drug treatment and rehabilitation around the world. The posters are a training tool specifically aimed at the Russian police, whose country has a particularly poor track record in drug treatment. The posters had to be eye-catching, easy to absorb and not reliant on language. The typographic solution built a simple world map from internationally recognised country abbreviation codes (GB, US, RU, etc). Eight variants were then designed, using colour coding and icons to provide comparative statistics around drug abuse, the incidence of HIV, Methadone and opioid maintenance therapies, and needle and syringe programmes. Read more at http://pentagram.com/en/new/2009/10/unodc-maps.php#more

Puma Jamaica Ad

McDonald's: Honor Angus

Thursday morning, September 24, all 13 digital billboards in Kansas City began to display headlines written by local McDonald’s customers for the new Angus Third Pounders. The two-word headlines, along with the names of their authors, cycled in 10-second increments during this 24-hour market-wide roadblock. More than 5,000 customer-written headlines were received online at honorangus.com and via text -- about 2,000 of those ran.

Conceived and executed by McDonald’s regional advertising agency, Bernstein-Rein (Kansas City), Honor Angus is based on the agency’s local Angus Third Pounder launch campaign that featured punchy, two-word static billboards.

See the website: http://www.honorangus.com/

Draper goes to Sesame Street

Stefan Sagmeister: The power of time off

"Every seven years, designer Stefan Sagmeister closes his New York studio for a yearlong sabbatical to rejuvenate and refresh their creative outlook. He explains the often overlooked value of time off and shows the innovative projects inspired by his time in Bali"

COMBO

Blu is at it again - COMBO a collaborative animation by Blu and David Ellis (2 times loop)

Don’t Kill Good Ideas

Paula Scher and the Geography of Design

A new interview with Paula Scher directed by Nicolas Heller and produced by Brian Collins for the Art Directors Club. She discusses her work and the reasoning behind them.

A la Carte Maps

A la Carte Maps provide a unique approach to traveling by combining guidebook, tourist map and a piece of art in one. No matter whether you travel for business or for leisure, with our "My City à la Carte" Maps you have a local friend in exciting cities all over the world. Not only will this friend provide you with the most important information about your city, he or she will also reveal the city's best-kept insider tips by writing them on a beautiful hand-drawn map.

Learn about it at http://www.alacartemaps.com/

Guitar Hero

The new brand identity for Guitar Hero is designed to receive a limitless number of visual treatments. This one was commissioned from Rick Valicenti of 3st.

Today, Guitar Hero releases Guitar Hero 5, setting the stage for the next evolution of Activision’s business growth: the introduction later this fall of Band Hero and DJ Hero. This required the company to reexamine its overall brand identity for the first time. Activision enlisted Pentagram to assist in this effort.
Read more at http://pentagram.com/en/new/2009/09/new-work-guitar-hero-1.php#more

The Beatles

World premiere of the official TV commercial for "The Beatles: Rock Band". Featuring the song "Come Together".

Mona Daly

I really like her illustrations. It has a childish fashion feel to it. Very cool!

Ogilvy & Mather

Ogilvy & Mather’s Guangzhou office has been selected as one of the recipients of the third annual China's Most Successful Design Award 2008, sponsored by FORTUNE China magazine and China Bridge International.

Designed by M Moser and Associates, Ogilvy & Mather’s office is the first interior design project to receive this award. Aiming to offer its current and future staff an environment that inspires creativity Ogilvy & Mather allowed M Moser to go all out with the theme “Carnival of Ideas.”

Brazilian Dreams of Os Gemeos

Skof - Ping Pong

By Saatchi & Saatchi, Auckland