Museo Games Exhibition, Paris

I visited an exhibition held at the Musée des Arts et Metiers in Paris all about the history of video games over the last 40 years.

I learnt a little bit about the history of video games, but it's so brief that it's not particularly interesting. The exhibition was really there to re-play games-gone-by rather than to learn however. I think it was my first experience of seeing things that I used to have in a museum...except for the Spice Girls easter egg at the Museum of Brands, but we won't go into that! I have to say it was a bit surreal, I don't consider myself a "gamer" but I was pretty pleased/surprised to re-play RayMan!

One thing that caught my eye was this "Keaton vs Mario Scroll" (which i handily found on Youtube) which shows footage from Buster Keaton's "Seven Chances" (1925) and Super Mario Bros' videogames (1985 onwards).




Museo Games site

Mia's Website

I've been keeping an eye out for truly original website designs and I've definately found one.

Mia's website is mad. I don't think I have ever seen so many animated gifs at one time! I do however really love it. I felt like a hacker using the site, it feels like you have access to a personal computer and that you shouldn't really be using it.


Mia is well known for her political views. Recently she released "Born Free" which was accompanied by a video/short film directed by Romain Gavras which I know realise was acually working as a trailer for a film to be released in September this year, "Nortre Jour Viendra" or "Our Day Will Come".

Links :
miauk.com
dailymotion.com/
notrejourviendra.com/

Put Me to the Test - Stream London

I've now finished my third brief from my Put Me to the Test experiment given to me by direct marketing agency, Stream London.

Brief: Buddies are know to vets as the company that delivered the puppy pack - a free pack given to all owners of puppys/kittens. This good will means they can have POS in Vets promoting their pet insurance. The only real competitor in this environment is PetPlan. The proposition to pet owners is - Buddies - competitive pet insurance from the young pet specialists.

Target Audience: Owners of young pets (puppies, kittens)

Deliverable: Point of Sale Item

Deadline: One week

Solution:Sitting in the waiting room at the vets can be very boring especially for a family with young, restless children. My Point of Sale stand could hopefully add some fun to the long waits.

I wanted to make a POS stand that could be interacted with. The thought of the stands at the beach where the family put their heads through the holes and take a photo sprang to mind. Since the insurance is for puppies and kittens, I thought perhaps they could put their heads through the holes and the families at the vets can take pictures on their phones/digital cameras.

The idea behind the astronaut and biker suits was that the animals are ‘protected’ with Buddies insurance. ‘Insured pets have more fun!’ emphasises how insured pets are happier and healthier than uninsured pets.

I have added paw track stickers to the floor to encourage interaction with the stand.



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