TAG: cars
How a graphic designer and a typographer and their obsession with fonts and legibility led to a painstaking effort to clean up America’s road signs, one letter at a time.
Tags: design typography cars betterness transportation
Profero: "In August 2006 we launched a teaser campaign for the new MINI due to launch on 18 November. The campaign seeks to entice users to break from their daily surfing habits and join MINI for a random adventure into the World Wide Web."
Tags: advertising internet campaign cars
Say 'Hybrid' and Many People Will Hear 'Prius'
"One reason for the success of the Toyota Prius may be that buyers want everyone to know they are driving a hybrid."
Tags: cars culture marketing environment green
Google Maps + Google Video + Mashup - Claude Lelouch's Rendezvous
Google Maps mashup that follows Claude Lelouch's Ferrari around Paris.
Tags: video mashup google maps paris cars
"ParkAtMyHouse is a new service that provides affordable and penalty-free parking around public venues by enabling property-owners to rent out their empty driveways, garages, car parks and other spare pieces of land to drivers needing somewhere to park."
Ford is documenting their attempt to save the company.
Tags: branding business cars marketing blogs video
Attention, Buying a Car, and Control
Joshua Porter puts AttentionTrust in terms of buying a car.
Nothing To Fear From Executive Blogging
Bob Lutz of General Motors: "To any senior executive on the fence about starting a corporate blog, I have a word of advice: Jump."
Tags: corporateblogging business posted cars
Signal vs. Noise: "A "bud vase feature" is functionality outside the core purpose of a product that evokes emotion about the product, and allows the user to express their personality or character in their use of the product."
Tags: design software personality fun emotions ux posted cars
GasBuddy.com can help you find cheap gas prices in your city. It is comprised of 170 gas price information web sites that help consumers find low gasoline prices.
Hybrid-Car Tinkerers Scoff at No-Plug-In Rule
People are starting to hack their Prius' . . . cool
Tags: nytimes cars technology environment posted
Gene Kelly Busts a Move for VW (Video)
Awesome new VW ad that features Gene Kelly breakdancing
Tags: cars commercial video posted
Car morphs into robot, dances (Movie)
It's a very cold ad for a Citroen C4
Bizarre, but true, these guys took an NSX and made it look like a Ferarri
Tags: cars modifications
Official Rules for Calling Shotgun
I say you have to be in view of the car