Wonderwall Inc. is an interior design firm established by Masamichi Katayama and they have the sickest portfolio I’ve seen in quite some time. Often flash sites push the barrier in navigation and in doing so many don’t come across as user friendly even for the web savvy.

I posted this over at DesignersCouch as an inspirational bit but I just have to talk about it further here. It’s really a strong come back by Ray-Ban because I haven’t seen them around for years. These ads gets them the attention they’re looking for.

Tim Brown says the design profession is preoccupied with creating nifty, fashionable objects — even as pressing questions like clean water access show it has a bigger role to play. He calls for a shift to local, collaborative, participatory “design thinking.”

It’s a joy for me to see the return of ‘What would you do for a Klondike Bar’ ad campaigns. I always thought they were funny and now they’ve returned with a refreshed sort of funny and with great execution. So what would YOU do for a Klondike bar?

Over the past week we’ve received some submissions for critique so I decided to put it all together in 1 post as ‘Critique Sunday’. Here I offer some critiques on the submitted designs that either give praises or some useful advice.

I consistently say this, and at risk of sounding like a broken record I must say it again. Ad campaigns for social causes are among the most inspiring and creative advertising being done today. Here’s WWF Germany: Ice Sculptures proving this.