Tag: visual stories

Social media and human beings share several things in common, such as the connections and sharing each depends upon.  Increasingly we also depend on visual cues and imagery.  In both the increasingly visual Web and in human vision, we experience an onslaught of rapid posting and processing of images to communicate news and information or to convince us to buy something or feel some way... Read More
The Whitehouse Communications team leads the way again in social media, this time with an innovative use of the visual Web to communicate and tell its story. Pete Souza, the official Whitehouse Photographer, started the week foreshadowing the story by sharing a series of photos on instagram.  The story was about the President's visit to South Dakota marking the 50th state visited... Read More
The dramatic growth of visual web has numerous ramifications, including how we think about and implement visual communications strategies for business.  Recently, a series of “developments” occurred that merited some thoughts as part of the series of posts on visual communications.  The series explores questions about what visual communications strategies should consider and look like as... Read More
Over the past year and a half of delivering social and communications consulting services, I have had the pleasure to travel to Italy, and specifically Milan, on several occasions.  I have made new friends and met in real life with a long time Web friend.   Ive done some photography along the way too…not to mention just adored my experiences and time there.  As you know, Milan is one of the... Read More
Throughout history, visual communications have been with us-- as a language and used to tell stories -- more than simply an “asset” to lure viewers or to make a news feed more “attractive”.  As Geoff Livingston notes, visuals are more than snackable content. I suspect that the visual web and 'a-camera-in-everyones’- pocket' leads us to a place where visuals become a language of... Read More
This is a quick and fun post...sorry the pics aren't better but they were high up on pillars with lights shining on them.  Look carefully Talk about visual storytelling!  There are so many stories in these Dolce & Gabbana advertisements.   I just think they are fun to look at and think about.  How many stories can you count?   You can read more about it here....but I think... Read More