This piece by Saatchi & Saatchi, Italy, was done not to promote Rovio’s Angry Birds, but instead to help promote T-Mobile’s smartphone network. Seems a bit off-brand to mooch so heavily from an awesome game with only a tenuous tie-in to T-Mobile, but if pro sports players can appear in ads, why not giant ballistic birds?

Regardless, the impact on the crowd shows that it succeeded on at least some levels.

While the illustrations of British artist Peter Crawley may not at first glance look like anything you couldn’t do with an early copy of Adobe Illustrator and a plotter, what makes them truly unique is that each is actually a hand-made thread construction sewn through heavy-gauge watercolor paper.

Very fun branded content from Intel to build buzz around their i5 CPU

Some fascinating underwater footage from a small austrian park that floods with mountain runoff.

Something about this anatopism of underwater meadow complete with fish has inspired a lot of people to take footage of this park and set it to tranquil minimalist soundtrack as seen in the following clip I found first via Devour.

I can’t seem to track down who originally posted these but judging by the matching intro titles, I’m assuming they are both the work of Benedik Alexander and Umlauf Jennifer.

Dogicorns <3 Unicorns. Even ones that puke for G4TV.

While it may take a lifetime to build the skillz to do any of this, moments like these show you how amazing humanity can be.

This music video was animated almost entirely on a Lite Brite. An incredible lesson in patience and beauty to accompany David Crowder Band’s “SMS”.

Don’t ever complain that it is too hard to do the things you love.

A Chief Ink Maker at The Printing Ink Company shows how colour and ink is created from the raw ingredients–powder, varnish, and passion. Everything designers and printers need to know about the process, the challenges and joy of ink making.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that Old Spice spots and social campaigns have been dynamite in 2010. But, since we like even the people who live under rocks, here’s a quick way to experience all the glory: Visit the Old Spice Youtube Channel.

Their brand has clearly evolved since the days of smelly old men and sailors.