JibJab Video's

I found picking my favorit inspirational design very challenging because there is so much to choose from. However despite the very inspiring and tempting 3D printers and light animation technologies, I chose JibJab video sendables. JibJab videos are fun and interactive. They are a new (and popular) way of communication. You can place pictures of yourself into funny videos and send them to your friends. These videos are ment to be engaging. JibJab, in a sense turns videos and video making into games which you can personalize and laugh about with your friends. The videos provide a sense of involvment, being a part of society in a very optimistic and uplifting way. There are many funny videos aimed towards different age groups. Generally though, the target audience are young adults. Anyone can access JibJab easily through the internet.


















Is this a good interactive design?


Trustworthy: I would say that this design is fairly trustworthy.
The videos are very artistic. It seems people put a lot of heart in them. It is therefore reasonable to assume that people were creating them and expressing their opinions honestly. You can trust them to entertain and get the point across.

Appropriate: there is no way to determine that the design is somehow inappropriate because we have to assume that the impression and the effect on the viewer, that it has, is the intended one. We have no prior assumptions of what it should be or any other uses for that design other then the effect on the viewer that we are getting. What you see is what you get.

Smart: Deffinitly smart. If it is funny and it is not volger it has to be smart.

Responsive: The viewer gets to be responsive. Try and listen to some of these jokes and not be responsive. (Its a mind trap :D )

Clever: Its clever because the combination of music and fast changing imagery produces a very strong affect.

Lucid: The instructions are clear and the use is intuitive.

Pleasureable: The purpose of the design is to make people laugh.

Area of interest in the design team.
I think that each video is a creative process, and that partisipating in any part of it would be a lot of fun. I would love to be part of the team of animators and designers who created the layout and characters for each video. Coming up with the concept, and doing the music and voicing.

References:
http://www.lyred.com/covers/jibjab_-_this_land_is_your_land__2004_election_parody.jpg
http://www.grokdotcom.com/wp-content/uploads/Bryan/jibjab.jpg
http://www.prweb.com/prfiles/2006/11/15/479698/JibJabLogoPRWeb.jpg