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POPSClever Packaging. I'm a sucker for package design...some of these are really creative. More interesting ones at the source. #packagedesign #design
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POPSIf today's products were designed/marketed in 1977. (Spoiler Alert: For Geeks Only) #Design This is really cool. The artists words: "I've explored that idea in this series by re-imagining four common products from 2010 as if they were designed in 1977: an mp3 player, a laptop, a mobile phone and a handheld video game system. I then created a series of fictitious but stylistically accurate print ads to market them, as well as a handful of abstract posters (you know, just for funsies)."
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POPSThe scariest commercial I've ever seen...almost. #advertising Holy crap, this crazy commercial made me nauseous. I hope they paid that model more than minimum wage. They just left her up there by herself for who knows how long...can't imagine how this got approved by the Gov't or Chevy. Guess this is where Detroit auto lobbyists and the Don Drapers of Madison Ave. earned there keep back then. Btw, other Thelma parachuting in to help Louise take the Chevy for a ride, how the heck did this car (and Louise) get down?
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POPSIncredible: Here is the deepest unassisted dive in human history (video) Was completely mesmerized by this video...stunning. "William Trubridge becomes the first human being to dive completely unassisted to 100 meters (one hectometer). With a single breath of air, and only his hands and feet for propulsion, he set this historic world record in Dean's Blue Hole, Long Island, Bahamas, on December 13, 2010." Credit: likecool.com
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POPSSimple, elegant product packaging. #packagedesign These are great. I especially like the "Tap Water" bottle created in response to the demand for refillable water bottles. It was also designed to provide an alternative to the "sportification" of drink packaging as noted here: "If you want a bottle that can be used on your table during a dinner party, on your desk at work, or even used when you are out shopping the “tap water bottle” is the product that is needed. The bottle is stylish with both a modern clean design and a retro flip cap giving it a universal appeal."
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POPSHighly Clever Minimal Logo Designs I like to "collect" logo designs when I find ones that stand out...especially ones that are minimal/economical, that work incredibly hard without lots of visual gymnastics. Kind of like collecting baseball cards I suppose...have always been a fan of logo/mark design. Anyway, here's a couple neat ones...more at the source.
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POPSFather's app lets disabled son 'speak' thru iPad I'd like to find out more about this category; think I'd like to get involved with helping challenged/disabled utilize technology in an accessible, affordable way like this some day...very inspiring, timely story.
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POPSTunnel House #publicart Awesome idea by these two guys to pounce on this soon-to-be destroyed house and turn it into a 3D canvas. Another great example of why public art is so important, and not just in cities. Few kids ever get to experience the wonder of an art museum so public installations like this just might be the thing that lights a spark...maybe the next Red Grooms, Frank Stella, or Frank Gehry crawls through this tunnel house. #supportpublicart
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POPS25 Free Movie Fonts Just in case your looking to put together a James Bond or Indiana Jones New Year's card...enjoy.
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POPSDid this Eames sketch launch Keith Haring's career?
Was very surprised when I stumbled across this Charles Eames sketch. I immediately thought of Keith Haring. Looking at how similar in feel and style Haring's work is, seems almost impossible to consider that Haring wasn't influenced by the sketch. For example, besides the overall collection of people, look at the specific image of what appears to look like Haring's signature "baby" (http://bit.ly/dp568k) within the film projected on the left side of sketch. Eames, "...who accomplished many works of industrial design, furniture design, art, graphic design, film, and architecture" likely did this in the 40s or 50s. Haring most certainly could have seen this at any time prior to his great success in the 80's. Not in anyway judging or being critical of Haring's work, artists from the beginning of time have drawn from each other for inspiration. Just wondering if maybe one day he also stumbled upon this sketch and a light went off in his head...the similarities are too coincidental imo.
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POPSTRONsportation Man that's cool. Check out more renderings at the source...good find by @vyadav
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POPSNew Comedy Central Mark? Me Likey. Like the network's DNA, it's new logo/mark is sharp, risky, memorable, and comes at a time one would think makes no sense considering its popularity. That's what happens when good companies become great; all facets of the organization from talent to content to marketing/communications move in lockstep with one another. Makes complete sense to me that they took such universal mark like the copyright symbol and lampooned it, much like the lead horses Stewart and Colbert took traditional news formats and turned them upside down; its no surprise the CC would literally do just that with the type under the mark. The biggest coup for them is that like me, many people will now be reminded "daily" (poor reference to the Daily Show, sorry) when they see the ubiquitous copyright symbol. Not all will like it, but I do.
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POPSSpock 1 by Devorah Sperber This is the coolest. Devorah Sperber is a visual artist who explores the relationship between the brain, one's perception, and reality by creating an reverse image (upside down and backwards) out of colored spools of thread that when reflected through an acrylic orb, reveals the "true" image...makes you wonder which one is really true... More fantastic works of art at the source link. Enjoy.
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POPSCool Street Art... Clipped this from a blog featuring 20 of the best examples of street art. Not sure I agree that they are the best, but I thought these were pretty cool...especially this first one made by bending the horizontal exhaust flaps from an external vent.
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POPSWhen slashing the balance sheet means creating beautiful, innovative art. Love artists who look at common, everyday items (in this case its common, if you're an accountant or business manager) as a potential canvas...brilliant. Her choice to use these items might also be a statement of sorts as well. To me, it says her subject matter represents the bottom line; where the decisions to make painful cuts to jobs/people has been happening for some time. In her world, she makes the cuts, and in so doing creates a beautiful piece of art that is complex yet hopeful. Perhaps she's showing the viewer that by taking charge of the difficult situation many are in, a positive outcome is achievable. If you like this kind of art, I posted an Amp about neat Map cutouts here: http://bit.ly/b3pLWx "jill sylvia is an american artist that has found her calling in paper cutouts that are done on official sheets of various kinds. whether it is a ledger book or balance sheets, sylvia takes official printed works and cuts out blank spaces in fine details. the resulting piec
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POPSAnd the next heat seeking missile is... ...Instagram. Only a few weeks old and probably north of 500,000 users already. They have a lot of heat right now and you can count Mr. Scoble as a fan. Good for them...great app packaged brilliantly.
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POPS$78 Million deal for Redskins' benched QB?!!! What in the Sam Hill is going on in D.C.? I mean, he's a good QB but seriously, $40 Mil guaranteed??? Has Snyder and Shanahan lost their mind? (Well, Shanahan anyway, we already know Snyder's mind is gone).
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POPSNew Public Art: Light Installation Shows NYC's Grand Central Station at Rush Hour Check out this interesting piece of art that Jim Campbell, an M.I.T. educated engineer turned artist constructed for Madison Sq. Park in NYC. I'm a big fan of public art as well as multimedia works like this one. The installations does seem timely; the ghostly images of the commuters dove tail nicely with Halloween and I'm sure its a treat to see at night. #supportpublicart
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