May 13, 2008

Erin Smith.

I can’t stand rude people, but those who are clever and say what they believe? Them I love. Erin Smith and her mixed media art I love. Erin’s work is the result of a mixed media process that includes original painting, digital imaging, vintage family photographs,
and the her own meandering prose. The finished product is a giclee print reproduced on water resistant canvas, handstretched on sturdy fir stretcher bars.



:: via Roadside Scholar

Posted In create, mixed media
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May 13, 2008

38 Pages.

38 Pages is a sub-sect of Core77 where can you can post scanned pages of your sketchbook. It’s amazing to see what some artists are capable of while sitting bored in a meeting!

Posted In collaboration/project
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May 8, 2008

Coffee Spoon.

As I sit at my desk this morning enjoying a lovely cup of gas station joe, the Coffee Spoon by product designer Hye-Yeon Choi is begging to be talked about. Intended to be a simple solution for diner-type restaurants, this all in one straw-like design holds both the instant coffee and the sugar/creamer in one neat package. When the contents are poured out, you use the package itself as a spoon to stir your brew. Fascinating concept at the least, don’t you think?


:: via laissezfaire

Posted In grand design, packaging
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May 7, 2008

Activate.

Check out Activate.

Apparently vitamins lose their potency while sitting in water – who knew? Activate physically separates the two until the instant you open the bottle. That’s the moment they’re released from a specially designed moisture-resistant chamber hidden in a compartment in the underside of the cap. As of now there are four flavors available (Vitamin = Fruit punch, Immunity = Orange, Antioxidant = Berry, Energy = Lemon lime) and Activate is only in retail locations on the coasts. Hopefully they’ll spread like wildfire because I’m eager to try the functionality of this packaging out.

Posted In food, packaging
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May 6, 2008

Get Out the Vote.

Reader Brian Curley sent me the link to his online portfolio and I was really taken with his entry into the AIGA Get Out the Vote competition. The clean, graphical elements really get the point across in a nice way. Check out Brian’s site for more work as well as the AIGA site for other entries into the competition! (Unfortunately, the call for entries was May 1, 2008, so you can’t enter any longer.)

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