Two Packaging Blogs to Check Out

Oh Beautiful Beer

No surprises here. A site devoted to Beer packaging.

http://www.ohbeautifulbeer.com/

Ambalaj

Swedish designer Kristina de Verdier covers the sustainable packaging world.

http://ambalaj.se/

JM

Bowtiful

Ribbonesia is an art project by artist 'BAKU' Maeda.

Link: http://ifitshipitshere.blogspot.com/2011/12/now-thats-bow-worth-keeping-ribbonesias.html

CG

Dripp Opening Party

Evangeline Lee posted a video of the Dripp opening party a couple weeks back. Click the Vimeo link below to see what all the buzz was about.

http://vimeo.com/32482532

Also, there is a lovely capture of Sam and myself as we studied the menu...

CG

On This Day, December 6th

1926 - In Italy, Benito Mussolini introduced a tax on bachelors.

1986 - Ringo Starr became the first Beatle to get into advertising when he became a spokesman for a wine cooler company.

2011 - We celebrated Craig’s birthday.

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On this day, (last saturday) December 3

1999 – NASA loses radio contact with the Mars Polar Lander moments before the spacecraft enters the Martian atmosphere.

2010 – Main Street Cat Fanciers hold their annual show in Leesburg, FL

2011 – We celebrated Melissa's Birthday!

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Oldenburg - reimagined.

Waffle bedding with fruit pillows!

Pizza sleeping bag!

Baked potato bean-bag chair!

MC

Arctic Home (aka Cincinnati)

Found this when I was back home for thanksgiving.

:)

mg

Drink No Evil

From SFGate:

During Bangkok's annual "monkey buffet," simians feast on more than 2,000 kilos of fruits and vegetables, washed down with Coke.

Gallery here

SB

Mine Sweeper

An interesting find from DT; Massoud Hassani designed an elegant rolling device that sets off land mines to clear pathways in Afghanistan.

Video: http://blip.tv/designguidetv/mine-sweeper-5454546

Lulu Listening Party

A video on YouTube discusses the finer points of Lulu's music and album design with some generous facetime for DT!

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cHesdP5BxY

CG

A New Documentary about Charles and Ray Eames

The husband-and-wife team of Charles and Ray Eames are widely regarded as America’s most important designers. Perhaps best remembered for their mid-century plywood and fiberglass furniture, the Eames Office also created a mind-bending variety of other products, from splints for wounded military during World War II, to photography, interiors, multi-media exhibits, graphics, games, films and toys. But their personal lives and influence on significant events in American life – from the development of modernism, to the rise of the computer age – has been less widely understood. Narrated by James Franco, Eames: The Architect and the Painter is the first film since their death dedicated to these creative geniuses and their work.

http://firstrunfeatures.com/trailers_eames.html

Bay Area Shows

San Francisco	Balboa Theatre	Opens December 2, 2011
Berkeley	Rialto Elmwood	Opens December 2, 2011
San Rafael	Rafael Film Center	December 2 - 7, 2011

ARGOS 1985

Bringing a great sense of nostalgia, I found this album of scanned pages from a 1985 Argos catalogue on Flickr.

If you have a spare few minutes, its brilliant to flick through. As an 80's child myself, the toy section in particular brought back lots of childhood memories.

Heres a small selection of the pages:

JS

On This Day, November 21

1929: Spanish surrealist Salvador Dali had his first art exhibit.

1969: US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site

2011: We celebrated Mike's birthday!

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Perspectives

Fun play on perspective and dimensionality, by student Thomas Fournier.

More unique illustrations found here.

(link is in French).

MC

Occupy SF Hits TD

Occupy SF visited us this afternoon in a collected effort to protest cuts to public education. They passed us by on their way to a 4pm "Peoples Assembly for Public Education" at the state building.

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