Swig a Slugger

Midwest nostalgia + shrinkwrap done right + crappy reflections.

CG

On This Date, November 21

1995: Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong was arrested and fined $141 for dropping his pants at a concert in Milwaukee.

2000: The Florida Supreme Court granted Democrat Al Gore's request to keep the presidential election recount going.

2012: We celebrate Mike's birthday!

- BL

On this day, November 12th

1922: The Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority is founded on the campus of Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.

1991: "Full House" 100th episode: The twins are born.

2012: We celebrate Short Brian's birthday!

- The Ladycave™

Upcycled Glass Bottleware for Coca Cola

Tokyo Based design firm, Nendo has unveiled a new line of minimal glass tableware. “Bottleware” is a collaboration with Coca Cola Japan focusing on the Contour Bottle. The project makes use of bottles that have over time deteriorated and can no longer be reused. The designers have adopted a wabi sabi aesthetic that embraces the "greenish-blue tint, fine air bubbles and distortions that are a hallmark of recycled glass."

http://www.cocacola.co.jp/bottleware/en/

http://www.spoon-tamago.com/2012/11/02/nendo-bottleware-coca-cola/

JM

Photographer Dan Tobin Smith has created / is creating a stunning series of anamorphic letterforms. The site thoroughly exhibits his process and has some slickly produced video as well.

http://alphabetical.org/#

AB

Sweet art

Graffiti used to be reserved for the spray can and the anarchist. Lately, it seems that creatives from every walk of life using every tool imaginable are using urban surfaces as a canvas. Shelly Miller is a Montreal-based artist that creates graffiti out of cake icing.

Link: http://www.shelleymillerstudio.com

CG