When life gives you lemons, make sangria.

Glue Glue Design has created a concept for Vindesign 2007 that turns your citrus shell into the bowl of a wine glass.

Link: http://www.gluegluedesign.com/index/vindesign.html

Cin Cin!

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World Wildlife Federation Paper Dispenser

Cool.

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Someone gotz staff, and it Smellgross!

Craig Snelgrove has been a Production freelancer for a while at TDSF, and was hired full-time last week. Congrats!

Birthday and Hire

Dirty Thirty!

Jessica turned XXX years old yesterday.




Also, Brian (aka Bruce Campbell or Briagra) has joined the full-time staff in the SF studio.

Congrats, and let's make sure no-one brings any curiosly blue cake to the celebration.

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Kilo Kai Kicks Off

Here's an article in the latest issue of Brandweek profiling our Kilo Kai design. Enjoy! PA

Coke Zero in Germany

This is a link to a German ad for Coke Zero titled "The Boob & the Gnome". Rebecca, I suggest you pull your bunny ears over your eyes.

Link: http://www.alexturvey.com/Coke_Zero.mov

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polyscene

Fine artist, Polly Verity, combines wire frames and tissue paper to create impressive sculptures.

Link: http://www.polyscene.com/

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Makes You Grin

Cool dentistry ad.

Happy Friday

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Packaging inspired by architecture?

On NOTCOT, there is an article that discusses the myth behind the design of Chanel's No.5 bottle. Coco Chanel frequented Place Vendome, and the proportions of the No.5 bottle exactly match that of the plaza. (The Google maps picture is a split image with the bottle superimposed on the left.)

This could be the transverse of the effect the ipod had on the Apple store designs.

Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_Vend%C3%B4me

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Kinetic Sculptor, Theo Jansen

Dutch Engineer/Artist, Theo Jansen, creates wind-powered artificial life that roams the beaches of the Netherlands. His work is beautiful in images, but truly poetic in motion, so check out the video links below.

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BMW Video Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=WcR7U2tuNoY

TED Video Lecture Link: http://youtube.com/watch?v=b694exl_oZo

Coppola Wine Labels

Francis Ford Coppola has been releasing some interesting wine labels. The Director's Cut labels, resembling disassembled zoetropes, tie in the intriacies involved in film-makinga and wine-making. The FC Reserve labels speak to the uniqueness of every blend by alternating six different design layouts on the bottles.

Link: http://www.ffcpresents.com/site.php

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FFFFOUND!

Image bookmarking: a website where you submit the strangest, most clever, beautiful images you can find and share them with other users. It is basically a FLICKR with better images and without having to scroll through endless shots of some girl's bachelorette party at Hooter's on the wharf.

LLLLink: http://ffffound.com/

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For Those Who Carr

...a nice identity piece.

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Illuminating Displays

We have all seen the light art crafted in the Sprint ads. Yet, Eric Staller was creating similar pieces back in the late 70's using long exposures on sparklers, christmas lights wrapped around hula hoops, etc.

Link: http://www.ericstaller.com

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And now for your Tuesday afternoon movie...

This YouTube clip is a compilation of animated TV logos from the 70's and 80's.

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWDNJHeNKp8&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Eboingboing%2Enet%2F

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Thanks for the Visual

Live Surface contains an incredible amount of visuals read for graphics. For a decent fee, you can purchase any surface (box, bottle, billboard, etc.) as a layered photoshop file. The site allows you to preview not only the image, but also the layers palette.

Link: http://www.livesurface.com/index.php

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Happy Birthday, Tanawat!

Tanawhen?

Unbeknownst to us, Tanawat's birthday was last Friday. He will elude us no more!

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