On This Day, April 20

1902: Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.

1912: Bram Stroker, author of "Dracula", died.

2010: We celebrated Joanne's birthday!

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On This Day, April 14

1969: Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand resulted in sharing the Best Actress Oscar. Hepburn broke the record as the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars.

2003: Abu Abbas, the leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front, was captured by U.S. forces in Iraq.

2010: We celebrated David's birthday!

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AT&T Drops More than Just Your Calls

Following the leads of Target, Apple, and Nike; AT&T is launching their new advertising campaign, "Rethink Possible", without their logotype. In addition, AT&T hopes to instill the notion of creativity and endless possibility by showcasing their logo in a variety of MTV-esque executions. Interbrand created the identity, and BBDO is handling the advertising.

Click on the link to see the full article with supporting video on "Brand New".

Link: http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/att_rethinks_its_position.php

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Have a Seat and a Beverage

Emeco has joined forces with Coca-Cola to create an upscale product from both companies' most iconic piece of branding: the Emeco Navy chair and the Coca-Cola bottle. "111 Navy chair" is made from (surprise) 111 Coca-Cola PET bottles. A combination of pigment and glass fiber has also been added for color and structural strength.

It is estimated that more than three million PET bottles will be recycled annually for the production of these chairs. They will be for sale in June: does the studio need a Coca-Cola red chair?

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Dye Hard Boiled

Not even the surfaces of natural packaging were safe from the hands of our meddling employees last week. Our Easter egg dying party last week showcased all the traits of a proper Turner Duckworth design: Clarity (David's egg simply pronouncing the word "egg"), Iconic Branding (Tyler's Coca-Cola ribbon egg), and not-always-knowing-when-to-leave-well-enough-alone (Chris's eventually black egg).

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Game Over

In a strange mash-up of Classical sculpture with modern gaming; Polish artist, Kordian Lewandowski, has reinterpretted Michelangelo's 'La Pieta'.

Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/9567/michelangelo-nintendo-remix.html

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Go Back to Pompeii

Perhaps this is what really happened to your lost luggage. Visa is sponsoring the "Go Back to Pompeii" exhibit at the National Museum in New Zealand, and TBWA\Tequila was brought on to create their advertising campaign.

Link: http://www.advertolog.com/visa/print-outdoor/go-back-to-pompeii-365855/

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'A' is for 'Assemblage'

Another cool DT find: Dan Tobin Smith's portfolio is full of fun juxtapositions that show a love for found art.

Link: http://www.dantobinsmith.com/

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Dial M for Miracle Whip

Last night saw the world premiere of the new Lady Gaga music video, "Telephone". In case you missed it, the 9 1/2 minute long video, featuring Beyonce, is a fantastic, racy mishmash of Thelma & Louise and Tarantino with a shout-out to MJ and some seriously tongue-in-cheek product placement. Our new Miracle Whip packaging has a great role in the second half as Gaga's choice of sandwich spread paired with Wonderbread and a gaggle of male gogo dancers. The brand's business objective is to build a strong following among 18 - 35 year olds and our challenge was to portray this sense of fun with a bit of attitude in an iconic/category-breaking design. Not sure if the brand managers a year ago envisaged their quirky MW making its new packaging launch via lesbian prison scenes and murderous pop stars but we love our client's guts for going BIG.

PS. It's also worth noting her rather classy Diet Coke rollers, a touch of prison chic.

On This Day, (Tomorrow) March 12

1993: Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female Attorney General of the United States.

2002: The color-coded terror alert system was unveiled by Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge.

2010: We celebrated Britt's birthday!

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Stewdio

This was a cool find by DT. Stewart Smith of "Stewdio" creates software through the lens of a Graphic Designer. What he creates is always refreshing, fun, witty.

Browser pong creates tiny browser windows on your monitor and turns them into pong paddles that can be controlled by your keyboard:

Windmaker takes any URL and impacts it with a blustery effect:

Histoface allows you to type in any message into a histogram and have your related image alter based on what you type:

Link: http://stewdio.org/

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An interesting smell.

Extruded bottle design from Issey Miyake.

See the video at: http://www.ascentbyisseymiyake.com/int/

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"Box Bottle Bag" Book Launch Party with Plenty of TD Attendance

Andrew Gibbs, Dieline blogger and now Author of "Box Bottle Bag" was the focus of his book's launch party yesterday in LA. Featured in the book, and generously displayed on a front table, were many of Turner Duckworth's designs.

Link: http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2010/02/box-bottle-bag-launch-party-the-photos.html#more

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HOW nice...

As featured in the 2010 edition of HOW Magazine's International Design Awards

Congrats!

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Creative Vinyl Decals

Link: Abduzeedo

More info: Hu2 Design

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Walking the Read Carpet

Desso has designed the hallway floor coverings for the Dutch hotel, citizenM. The carpeting depicts an aerial view of Amsterdam taken from a satellite.

Link via DesignBoom:

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