Adds Character

Eric Barclay has an incredible knack for seeing the illustrative potential for discarded packaging, including this iconic silhouette...




Link: http://ericbarclay.blogspot.com/

CG

Inedible "Edibles"

Snapped in Selfridges during my trip to London.













jc

Breakfast Bowls

Breakfast bowls by designer Geraldine de Beco.

The abstracted form creates the shape of an animal when filled!

MC

Brands Remixed

Some of you might remember that I posted the 'mona lisa remixed' (work of Gary Andrew Clarke) a couple of months ago.

Well, JKR went on to ask the artist to do a few illustrations of iconic brands.... He kindly obliged and below are the results......Can you recognize them?

They are much easier to make out in the thumbnails.

JS

Nous Vous

Nous Vous is a design collective based in Leeds. Their work is an interesting mix of quickly inked illustrations and sparse, geometric compositions, resulting in a fresh and quirky signature style.

They also make a point to create and experiment with various forms; their work includes pottery, pillows, installations, sculpture, and needlework as well as more traditional print-based projects.

http://nousvous.eu/

We wear many different hats as designers; it's inspiring to see other creatives exploring non-traditional mediums.

MC

Haribaabu Naatesam

Using mostly electronic waste (e-waste) from gadgets and gizmos like motherboards, floppy discs, CD drivers, cellphones, CDs, etc, artist Haribaabu Naatesam reassembles them together to create incredible works of art. Aiming to liberate waste from its lowly condemned position, Naatesam breathes new life into junk pieces turning them into everything from birds and crabs to shoes and transportation.

JS

1943's Disney handbook

A wonderful 1943 Disney handbook. It's designed to show Disney staff the ropes and keep them on message. Amazingly sexist, of course...

See more over on brainpickings.

JS

breakfast from far far away

I know I'm not the only Star Wars geek at TD...

enjoy..

http://www.jimspancakes.com/2011/09/star-wars-pancakes/

:)

mg

truck sighting!

Bumped into this Coke/TD truck near Pine st. on the way to get my indian burrito this afternoon.

I had a Coke with my burrito

:)

mg

On This Day, October 4

2007: Italian fashion houses revealed they fund snake farms for their skins.

2010: 7-eleven announced their "Mondays Suck Less with Half Price Slurpees" promotion.

2011: We celebrated Jessica's birthday!

CG