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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Shadow Chair

This chair seems to defy gravity by balancing only on 2 front legs. A rigid steel frame built inside the chair is actually part of the design, allowing it to rest on its own shadow.

Designed by ID firm Duffy London. You can read more about it here.

Judging a Book by its Cover, and Bookmark

Igor Udushlivy has designed some friendly book jackets that cleverly interact with the presiding bookmark.

Link: Icoeye: designer, who loves to make icons

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The Most Relevant Identity Work of the Decade

The Brand New Blog has a by-year list of the most relevant identity work of the decade. It's a quick, fun read, and TD gets a nod for Amazon.com.

Link: The Most Relevant Identity Work of the Decade - Brand New

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Hanger Tea

Soon Mo Kang has designed a line of tea inspired by clothes hanging in a closet. I'm not sure why the theme of clothing was chosen, but it is clever!

Link: http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/01/07/hang-me-some-tea/

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Ravens Wood

Finnish design company, Lovi, makes simple balsa wood postcards that translate into elegant 3D figurines/ornaments.

Link: http://www.lovi.fi/

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