Coca-Cola Mystic

Jerome Olivet is the latest designer to imagine how the Coke bottle form could be reconsidered. Jerome's promotion of the bottle is, well, French. I will leave it to his description:

“Mystic surprised by its beauty and intensity. It was created to live an intense and fleeting moment. Its racy style describes a supernatural world which soars skyward. Its skin has a sculpted unique spiritual experience.We discover in the palm of our hand soft and aerodynamic forms. Its living surface is shaped by a force mysterious and transparent.It sends us all the energy and excitement of Coca-Cola Its sexy lines and red color give happiness in 3 dimensions.Both organic shapes intertwine and form a body ambiguous and fascinating. Its loving silhouette, ties into a true popular poetry.”

Link with video: http://lovelypackage.com/coca-cola-mystic/#more-16950

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Illustrator Patrick Hruby

LA-based illustrator and lettering artist, Patrick Hruby, takes a modern perspective on traditional folk-styling.

Link: http://www.patrickdrawsthings.com/index.html

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Gangsta Lorem Ipsum

If you need some placehizzle (high-rizzle or low-rizzle) for your next projizzle, you should hizzle ovizzle to Gangsta Lorem Ipsum.

Link: http://www.lorizzle.nl/?feed=1

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Boysen Paint Ads

Some pretty ace ads depicting plants and animals with Boysen paints.

Link: http://www.coloribus.com/adsarchive/prints/boysen-paints-violin-13455505/

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Death Bag-netic

The Death Bag, by Vedang Julkarni, uses a coffin shape to discourage mass use of plastic bags. It seems a bit counterintuitive, seeing as mass usage of this plastic bag is what will create such awareness. Regardless, it would have been a cool companion piece to the Metallica album.

Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11816/death-bag-by-vedang-kulkarni-aakanksha-rajhans-iida-awards-2010.html

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Hertz So Good

Swedish designer Viktor Hertz creates clever movie posters and illustrations.

Check out the ongoing series

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On This Day, October 4

1918: An explosion killed more than 100 people at T.A. Gillespie Company Shell Loading Plant.

1988: U.S. televangelist, Jim Bakker, was indicted for fraud.

2010: We celebrated Jessica's birthday!

M&S Sustainability

An excellent example of a holistic sustainability program and the communications used to get it to the public. Viewing time runs around 14 minutes.

http://sustainablelifemedia.com/video/06012009/mike_barry_marks_spencer_sustainable_retail_plan_a_communications

Unsuck It

"Unsuck It" is a website with an aim to disarm client jargon by giving each idiom it's proper, laymen's counterpart. You can either enter a phrase or browse through their library.

Link: http://unsuck-it.com/

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Stock Footage: the Music Video

If you're familiar with the ridiculous images found when searching for stock photos, you'll appreciate this.

Ratatat - Drugs from More Soon on Vimeo.

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Tee Time

A range of simple graphic T-shirts with a twist. Each design encompasses a physical element. The blind can be drawn, the laces tied, the game played etc. Check out the full range online http://shop.notofusai.com/category/shikisai

Leaf a Note

Korean designer, Sangwoo Nam, recently expanded his Leaf-it memo pad series. Now the frame of Post-it's depicting horribly ugly women on Butler's monitor can have a little grace. A little.

Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11144/appree-ginkgo-leaf-it-bookmark-memo-pads.html

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Taxidermy that Looks Better on Paper

Artist, Anna-Wili Highfield, sculpts taxidermy animals from torn paper and copper pipe. It's almost a humane gesture, but just think of all those poor damn trees that died for this art.

Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/11099/anna-wili-highfield-paper-sculptures.html

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Lord of the Rings

A big congratulations to Tall Brian and Chip on the announcement of their engagement.

The Nonlife Zoo

Design group, Biagust, created an installation featuring puppets and life-size dolls of extinct animals to create awareness of just how many species of animals humans kill every day. Limited editions of the puppets are being sold with profits going towards the WWF.

Read more about them here: http://28.biaugust.com/28p-zoo.html

Purchase one of four designs here: http://www.mollaspace.com/shop/the-nonlife-zoo-doll.html

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On This Day, (Yesterday) August 3

1958: The US Nuclear Submarine Nautilus was the first undersea vessel to reach the North Pole.

1978: Isreal bombed Southern Lebanon.

2010: We celebrated Tanawat's birthday!

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Lego Studs

Pilot's latest campaign demonstrates their Extrafine pen's capability via some fun ink on little yellow Hell's Angels.

Link: http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/11030/grey-tattooed-lego-toys.html

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