On this Day, (Tomorrow) July 30

1947: Arnold Schwarzenegger was born.

2000: Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston married.

2011: We celebrated Amy's birthday!

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On this Day, July 27

1940: Bugs Bunny was introduced in an animated short, "A Wild Hare."

1990: Zsa Zsa Gabor began a 3 day jail sentence for slapping a cop.

2011: We celebrated Andy's birthday!

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Liquid Lunch

Check out these promotional lunch boxes designed to resemble soda can 6-packs and bottle carriers.

From Box Vox. (an interesting package design blog worth following) -SB

On This Day, July 24th

1982: Prince released his album 1999.

1847: Mormon leader Brigham Young and his followers arrived in the valley of the Great Salt Lake in present-day Utah.

2011: We celebrated Megan's birthday!

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On this day, July 22

1971: "Till Death Us Do Part" debuted on England's BBC

1991: Jeffrey Dahmer is caught red handed

2011: We celebrated Butler's birthday!

On This Day, July 21

1924: actor/comedian Don Knotts was born.

2007: The seventh and last book of the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," was released.

2011: We celebrated Chris' birthday!

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Origami

Too much time on you hands? too much money?

think about taking money origami.

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Sick Ceramics

Japanese artist, Katsuyo Aoki, has a portfolio full of incredibly detailed work.

Link: http://katsuyoaoki.s1.bindsite.jp/Works.html

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On This Day (Tomorrow), July 15

1996: Prince Charles and Princess Diana officially split after their divorce.

2011: It was declared Bird Week at the Turks and Caicos National Museum. (Yes, it's a weak fact, but just go with it.)

2011: We celebrated Georgiana's birthday!

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PS: Georgiana really loves birds.

On This Day (Sunday), July 10

1980: Jessica Simpson was born.

1990: "Mr. Belvedere" broadcasted it's final episode.

2011: We celebrated Sarah's birthday!

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Kitchen Space Invaders

A fun packaging concept by Designslave spotted on Deviant Art.

Link: http://designslave.deviantart.com/art/Frusion-42711165


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On This Day, July 7

1947: A supposed spacecraft crashed in Roswell, New Mexico.

1949: Shelly Duvall was born.

2011: We celebrated Tall Brian's birthday!

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SAND

At a magnification of over 250 times, tiny grains of sand are shown to be beautiful, delicate and colourful structures.

When seen well beyond the limits of human eyesight, the miniature particles are exposed as fragments of crystals, spiral fragments of shells and crumbs of volcanic rock.

Professor Gary Greenberg who has a PhD in biomedical research from University College London said: 'It is incredible to think when you are walking on the beach you are standing on these tiny treasures.

Amazing!

JS

Cheers!

Zarb champagne has an interesting approach to packaging. Very much focused on sustaining brand loyalty by creating new graphics and packaging concepts, they have a commercial range with evocative high resolution photography, as well as the art range. Pics from the art range below. See the commercial range and more art projects here:

http://zarbchampagne.com/










Cheers!
jc

MOVIE BARCODES

Moviebarcodes is a tumblr blog from an unknown author that posts these images generated from different movies. Each frame of the movie is stretched tall and thin to create this single image from an entire movie.



The Matrix



Dumbo



Gangs Of New York



Silence Of The Lambs

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SHORT HAND LOGOS

The following are from a TVN Channel advertising campaign to run alongside the tagline, “Shorter commercial breaks.”

Some beautiful long exposure images that show the trajectories of aircraft as they take off and land.

Found here



















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Lego Where You Go

Another great ad from the Lego "Imagine" series.

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Symbols - Angus Hyland

Angus Hyland, a Pentagram partner, gives a lecture on symbols at the Design Musuem in London to coincide with the launch of his book 'Symbol' (co-authored by Steven Bateman).

Part One:

Symbols by Angus Hyland: Part one from Laurence King Publishing on Vimeo.

Part Two:

Symbols by Angus Hyland: Part two from Laurence King Publishing on Vimeo.

Part Three:

Symbols by Angus Hyland: Part three from Laurence King Publishing on Vimeo.

Part Four:

Symbols by Angus Hyland: Part four from Laurence King Publishing on Vimeo.

Part Five:

Symbols by Angus Hyland: Part five from Laurence King Publishing on Vimeo.

You can buy the book here

Life in the Big Apple

Photographer, Christopher Boffoli's, series, "Disparity," contains some really fun use of scale and context.

Link: http://cjboffoli.500px.com/disparity/#/0

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