Puma’s Clever Little Bag
So I picked myself up some Ligas today, and since I finally had the infamous bag in my possession (infamous in the design industry, anyway): I decided to snap some shots and blog about it real quick.
Dubbed Clever Little Bag, this unit of awesomeness is not only topless, missing a large portion of wasteful cardboard, cut out of one piece of material which goes together like a puzzle, and comes hidden in a closable, reusable bag which will mostly certainly become my new lunch bag; but its also saves a few (20) million megajoules of electricity, 8,500 tons of paper, 1 million litres of oil, 500,000 litres of diesel, and 275 tons of plastic. And it looks pretty, coming in a bright red color, with big fat fonts and excellent icons.
It was designed by Yves Béhar for Puma in 2010, and finally started hitting pretty much everywhere in North America in 2011. Since then, it has won the GOOD DESIGN award, as well as the Core77 design awards.
Occupy! Cover Design by Kelli Anderson
This beautify designed book cover belongs to an equally interesting book. I haven’t read it, so I’ll not say much about it. But I did want to bring to your attention the incredible detail that went in to this design, particularly the subtle imagery of protesters cleverly masked inside of the typography. It’s edgy and smart, and Kelli Anderson deserves a pat on the back.
For more information on the book, be sure to check out the Verso website. It’s also currently on sale for $8 at Amazon.
2012, The Year Of Tangerine Tango
Pantone has released its always interesting color of year. This year it’s a feisty shade of orange (or red?), and they’ve dubbed it “Tangerine Tango.” The Pantone code is 17-1463, but since I live in the web world, I’ve recreated it with this hex code: #e1523d. I also took the liberty of putting together some split-complements (see graphic above). Those hexes are #348ec0 (blue), and #80cb37 (green).
So get trendy, people. Ditch your boring old Bauhaus red, and convert to Tangerine Tango.
RIP Steve Jobs
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works “- Steve Jobs
Astonish Me
“Every day we lose more of the natural world. And each time we find something new, we realize there’s so much more out there that we don’t know.”
The World Wildlife Fun is certainly no stranger to making great viral videos. But this one deserves a bit of extra credit. Astonish Me is basically a hollywood quality short film showcasing a great message in a pretty unique way. At any rate, I thought I should contribute to its exposure. So here it is.
Kirby! (Kirbi! Kirbé!)
That’s right. I just made a Tony! Toni! Toné! reference.
There are times (from no fault of my own, mind you), where I come across extremely strange and mystical things. And some times they turn out to be awesomely inspiring. Today contained one of those times.
Thanks to my friend Nate, my eyes befell upon a real gem of unexpected inspiration: Kirby. Yes, Kirby; that weird-ass pink blob of a Nintendo game from the early 90’s. Apparently they have continued the obviously unstoppable legacy of Kirby in the form of a new Wii game, called Epic Yarn. Now the Wii game itself is not what I’m actually talking about. What I am talking about though, is the freakin’ awesome execution of the Kirby characters, as well as the overall good example it sets of how to use layers of texture on the web.
Here are some highlights
While you’re checking out kirbykirbykirby.com to see it’s textured awesomeness, make sure you watch the acid inspired storyline video. You’ll have nightmares of turning into yarn for nights to come.
Dogs in the Workplace: win-win.
Now normally I don’t post things that aren’t design related in some way. But Andy Levitt, founder of HealthTalker sent this article to me today. And being that I’m 100% for animal-friendly workplaces, I thought I should share it. Everywhere.
Now I (like most people), am of the mind that your dog should go everywhere with you. Including work - provided of course that you don’t work at a restaurant, or a hospital, or something like that. Most of the agencies I’ve worked at/with have allowed dogs, and it’s kind of a common (almost expected) thing amongst creative environments to see a pooch or two roaming around. Some of the larger companies in this article have really taken it to another level, having upwards to 10 dogs hanging out and keeping everyone happy and relaxed. I’m super stoked about how much traction it’s gaining, and even more stoked that big articles about it are getting into places like Business Insider.
So if you’re one of the decreasing number of people who runs a business and doesn’t allow dogs, I suggest you read this Business Insider article and change your ways.
