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.
Nothing but sunshine
Nothing but sunshine, v13, Rocky Mountain National Park.
(Thanks to Climberism.com for posting this.)
Stone House in Fafe Mountain, Portugal
An awesome stone house, tucked in the Fafe Mountains of Portugal.
