FINDINGS Selfridges window displays are my absolute favorite. Recently, Selfridges commissioned Wieden + Kennedy to create an A to Z of products of the future to fill its windows. My dream someday is to design a window display of my own!
Month: August 2009
500 colored pencils
www.500pencils.socialdesigner.com
FINDINGS Japanese design house, Felissimo’s, newest project is somewhat similar to a pencil of the month club. You can purchase a subscription and they will send you 25 color pencils every month for 20 months. That’s a grand total of 500 amazing colors! Knowing me if I had all 500, I still wouldn’t want to use any of them.
Happy weekend
Absolut
VIDEO Check out the new Absolut commercial directed by Rupert Sanders. It reminds me of Sagmeister’s Things I Have Learned in My Life So Far project. You can see the featured artists and their process here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Buster balloon
ART Buster Balloon is balloon artist who makes intricate creations including: mermaids, Spongebob, monkeys, and Elvis just to name a few. He will be having a solo show at Manhattan’s Half Gallery in September. Rumor has it that he will be collaborating with Jeff Koons on a top secret project!!
Design observer
FINDINGS News flash! News flash! The brilliant blog, Design Observer, has a new look!
Diaroogle
FINDINGS Remember how horrible it feels when you have to go pee but can’t find a public restroom to save your life? Well this is an iphone app that helps you find quality public restrooms. However, I think this is only available to those who live in Manhattan.
Union bank
GRAPHIC DESIGN I was driving by Union Bank the other day and saw that they had done some rebranding. When I saw the new logo I thought at first it was a launch of a brand new bank. I never made the connection that it was just a rebranding of Union Banks old red square logo. In that case, their rebranding was successful. via Brand New.
Stanley Donwood
GRAPHIC DESIGN I was reading an interview about Stanley in +81, awesome magazine by the way, and came across this piece he did for Radiohead’s 2003 album. It instantly reminded me of Paula Scher’s giant map paintings. Stanley’s website can be a little confusing to navigate through, but be patient there’s a lot of unique work in it.