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absolut 72bian
The first ever collaboration of many between Absolut and China artists is revealed with the unveiling of the Absolut 72Bian, the name taken from a phonetic translation of the chinese word ‘变‘, which means change. Used to symbolise the chinese mythical character of the Monkey God, who can morph himself into 72 different changes. The limited Absolut bottle design is sadly, not much different, save for a printed cartoonish interpretation of the Money God. Interesting?.. barely… Ad campaign? Forgettable… Ticking the Chinese marketing box? Absolut-ly!
real life rabbit-duck illusion
You know the rabbit facing the right and duck facing the left illusion? Well, someone took it a bit too seriously and made a real one. A day too late for Halloween. via Gizmodo
brewdog’s “the end of history” beer
No no no no no no no no.. No no no… noooOooo…
Scottish brewery BrewDog has reclaimed the world record for the strongest beer in history with a 55% alcohol beer which it has named “The End of History.” Only 11 bottles will be available, and each bottle will come inside a stuffed animal – seven Stoats will be available at GBP500 and four grey squirrels at GBP700, making it also the most expensive beer in history. That’s USD$1000 a bottle!
what’s behind bp’s logo?
Brand Gurus will be the first to point out, logos are just a representation of a brand, never the full story. Sure you can take the ‘petroleum’ out of your name, and put everything in lower caps so its friendly. You can even introduce a big green helios and say you are going BIG into green power.
And then the oil that you are still sucking out of the earth leaks into the ocean. And Greenpeace launches an all out attack on you for your recent oily predicament, causing immeasurable harm on the environment. Seems like its all coming full circle.
The Helios is not looking so hot at the moment. via LogoDesignLove
crackdown in bangkok
I find it incredibly painful to reconcile these pictures of Bangkok with the one I fell in love with… via The Big Picture
pekingeend duck
Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong… is that a tear on the mummy duck’s face?
there are only 3200 tigers left in the world
I could not believe it when I read the numbers. ONLY 3200 tigers? The most beautiful of the big cats? Humans are scary things… we are. Read more at telegraph
atlantis sentosa
Having recently been to Sentosa, and seeing the monstrosity of a pile of rubble that Genting is putting up and calling an Integrated Resort, I cannot help but wax lyrical about the architectural masterpiece that the Singapore government passed over.
Why.. why… why…
Instead we got this piece of old fashioned crap… ewe…
no. i am not a cheap whore.
iStockphoto is hoping to do to logo design what it did to stockimagery, drive the price down to it absolute lowest and offer it to the masses. What do I, a professional logo design, have to say about that? Well, first this is not something new. Crowdsourced design is nothing new. (sadly) 99designs is one such bad example, where anyone can post a contest and get anyone else to design, basically, for free.
Would I ever take part in a “contest” like this? Never. Do I think there is a market for it? Of course.
There will always be that one person who does not appreciate design, but only see it as means to an end. The one thing I am hoping fervently for is that none of my clients are that “one person”. One can only wish.
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