Advertising creatives Jose Miguel Ramirez and Michael Kleinman came up with a cool face mask for designers that looked like a transparent Photoshop layer, symbolizing the Mask Tool. The 'Photoshop Mask' Mask measured 7" × 4" and consisted of a sublimated polyester exterior with a soft microfiber lining and elastic ear loops. The initial batch of masks were released in … [Read more...]
Designers, You’ll Love These $5 Keychains Of Popular Graphic Design Softwares And Memes
Singapore-based graphic artist Yu Xin has come up with a cool series of $5 keychains for graphic designers, based on popular Adobe programs and their interfaces. If you've ever worked with a demanding client, you'll relate to the meme-based Photoshop and Illustrator keychains that feature PS and AI file icons with funny filenames. The idea came to Xin when she was working on … [Read more...]
Designer 3D Prints Famous Logos Into Items You Can Use Everyday
Japanese designer Taku Omura has come up with an amusing project in which he 3D prints famous brand logos into everyday items you can use at home or office. For example, Omura 3D-printed the Adidas logo and turned it into a pen stand. Louis Vuitton's 'LV' monogram logo was turned into a card holder by elongating the 'V'. The Air Jordan logo was turned into a clothes hanger, … [Read more...]
20 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Always Trust Product Packaging
How many times have you opened a bag of chips just to find it half-empty? The bag deflates faster than a pin-pricked balloon and you realise that 50% of the bag was just air. But that's nothing compared to what some brands do to mislead consumers. Imagine a pizza box that's shows you pepperoni toppings on the visible side, but when you open it, there's no pepperoni on the other … [Read more...]
This Cool Memo Pad Reveals Beautiful Objects As It Gets Used
Here's one of those stationery items you'll want to buy immediately for your office or home. The Omoshiroi Block (translation: "interesting block") is a paper memo pad that reveals beautiful objects and architecture as it gets used. Manufactured by Japanese design company Triad Inc, that specialises in small scale architectural models, the memo pad utilizes laser-cutting … [Read more...]
Designer Turns Popular Gadgets Into Letters Of The Alphabet, And They’re Pure Awesome
Brazilian designer Vinicius Araújo has come up with an exceptional typography project which showcases the letters of the alphabet in the shape of well-known gadgets, based on their initials. For example, the letter 'J' has been designed to look like a JBL speaker. The letter 'C' is based on the industrial design of a Canon Camera. The letter ‘L’ has been created using an LG … [Read more...]
27 Cleverly Designed Products That Make Life Easier
"Great design is not just a solution, it is the elimination of the problem." - M. Cobanli. In today's post, we take a break from graphic/web/logo design to focus on innovative examples of product design that make every day tasks easier. Products that will make you ask yourself, "Why wasn't this invented earlier?" … [Read more...]
These Brilliant Recipe Posters By IKEA Make Cooking Easier And Fun
When it comes to cooking, most people are hesitant to try new foods and recipes. IKEA Canada wanted to show people that getting creative in the kitchen can be deliciously simple. To inspire them, IKEA created The IKEA Easy Recipe Series - fill in the blank recipes printed with food safe ink on cooking parchment paper. … [Read more...]
The Winners Of The A’ Design Awards Have Been Announced And They’re Brilliant
The A’ Design Award & Competition have announced their list of winners for 2016-2017 and most of them are pretty damn cool. The categories included packaging, furniture, architecture, interiors, apparel and more. We've shortlisted some of our favourites below. … [Read more...]
CMYK Playing Cards For Designers And Artists
Get creative at your next poker session with these colorful CMYK playing cards that designers and artists will love. The deck, created by Hundred Million, includes 54 minimally designed cards of different ink percentages. … [Read more...]
It’s Hard To Believe These Soda Bottles Are Actually Cakes
How cool are these realistic soda bottle cakes by Sydney-based Andres Fatso? Except for the plastic wrapper, the entire 'bottle' is edible. The Sprite cake is Matcha flavoured, the Coca-Cola cake is Nutella flavoured and the Fanta cake is Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. Check them out below. … [Read more...]
This Incredible Drawing Pen Transmits Electricity On Paper With Its Special Silver Ink
Tokyo-based startup AgIC has invented a marker pen that transmits electricity on paper using a conductive silver ink. Place an LED light and a battery on glossy photo paper and draw a line of any shape to connect the two. The light comes on as the silver ink conducts electricity between the LED and the battery. … [Read more...]
28 Creative Tea Bag Designs For Tea Lovers
Which is the world's most widely consumed drink after water? It's not coffee or Coke. It's tea. And we're not surprised. Not only is it healthier and cheaper than coffee but also predates it by about 3000 years. It even keeps Mother Earth happy by leaving a smaller carbon footprint and wasting fewer resources in trade. … [Read more...]
How Cool Is This Milk Packaging That Looks A UFO Abducting A Cow?
Talk about a packaging idea that’s literally ‘out of this world’. Imedia Creative Bureau in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, has come up with a quirky milk packaging concept that looks like a UFO abducting a cow. The triangular glass bottle resembles a beam of light coming out of a UFO-shaped bottle cap made of plastic. The brand name is MOLOCOW and the logo is an illustration of a cow, … [Read more...]
IKEA Turned Children’s Drawings Into Real Soft Toys To Raise Money For Charity
As part of its 'Soft Toys for Education' campaign, IKEA donates one dollar/euro for every soft toy sold in participating stores in November and December every year. The donations go to UNICEF, Save the Children and various other educational projects. … [Read more...]
For Writers: Czech Beer Company Creates Typewriter That Pours Beer As You Type
Czech beer brand Staropramen wanted to reach out and encourage people who spend their time enjoying quality experiences such as theatre, jazz music, fine cinema and literature. They connected a typewriter to a draught beer machine and created the ‘TapWriter’, the world’s first type-controlled draught. … [Read more...]
Design Student Creates Stress Ball Map That You Can Squeeze To Zoom In
Here's one of those crazy, innovative ideas you wish you'd thought of. Hungarian student Dénes Sátor has come up with a unique stress ball-shaped map that you can squeeze to zoom in and find your way around. Titled 'EggMap', the gadget has a map of a city printed on it with information about sights, public transport and nearby restaurants. Each quarter has a different color so … [Read more...]
These Space-Saving Furniture Designs Are Amazingly Creative
With living spaces becoming pricier and smaller, space-saving furniture is more in demand than ever. One of the established players in this business is Italian furniture company Clei and Resource Furniture is the exclusive North American distributor for the same. Their video portfolio (below) showcases some of Clei's amazing modular designs and went viral recently with 19 … [Read more...]
Watch How 3D Printed Prosthetics Allowed This Disabled Dog To Run Again
Derby, a husky born with deformed front paws, was going to be euthanized or "put down" before Peace and Paws, a dog rescue group in Hillsborough, New Hampshire, took him in. Derby's life changed majorly after a lady named Tara Anderson fostered him. … [Read more...]
35 Awesome Packaging Designs
In today's competitive business environment, product packaging is as crucial as the product itself. Apart from being visually appealing, your package design needs to be practical, usable, and make the consumer prefer your product over the competitor's. Brands like Apple, who get it right, pay a lot of attention to the minutest details and create an experience around … [Read more...]
This Design Studio Has Desks That Vanish After 6pm So Employees Can Relax Or Go Home
Amsterdam-based design studio Heldergroen has a cool work culture and a cooler office to go with it. Designed by Bright Green and built by Zecc Architects, the workspace clears out after 6pm to make room for recreational activities so that employees can maintain a healthy work-life balance. Steel cables attached to wooden desks lift them up into appropriately built ceiling … [Read more...]
How Cool Are These Beer Cans That Show The Pantone Color Of The Brew Inside?
Graphic designers, beer-lovers and package design aficionados will love these minimalist beer cans and bottles created by Spanish designer Txaber. The can/bottle colors match the Pantone hue of the brew inside. Pantone (for non-designers) is a color system used in specifying printing inks. Txaber has covered nine brews so far - pale lager, lager, pilsner, wheat beer, golden … [Read more...]
Draw Solid Objects In Thin Air With The World’s Smallest 3D Printing Pen
Tech-lovers, artists, designers and just about everyone will drool over this marvellous piece of technology that'll top your list of must-have items this year. The LIX 3D printing pen is the smallest 3D printing pen in the world and let's you draw solid shapes and objects in thin air. … [Read more...]
Beautiful Animated Video Shows The Ideology Behind Apple’s Design Philosophy
Apple used this video titled "Designed by Apple - Intention" to open the WWDC keynote last week. In it, they describe the ideology and process behind designing an Apple product. In typical Apple-esque fashion, the ad offers elegant visuals with smooth narratives which makes for a compelling watch. … [Read more...]
This Amazing Clock Uses 24 Perfectly Synchronized Small Clocks To Tell The Time
Swedish design studio Humans Since 1982 have created this beautiful piece of engineering that uses 24 analogue clocks perfectly synchronized and choreographed to form one awesome digital clock. The ClockClock 24 uses six clocks to make up a number with each of them displaying either one of its corners or one of its sides. The choreography is exceptional, watch below. … [Read more...]
