Monthly Archive for April, 2010

Turn negative into positive

Finaly!!! It pays off to be clumsy! An everyday negative situation is turned into a positive experience with this tablecloth. Wine and coffee stains are hard to wash out and might leave vague colour traces after washing. In this case, the figures in the cloth will form a pale, shadowy pattern that will grow as the tablecloth is being used and spilled on over time. The concept allows a great collection of patterns. Different patterns will tell different stories. This creates stories and can contribute in giving the tablecloth sentimental value.
The tablecloth Underfull is a prototype and is not yet in commersial production. Get in contact with the designer Kristine Bjaadal if your interested.
I love the concept of storytelling translated in a product for every day use.

Check the website
Via Sub-Studio

Published on 16/04/2010 in design - product, experience, story telling and value. 1 Comment Tags: , , .

Inspiration-snack #30

Rewrap is a 100% biodegradable eco friendly designer sleeves for your laptop. Check it out!
www.rewrap.com

Published on 15/04/2010 in Cradle to Cradle, design - product, duurzaamheid, environment and Inspiratie-snack. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , .

Puma's Clever Little Bag

Puma collaborated with Ives Behar’s fuse project to design ‘the next’ sustainable shoebox. With the “clever little bag”, Puma kicks-off the next pivotal phase of its’ sustainability program.  The tens of millions of shoes shipped in the bag will reduce water, energy and diesel consumption on the manufacturing level alone by more than 60% per year. In other words: approximately 8,500 tons less paper consumed, 20 million Megajoules of electricity saved, 1 million liters less fuel oil used and 1 million liters of water conserved. During transport 500,000 liters of diesel is saved and lastly, by replacing traditional shopping bags the difference in weight will save almost 275 tons of plastic.
Good concept, nice design! It’s always good to re-think the way we make things. And the next step would be if the bag could be the source for a new product.

Source: Fubiz

Published on 14/04/2010 in brands, concept, design - packaging, design - product, duurzaamheid, environment, fashion and innovation. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

Inspiration-snack #29

What a brilliant video! PIXELS created by onmoreproduction. 1 million viewers within 24 hours.

Published on 14/04/2010 in art, film, motiondesign and video clip. 1 Comment Tags: , , , , .

Bottled water, the new oil #2

I’ve reported about the paradox of bottled water before in the post Bottled water, the new oil.
There is something strange about water in a bottle. You have the feeling to be buying a pure and clean ’source’ product, which is healthier and cleaner than ordinary tap water. But the opposite is the truth. Here’s 2 other examples explaining why bottled water is in fact a environmental disaster. (If watching the video consumes too much time for you, just stick to the info graphic, it basically tells the same story).
This film is from the creators of ‘the story of stuff‘, also a very nice film that’ll make you think about how we produce and consume.

The Story of Bottled Water, was released on March 22, 2010 on World Water Day

Also check the story of bottled water website
Info graphic via onlineeducation.net

Published on 13/04/2010 in Cradle to Cradle, duurzaamheid, environment, film, Uncategorized and video clip. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

CK augmented reality

Here’s an augmented reality web campaign of  Calvin Klein (I think it was in collaboration with GQ magazine). And I’ve tried it and it worked. It’s a little ‘blocky’ and it’s clearly a technology in progress. Watch the demo video and you get the idea. Or try it out you’re self, the website will explain you how. You also gonna need a webcam.

Check the Calvin Klein x-mark-your-spot website

Published on 13/04/2010 in advertising, augmented reality, commercial, concept, design - user interface, design - web, experience, fashion, internet and Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

iPad peek

And this is what inspirationspam looks like on an iPad (if you don’t happen to own one ;-)

Wanna try you’re site? Go to ipadpeek.com

Published on 07/04/2010 in design - interactive, innovation, mobile media and technology. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

Fashionable packaging design #4

… and an other example of fashionable packaging design. The Coco-Cola-light-Karl-Lagerfeld-bottle. Available at Corlette.fr. The bottle goes for € 3,50. The Box set is yours for € 60,00.

Also read these story’s:
Fashionable packaging design #3
Fashionable packaging design #2
Fashionable packaging design

Published on 06/04/2010 in brands, design - packaging and fashion. 0 Comments Tags: , , , , , .

A film made by (over) 20 filmmakers

COALITION OF THE WILLING is a web-based film made by a network of over 20 collaborating artists and filmmakers from around the world. Started in February the film is being released in 6 staggered  waves 2 weeks apart, with 4-5 sections up-loaded in each wave. The releases can be followed on Twitter and Facebook and. The result can be watched on this website. Coalition of the Willing is an, as the creators cal it, ‘animated film about an online war against global warming in a post-Copenhagen world.’
Good initiative with an interesting visual outcome.

Source: Coalition of the willing

Published on 05/04/2010 in concept, Cradle to Cradle, design - environment, design - interactive, duurzaamheid, environment, film, motion design and Uncategorized. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .

Documenting Rock trough the decades

What makes me stick and hang around on a website for a while? Either there’s a lot of interaction with others, or I get the depth info I’ve been looking for (or stumbled upon) or I’m blown of my socks by the impressive creativity and beauty of the content or the website itself. Well, this one is in the last category. You really should check out this new website that group 94 designed for photographer Denis O’Regan. The site is a documentation of decades of his rock photography. I’m a fan of both the photographer and the designer. Make sure you don’t have anything else to do the next half hour when you visit the site ;-)

Top: The new website of Denis O’Regan
Below: Some of my favorites of Denis O’Regan

Published on 01/04/2010 in art, design - graphic, design - user interface, design - web and photography. 0 Comments Tags: , , , .