Problem Poster

McCann Erickson Manchester are responsible for this clever poster for Leeds Counselling’s mental health campaign. The poster was created with specially designed software which interpretes a photo as strings or lines. Each string is a line of text, explaining the many and varied issues that one may seek counselling for. The images were created by San Francisco-based ‘Scloopy’ and the original black and white shots were by photographer Steve Deer.

Modern History

I have recently been delving into my family history and family tree. The information I have collated however is in a rather non-digestable format.  I stumbled upon My Tree and Me and found these beautiful examples of family trees. Wouldn’t you love to have this on your wall, reminding you of your long and powerful genealogical  lineage!

genealogical

Finders Keepers

The Finders Keepers Market is a design and art market which started in Sydney, Australia. It is now expanding to Brisbane with the aim to go national. The markets showcase independent designers and artists in a festival like atmosphere with live music, a cafes and bar. It’s free so if you are in the Brisbane or Sydney area, mosy on down for a sticky beak.

Brisbane
October 31 and November 1 2009
12pm-9pmThe Old Museum
Cnr Bowen Bridge Road & Gregory Terrace, Herston

Sydney
December 4th (6pm-10pm) and 5th (10am-8pm) 2009
The inside foyer at CarriageWorks – 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh

For more details visit the Finders Keepers website

Hello Budeez!

JDA, Inc. Retail Ready Design recently won the 2009 Gold Pentawards for these funky earphones for Audiovox.

As you can see, the earphones form the eyes of the faces of several individual characters.  It’s such clever and stylish packaging. And the consumer will identify with at least one of the characters.

They are all personified with their own names. This one is called Emo.

Get in touch with your feminine side

Thymes

I couldn’t help but share with you this beautiful packaging and illustration design for Thymes fragrances.

Sow the Seed

First you sow the seed. Then you grow the seed. Then you admire the seed packaging designs by Chloe Dunne.

Deanne Cheuk

Perth born, New York based designer Deanne Cheuk has got a new website displaying a plentiful array of her work. Warning: The sheer amount of content on this site will make even the biggest workaholics and over-achievers out there feel pretty lazy and unproductive.

Lush

While searching for inspiration for designing my own personal business card, I came across this clever example.

Tooheys Extra Dry Paper Bags

In an effort to be creative and cutting edge, Toohey’s launched the TED696 Project with great success. The project is a collaboration between TED and some of the world’s best street artists to design graphics for the brown bags the longnecks are sold in,  using the theme of ‘696’. The competition was then open to the wider public. Reportedly, in the first eight weeks, over 500,000 longneck bottles of TED were sold representing $9 in sales for every $1 invested. The competition was so successful that it is now an on-going project.

The TED696 project was also the winner of the Yellow Pencil in Branding (Printed Materials) Award.

Advertising Agency: BMF Sydney, Australia
Executive Creative Director: Warren Brown
Creative Director: Simon Langley
Creative Director/Interactive: Chris James
Art Director: Shane Bradnick
Interactive Art Director: Johnny Brian
Digital Producer: Sora Nobari
Flash Developer: Ed Stuckey
Art Buyer: Sarah Thompson
Print Production: Clinton Bell
Artists: Shepard Fairey, Dmote, Luca Ionescu, Studio Number One

Paper Stories

paper stories creates eco-friendly paper boutique and workspace located in the Chicago area. Created by two designers, kelly maron (of paper stories letterpress) and tami rasmussen (of tam tam design studio) they also provide classes in paper arts, craft, and handcrafted correspondence. They are inspired by the craftsmanship and refinement of days gone by. Check out paper stories website for more details.