Seriously–who was the genius that came up with the concept of a ‘limited edition candy bar?’ According to their website: The NEW limited edition BUTTERFINGER® Buzz bar combines the BUTTERFINGER® taste you love with as much caffeine as the leading energy drink! Wow, I didn’t know that I needed the caffeine of a leading energy drink in something I ate until now. Then again, I also didn’t know that marketing campaigns needed to use ALL CAPS to yell at us like that either.Thanks Butterfinger!
I’m definitely eating one tomorrow to see if it’s limited edition-ness will result in extra taste but I ate it when soemone messes with a classic.
What do Kansas City, James Bond and Will Ferrel have in common? Killer motion graphics studio M12 maybe. Samples of their work are in the following movies. I found some items that they worked on as side projects/promotional pieces:
This one is about Brazil, which I haven’t been to yet but is definitely true given what I have heard from those that have:
This one is just funny, but shows some great skill.
I love the way they move from 2 to 3-D with this one:
Check out their site here.
I saw this in the Salt Lake airport a few weeks ago. Can’t imagine what it must be like to want/need pizza so badly that you would mistake this for food. I can just picture the meeting: ‘Johnson, what did the consultants tell us that we can do to be more innovative? Nothing? Okay, lets use my 14 year old kid stoner idea–we have to show the board something since we blew through over 500k!’
Dutch architect Paul de Ruiter createda house in Veenendaal, The Netherlands. Building almost an exclusively glass exterior must be the byproduct of having an unfair advantage of being able to start from scratch in a rural area.
I love the integration of wood detailing in the outdoor furniture of both the deck space and rooftop treatment. That is, until the ambient humidity wrecks the finish on one faster than the other.
Interior walls bisect the structure with functional elements like fireplaces and space to hang stuff because, well the exterior walls are literally all glass. (insert bad ‘throwing stones’ joke here)
Anyone with a sense of taste would love the treatment of the hot tub cover–looks like custom woodworking around the tub plus, wait for it: what has to be a salvaged submarine hatch cover. Hope they don’t have kids!
Visit the website of the architect here. Via Contemporist.
Simple. Black. Clean and single speed. I don’t even want to know how much it cost either.
I’m much more of a ‘cortez classic’ guy myself, but this animation/rendering is sick! I would expect no less from Nike….
It’s funnier if you say it like a pirate would, which is appropriate given the T-shirt. No idea where you could get it, or where I stumbled across the image but I’m all about wearing one.
http://www.vimeo.com/1669444
I remember watching videos of GDL’s projection/laser pen approach to tagging and general disruption to the public a year ago and thinking ‘these guys are onto something.’ Now they have released their own DVD and have taken their aesthetic attack on the road, as is the case in the above video which takes place in Tokyo.
Apparently this is not viewed as a good idea everywhere since one of the GDL co-founders is currently in prison in Beijing for attempting to export this aspect of American visual culture. GDL may sound a bit familiar since these guys were briefly tossed into jail when Adult Swim had their Boston-based ‘Moononite’ scandal a few years ago.
I think this would work in any space with high ceilings since you wouldn’t want this cluster anyplace near your head. I really like the visual play on words in regards to the fact that most people have no idea as to how most of the objects around them are wired/how they work.
The best part is the electrical cables that are knotted don’t carry the current that powers the lamp itself. The Lamp is seen as a bespoke item by the designers, which has some special installation considerations such as customization involving an increase or reduction in the number of bulbs. The Tangle Lamp pictured is priced at £1350. Via Contemporist.
Remember in the late 90s/early 2000s when you started to see lineart tracings used to create overlapping, intricate patterns that were used across graphic advertisements and motion design? You were either seeing a) the work of Ryan McGinness or b) someone trying their best to imitate his style. He did work for MTV that was widely seen, while at the same time generated sculpture and paint installations.
His work is now being distilled into 3D in the form of powder-coated metal cutouts of various shapes and colors. It’s going to be interesting to see what he does next as he moves out into the world of fine art with a stronger presence in combination with established commercial background and success.
His background can be seen here, bored at work? Google Image his name and take in the results.