Archive for March, 2010

Schweppes Glowing In The Dark

Schweppes are contributing to the night life of the city with their cool design of the cans. The 250 ml cans are specifically designed for those who like to party in the clubs: Indian Tonic, Agrum, Lemon and Dark Side beverages are packed into cans that glow in the dark. The psychedelic design made of [...]

Eco-Friendly Re:newal Water

Once again we have bottled water designers pursuing the idea of eco-friendliness (see here my last post related to the topic). Re:newal water bottle is made of plants. It is fully recyclable and is not supposed to harm the environment. Here is what the guys at Re:newal say: water and oil simply do not mix. [...]

Green Seeds: Dispose Of Your Gum Properly

A great piece of design comes from Gonglue Jiang. If you ever had your hand lean on a non-visible to your eye surface to find a used gum stick to it, you will surely find this idea useful. The 2 in 1 concept is a bottle of chewing gum with a sticky paper tape (you [...]

Milk Jug Talking Fresh

I had a post recently about a couple of designer solutions to keep consumers aware of fresh products. Here comes another idea. This milk jug – developed by designer Oliver Newberry – contains a pH sensor built into the base which measures the acidity of the milk. This is then linked to an LCD screen on [...]

Burger King To Sponsor Digg’s 404 Page

BrandDNA reports: Burger King in the US is running an inovative campaign on Digg – they’re sponsoring error messages. Mistype a term into the Digg search feed and it returns a cheeky message promoting Burger King. The message reads: Looks like your search had a typo. Maybe you’ve got tiny hands. The beefy $1 Burger [...]

How Big Brands Come Up With Their Names

My girlfriend should like this post, she’s thinking of opening a start-up, and her first problem is finding a good name for the company. So, my dear, here comes the post from The Business Insider, where tell a story of how a number of brands came up with their names. HP: The founders Bill Hewlett [...]

Ubuntu Cola – For Fair Trade

Ubuntu Cola was the first cola in the UK to get the Fairtrade Mark (back in 2007) and it fizzes with Fairtrade sugar from the Kasinthula Cooperative in Malawi and from the Kaleya Cooperative in Zambia. This means that every time you drink an Ubuntu Cola you are directly taking part in the Fairtrade movement [...]

Green Marker – Plant-shaped Bookmark

From Snow Magazine comes the post about this cute little thing. The Green Marker is designed by Japanese duo – Bananao and Kinue Oneda – representing Yuruliku Design. I can’t really say more about this, you just need to see the photos – they look very nice Share on Facebook

Window Refrigerator: See What’s Inside With Just A Touch

The Window Refrigerator is a concept designed by Yoonjung Kim and Jongrok Lee. It is made as 5 different cabinets to store different items; it offers the opportunity to see what is stored inside a cabinet before opening it. With a simple touch, the particular door will transform into transparent glass from opaque glass by [...]

Fresh Code: Gives Away Stale Vegetables

A very cool concept comes from designers Sisi Yuan, Yiwu Qiu, Lei Zhao, Qiulei Huang, Lijun Zhang & Weihang Shu. These guys have come up with an intelligent barcode with a graph – the Fresh Code – which indicates the current freshness level of vegetables. The barcode uses a special ink that recedes with time, [...]

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