Water in All its Beauty: Logos, Installations, Designs / Blog Action Day 2010

on October 15th, 2010

Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day. Our aim is to raise awareness and trigger a global discussion around an important issue that impacts us all. This year, with the theme of Water, we are eager to shed light on [...]

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Michaela Kocianova and Jude Law talk sex for Dior Homme

on September 10th, 2010

Well, sort of. Mild hints. Very mild. My grandmother could have said something saucier. But hey, it’s Jude Law, with a hot Muse theme in the background – and Michaela Kocianova wearing next to nothing. “Un Rendez Vous”, the first of Guy Ritchie’s three short films for a new campaign for Dior Homme is an [...]

Stir something deep inside…

on August 13th, 2010

Sydney-based Collider was awarded the top prize for Commercials – Visual Effects at the 2010 Australian Effects and Animation Festival Awards (AEAF) last night for Nestle Club ‘Intense Pleasure’, via agency JWT Sydney. The spot was directed by Collider co-founder and creative director, Andrew van der Westhuyzen. And it’s stirring and delicious….

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Ad of the Day: Australian Childhood Foundation, ‘Invisible’

on August 12th, 2010

According to the Australian Childhood Foundation’s website, neglect accounted for 30 per cent of reported child abuse cases in Australia in 2006-7, although many children suffer a combination of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. The Foundation stresses that it’s the role of adults to learn how to notice and report child abuse – and so [...]

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Inspiration: Custom Type for Middle East’s Largest Telco

on July 21st, 2010

Based on Zain’s corporate typeface, Avenir, and their request for a patterned headline font, Fontsmith came up with this beauty; created by Fontsmith’s Arabic specialist, Emanuela Conidi, this font comes in a single headline weight in both Latin and Arabic language scripts as well as a special weight for numbers (it is a phone company after all).

Wicked Ad and Packaging

on May 20th, 2010

Inspired by the body art phenomenon that is sweeping the globe, WICKED is an all new energy drink combining tattoo attitude with caffeine and taurine; it comes in a gorgeous packaging and with a wicked, wicked commercial featuring a pole-dancing geisha, animated body art and Tomb Raider-like action.

Packaging Design: Help Remedies 2.0

on May 12th, 2010

ChappsMalina was approached by Help Remedies, a New York City-based startup with a big idea: to revolutionize over-the-counter medication. The resulting line consists of 6 products that are designed to guide you through the medication aisle with ease and comfort. From “help, I have a headache” to “help, I can’t sleep”, instead of yelling “FAST [...]

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Ad of the Day: Lego Click

on May 10th, 2010

Really cool, in a weird sort of way. Got me in a groovy mood for no reason whatever :)

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