Archive for the ‘Design + Creativity’ Category
The Best Camera: Photography For All
I had the sincere pleasure of meeting photographer Chase Jarvis the other night and had a very interesting talk about the ability of social media tools to democratize art, making it more accessible to all and encouraging everyone to explore their creativity. He recently authored The Best Camera is the One That’s With You, and from it has come a website and iPhone app that lets users shoot, edit and publish their images. The concept is cool, and although I’ve had my qualms about phone cameras, I’ve got to say that I like it a whole lot more than I expected. So here’s my first photo.You can check out other user submitted photos as TheBestCamera.com.
The more sites like The Best Camera that can encourage creativity in the world, the better…
Brooklyn Fare: Smart and Funny Branding
Digging the new ad campaign by Brooklyn Fare which pokes fun at trendy coffee drink sizes. You can see more smart designs from the campaign here.
An Optical Illusion the Size of a Village
An interesting public art installation in Vercorin, Switzerland by artist Felice Varini that turns the whole village into an optical illusion, by painting white sections on various houses along the hillside.
More at Been Seen.
A Modern Treehouse
This Los Angeles tree-inspired house by Rockefeller Partners Architects does an excellent job of combining nature and modern amenities, taking advantage of the beauty of a fallen tree and bringing a sense of the natural world into the interior.
This window is actually a portal in the floor, allowing for a view of the inspiration behind the house.
[Via: Dwell]
Organic Jewelry Designs: Ceca Georgieva
Amazing work by Bulgarian artist Ceca Georgieva. Using living materials, she creates pieces that are a beautiful combination of funky and natural. More can be found on her blog.
Eco Graffiti
Eco friendly street art is all the rage. There’s something about bringing green messages to urban areas that makes us rethink our connection to nature. Above, artist Jesse Graves spreads social and environmental messages with the help of mud and stencils.
Swedish Design: New ABSOLUT Campaign Goes Logo-less
It’s hard to miss an ABSOLUT ad — the Swedish vodka company has been known for its ingenious creativity surrounding the classic bottle, designed back in 1979. But in the new era of educated consumers and people wanting less, ABSOLUT is taking a new route: brandless branding. A limited edition series of bottles will be released that simply feature a removable sticker at the bottom of every bottle to indentify alcohol content and volume.
But the branding isn’t only about reaching a consumer that wants something a bit more genuine and with less flair; the “no label” campaign is also a launching pad for talking about prejudice issues.
From ABSOLUT:
There are too many labels associated with the LGBT-community and with this initiative we want to find a way around them. We have launched a naked bottle with no label and no logo, to manifest the idea that no matter what’s on the outside, it’s the inside that really matters.
Creative branding that engages the consumer for a social cause makes for an aesthetically pleasing and intriguing campaign.
[Via:PSFK]
Plastic Can Be Beautiful
Plastic is plaguing the environment and our health, but in celebration of the big Ban the Bag event that we put on this Tuesday (which Portland’s mayor Sam Adams spoke at), I decided to put plastic to good use. A big event calls for big jewelry, so I knocked out a necklace and bracelet, proving that single-use plastics can be turned into something more worthwhile instead of merely being thrown away.
The above necklace is a plastic bag cut into strips and then knitted into three separate squares. The bracelet is cut from a plastic cup and then held together by silver wire.
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Design is Important
Seen in the window of Portland Design Within Reach. I would even go so far to add that “sustainable design is important because environmental chaos is hard.” Just take the recent ecotopia proposal in Gothenburg as an example.
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