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ReubenMiller's Got a Brand-Spanking New Look!

I'm sure you've noticed by now that we've got a fresh new look for the blog. After a lot of coding, tweaking and generally making a mess of CSS, I've managed to get it to look half-decent (let me know what you think of it!) It still remains a work-in-progress. The goal of this redesign was to make it easier to get around and add some more color. After all, you know we're suckers for color!

Last but not least, our large header incorporates the work of a featured artist. We'll be featuring different artists in that space and rotating them over time to keep things interesting. This isn't a sponsored spot, but rather a testament to our support of great artists. Our first feature is of the brilliant and witty Simon Oxley, one of our all-time favorites.

Enjoy!

Resealable Soda Can with Ads

I discovered this really interesting packaging concept that allows for a soda can to be resealed called Soda-Seal. The concept was invented by Johan de Broyer of Ukraine and co-inventor, Robert Davis of Davis Advertising. Robert is credited with design and development of patent drawings, 3-D models and video animations of the concept in action.  

Watch video animations here and here. The latest video is here.

(video screen shots above and link references are courtesy of Davis Advertising, Inc.)

Alexa's Top 90 Design Weblogs

Want to know the top design blogs according to Alexa? Well, we've compiled all 90 of them. I have no clue how they come up with these rankings, but hey, these are great sites to check out and bookmark! (ReubenMiller ranks 24 - not bad.)

22 Year Tradition: Aspen Boutique's Fantastical Holiday Cards

2008 card, front

2008 card, back

Aspen Boutique (formerly Aspen Traders) has a long-standing tradition of mailing fanciful holiday cards to their customers. They have been doing it since 1987. The cards are designed by Gardner Design of Wichita Kansas, run by Bill Gardner of LogoLounge fame. Bill was kind enough to share the entire collection of cards with us, and gave us some background about their unique, long-standing relationship with Aspen Boutique.

REUBENMILLER: Can you tell us a bit about Aspen Boutique?

Bill Gardner: Aspen Boutique started twenty three years ago as Aspen Traders. It has always been a womens apparel store with originally a slant towards natural fiber materials and a great deal of international and semi ethnic influence. They have always had a remarkable collection of jewelry again with a global influence and eventually the store moved into also carrying select home ware and body products that fit the mix. James and Monica Smits, the owners, had lived in Colorado and had a wonderful natural style that you might see in that area of the country. Now take everything that I've said and remember that this is generally a higher end store.

(continue to see the rest of the cards and interview...)

Hero Cello

Berliner Philharmoniker has a promo game where visitor get to play Camille Saint-Saëns - The Swan on a cello. Click to play

We (Heart) It

We (heart) It - Visual Bookmark

(Thanks Chris Glass)

Monkeying around

Cute new Cadbury chocolate ad

Fancy footwear

Jethro Haynes is a sculptor/designer/genius living in London.

The shoe above are from a project he worked on with Hudson-Powell for Pointer Footwear. The top image, is an octopus that’s in love with a lighthouse, so says the guys over at Hudson-Powell.

Via kitsunenoir

This old jalopy

This VW brings back very fond memories. My family had one on these, in canary yellow and white.

Mega-brand Adidas are using it for a unique sales opportunity. The label’s new skateboard clothing range will be marketed via this old jalopy that has been customized with prints inspired by skating legend Mark Gonzales. The ‘Kombi’ will cruise the streets of Sao Paulo with its custom interior throughout August, before it goes on tour to promote the new range.

Via coolhunter

Creative Advertising

Advertising Agency: TM Advertising: Irving, Texas, USA

Via anamorphosis