ReubenMiller

cute salt + pepper shakers

 

There's nothing like cute salt and pepper shakers to make an ordinary meal on an ordinary seem a little brighter. Above, Koziol of Germany created these birds on a tree salt and pepper shaker set. You can buy it here.

More salty-and-peppery cuteness after the jump.

Permanent Pinch

There's something incredibly winning about this huge clothespin pinching the landscape like a green wooly blanket. Photograph on flickr: mmarsupilami's stream

Social Media circa 1950

I love these nifty advertisments for 'new' life changing technologies. They'll shave off hours of letter writing a day and allow you to spend more time with your feet up doing sweet nothing. These ads were aparently created by agency Moma São Paulo.

Creative Director: Rodolfo Sampaio | Art Director: Marco Martins | Copywriter: Adriano Matos | Illustrator: 6B Studio (Published: July 2010)

 

via

Infographics. Not.

Phil Gyford prepared an infographic to dis all useless infographics.

Infographics (the art of turning raw, boring data into visually appealing displays and charts) has gained popularity in the last few years as a hot new frontier in graphic design (even though the craft itself is pretty old). It's easy to see why the technique is overused and in danger of being undervalued as a specialized form of graphic design.

(via Noisy Decent Graphics)

Plot Jewelry

Plot Jewelry turns raw data into wearable art. The pendants feature fluctuations in price of commodities trading like gold, silver and lead. A graph is embedded in clear acrylic. Plot is a part of ad agency Wieden+Kennedy in London, UK.

 

They are also running a limited time sale! (more details after the jump)

gocco feature: 13 artists / 13 giveaways

i just finish compiling a mammoth feature on gocco for sharesomecandy click the image below to check it out. (lots of goodies being given away too)

pepsi boob

 

MAJOR FAUX PAS WARNING!

instructions when packing on the shelves: DO NOT STACK CANS ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER.

Great Vintage Ammunition Packaging (23 Examples)

I happened to stumble upon some really awesome vintage design in the unexpected form of ammunition packaging. Here's a collection we gathered from around the web - we hope you'll find it as a source of inspiration.

What I liked most about some of the older boxes in this collection is  the heavy wordiness evident in most vintage packaging, the classy and ornate fonts and almost feminine detailing. The way the whole design pulls together gives me a truckload of inspiration for my next packaging design project. This stuff would totally inspire me for a single malt or beer label for instance, or maybe a men's body care collection.

Continue reading to see the entire collection of printed vintage ammunition boxes and labels.

what i wore today

Artist: Gemma Correll

A quick google of 'what i wore today' and you'll find pages of sites wanting to share their fashion savvy with their readers. Well, what if you're camera shy or what if you're not wearing anything 'branded' but still feel good about what you put together?  What if you were also an artist?

Pepsi vs. Coca Cola - the True Brand Evolution

There's been a startling logo evolution time line circulating on the web showing how Pepsi's logo keeps changing while Coca-Cola's remained consistently the same throughout history. This was proven to be somewhat inaccurate by Armin at Brand New (who prepared the true time line above). The evolution is very interesting. Pepsi can't seem to find a comfortable footing with its identity, but I really like how Coca-Cola has come full circle, re-embracing its origins in the 1940's iconic logo still familiar today.