Design

October 27, 2009

Today’s Top 10 Tastemakers

The dictionary defines a tastemaker as one who sets the standards of what is currently popular or fashionable. I'd like to take that definition a little further. It's someone who not only has exquisite taste but someone who has the motivation, courage and passion to share that with the world. They are today's go-to experts.

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September 16, 2009

Creative Ad: Mickey D Wraps a Lamp Post

What an awesome optical illusion! As part of a national campaign promoting McDonald’s restaurants, a downtown Vancouver lamp post appears to pour coffee into a giant cup on the sidewalk. At the time, McDonald’s was giving away free small cups of its brew for a two-week period, in an effort to attract new breakfast customers. The post was wrapped in brown vinyl to resemble poured coffee, while an oversized carafe was attached to the end.

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July 31, 2009

The Standard Hotel & Quiksilver Swimwear Vending Machine

The Standard and Quicksilver have partnered up to release an exclusive line of board shorts and bikinis sold in poolside vending machines at their Los Angeles, Hollywood, Miami, and New York City hotel locations. Coolest part? The board shorts also have specially written addresses of local must-see hot spots.

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June 30, 2009

Could You Live Inside The Black Apartment? (7 pics)

New York-based creative agency “The Apartment” designed this apartment for Cindy Gallop. Gallop is an ad agency guru who used to be chairwoman of advertising giant BBH. Her brief was simple: “At night, i want to feel like I'm in a Shanghai nightclub.” What she got was just that – an apartment that looked more like a bumpin' club than a comfy home.

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