Design
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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Uncategorized
September 12, 2009

Cool Concept: Portable Solar Tree (5 pics)

When you're out at the beach or anywhere else there's sun, why not use the Solar Tree to charge your gadgets? Korean designers Jun-Se Kim, Min-Goo Kim and Dong-Eon Kim have created a portable pole equipped with a solar panel on top. Simply stick the pole in the ground, and solar energy that is harnessed from the panel is transferred to onboard batteries. Electricity is then made available via multiple sockets mounted on the pole.

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Art
September 10, 2009

30+ Pieces of Inspiring, Funny and Interesting Advice

Everyday, as I scour the web looking for interesting things to post about, I run across a few of these pictures. They're signs or little pieces of advice that pop up like presents on the screen. These life lessons remind me to stop and enjoy life. The remind me to step away, ask me to change my perspective or give me reason to laugh.

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Art
September 9, 2009

I’ll have my Facebook portrait painted by Matt Held

Duc Minh Phung By now you may have heard about Matt Held. He's the famous painter who's immortalizing Facebook users by painting their portrait. If you wanted to know more about Matt and find out what his inspiration was behind this project, check out this video. It's just a cool story about a normal guy who found his calling. “I paint people.

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