The weather yesterday was so rainy that I think it's time for me to share with you this original item from Japan. Created by the design studio Ofess, this umbrella looks totally like a bottle when it's closed!
James Beattie created this interesting clock concept, he used the Pantone colors to visualize the sun's luminance in the sky over the course of a 12 hour period:
Here is an interesting extract of the french website VDM (for Vie De Merde = Life Sucks), where people can post the crappy anecdotes that happened to them:Today, I found my Neuf box (ADSL box) disembowled by hammer and screwdriver knocks. My son just wanted "to see the small guys hidden inside, like in the TV com". Thanks Neuf. Life sucks.
In the comments you can find:
My kid shook the box to try to hear them...TV is bad.
Here is the "guilty" ad:
I made an essay at uni last year on the influence of images in media on children behaviours, I'll make a post on it when I'll got some time but here is an example of how powerful an ad can be on those little minds!
Because I was fed up to wait for my bus doing nothing I decided to go to the shop nearby to "explore" it (always an adventure to go in a shop when you're in a new country and to find exciting packagings there!), and I've just been stopped by that: Waaa that's super cool! I never made the link between first & thirst before that! Love it, great idea!! You can learn more about the campaign on http://www.thirst-aid.com.au/
* a little thought to all my red-cross colleagues -> keep going on anywhere anytime :) *