Jeni | Skaggs, Design, Branding | Friday, May 9th, 2008 @ around lunchtime
The New Zealand brand Bloomsberry & Co have really done something different with their packaging and produced a range of vibrant eye-catching graphics. They also have a rather charming website.
Established only in 2001, the brand was set-up by Giles Barker, a Graphic Designer and his wife, a trained cook; a perfect match of good design and good ingredients.
Always appreciative of pretty colours and anything with sugar, these chocolate bars have got me hooked and determined to eat my way through the whole range – purely for the sake of design, of course.
Sam | Experience, Art, Fashion & Beauty | Thursday, May 8th, 2008 @ around lunchtime
I’m all about random designer luxury goods. Not so much the handbags, umbrellas and cell phone cases. More like KVD’s Chanel Surfboard and my Mark Jacobs Bean Bags (courtesy of Cara). I see them not as luxury goods - but more like works of fashion art. When I came across Peter Gronquist’s latest exhibition at the Gallery 1998 in LA, I positively leapt out of my chair with glee. Weapons aren’t really my thing BUT I will make an exception for the Chanel Rocket Launcher, The Prada AK47 and of course the Louis Vuitton Chainsaw.
Bradley | Architecture | Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 @ in the late evening
Frank Lloyd Wright’s last remaining hotel, The Park Hotel, is in desperate need of financial support. If you can, please support Wright on the Park.
Skaggs | Skaggs, Awards | Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 @ in the early morning
Skaggs | Skaggs, Awards | Monday, May 5th, 2008 @ in the early afternoon
Skaggs | Skaggs, Awards | Thursday, May 1st, 2008 @ mid-afternoon
Skaggs | Skaggs, Awards | Wednesday, April 30th, 2008 @ in the early evening
Skanska USA Employee Newsletter
Sam | Misc., Experience, Personal | @ in the early afternoon
I haven’t had much opportunity to travel extensively through America, but every time I do get the chance, I absolutely love it. Why? Because I see the most random stuff ever!
Take for example a trip I took a few months ago for an ad campaign we shot for Skanska in Ohio.
As Cole Ruth (Communications and Brand Manager at Skanska USA) and I headed down the highway at night we saw Jesus…literally. All 62ft and 42ft wingspan of him.
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Bradley | Typography | Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 @ in the late evening
A great post from the guys at Hoefler & Frere-Jones on one of my favorite characters in the Roman alphabet, ampersand. A good history of the character as well as several iterations of the character in more modern typefaces.
