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Extreme purple
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:29
Extreme purple

I had the opportunity a few years ago to design juice labels for Happy Planet. Yesterday on a hot sunny day I enjoyed a chilled ‘Extreme Purple’ (it was so good). On review of their …

Sexy eggs
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:18
Sexy eggs

From time to time I visit the site Lovely Package. Today I was delighted to see someone doing something different with egg packaging. Designer Si Thorpe designed the packaging for an ethically minded egg company, …

M&S celebrate 125th birthday
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:15
M&S celebrate 125th birthday

M&S (Marks & Spencer) turns 125 tomorrow. My mum who lives in Leeds (where M&S started as a single market stall) is off to a special event tomorrow at M&S, so I thought I would …

Trees matter
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:06
Trees matter

I noticed a sign by a new development today for the company “Trees Matter” who come and relocate trees rather than chopping them down. Make sure you watch the “tree moving in action” video, the …

Overheard in New York
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 19:02
Overheard in New York

We all must have overheard a conversation on the bus, or caught a small section of a conversation as we walk past people in the office or on the street. Sometimes they can be quite …

Judging the Salazar Awards
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 18:58
Judging the Salazar Awards

Last Friday I had the honour of judging the GDC Salazar Student Awards with Catherine Worrall, Jim Skipp, Roberto Dosil and Vida Jurcic.
Co-sponsored by Metropolitan Fine Printers, the Salazar Student Awards recognize projects of up-and-coming …

World Superhero Registry
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 18:55
World Superhero Registry

In a world full of crime and comic books what we really need are people dressed in costumes saving our behinds. The World Superhero Registry is a place for serious people who want to adopt …

Prince Opus – 21 nights
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 18:52
Prince Opus – 21 nights

It was just a matter of time until I did a blog post about Prince (I am a big fan). Well here goes.
When a musician can charge US$2,100 for a book and an ipod they …

Crazy architecture
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 18:49
Crazy architecture

Living in Vancouver where the architecture is a little plain I get excited when I see creative and brave architecture elsewhere in the world. That being said Vancouver is listed on this site of unusual …

Ninja, Sumo, Karate
Saturday, 19 Sep, 2009 – 18:45
Ninja, Sumo, Karate

Fun, playful and creative. Love the Sumo, I’m off to buy one for my wee girl. Check out the site (LINK)