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David O'Reily's Latest Animation – Please Say Something

He's Having Fun, But Like Many Fun Things, I Suspect He'll Regret This Later

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BOOMBOX from Ely Kim on Vimeo.

Spelling Fail

Swiped at the always awesome FAILblog.

The Crevasse = Cool. "Street Art," No Way

This is a cool piece by German artist Edgar Müller. It looks like a crevasse, get it? As Doug Henning would say, "It's an illusion!" But I really take issue with the fact that it's being referred to as "street art". Yes, it's on a street (I guess?). No, that does not make it "street art." I bet they got a permit to do it. Silly Germans.

Veer Takes On iStock at Veer Marketplace

As an independent designer (little guy) I use iStock ... a LOT. Having said that, the quality of many of the images is sub-par and the constantly changing interface is annoying. Veer, on the other hand, has established itself as one of the most creative and high quality stock houses on the planet; unfortunately they're also the most expensive. I've adopted the practice of FINDING stock images at Veer, but BUYING the same exact image over at Getty ... for considerably less. Having said that, I'm sure Veer's new low-price stock marketplace is going to take a hefty bite out of iStocks stock domination.

Pepsi Co. Bails On New Tropicana Redesign

Thanks to Maureen for the tip.

We've spoken at great length here about how awful the new Pepsi rebranding is; but we hadn't gotten around to commenting on their new, super generic Tropicana packaging. Well folks, the consumer has spoken, and Pepsi is pulling the thirty-three million dollar plug. Ouch!

The thing to note in this article is Peter Arnell's quote, "Tropicana is doing exactly what they should be doing.” Curious, considering he's the head of the firm who redesigned the new packaging (Qué, señor?!) He goes on to inexplicably take credit for generating "all the attention Tropicana is getting. " Despite the fact that the attention is all negative (?!) Way to spin it, Pete! The question remains, how long before Pepsi Co. pulls the plug on their new "stomach logo" and reverts back to their old branding.

From the NY Times

The campaign, which carries the theme “Squeeze it’s a natural,” was created by Arnell in New York, part of the Omnicom Group. Arnell also created the new version of the Tropicana packaging.

“Tropicana is doing exactly what they should be doing,” Peter Arnell, chairman and chief creative officer at Arnell, said in a separate telephone interview on Friday.

“I’m incredibly surprised by the reaction,” he added, referring to the complaints about his agency’s design work, but “I’m glad Tropicana is getting this kind of attention.”

In fact, Tropicana plans to contact “everyone who called or wrote us” to express opinions, Mr. Campbell said, “and explain to them we’re making the change.”

Tropicana is among several PepsiCo brands whose packaging and logos have been recently redesigned by Arnell. The new logo the agency produced for Pepsi-Cola has been the subject of comments by ad bloggers who perceive a resemblance to the logo for the Barack Obama presidential campaign.

Beautiful Study In Minimalism, French Animated Film – L'Ondee (Rains)

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Noah Kalina's Photos Are Cooler Than Your Photos

Michelangelo & Rosie the Riveter, Who Knew?

Steven Heller apparently.