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The secret to being in Sacramento, CA is knowing where the cool stuff is. And a lot of it is just under the radar. The right gallery on Second Saturday, the hole-in-the-wall that has the best burrito, what cool bands are in town.

Mark Bean started Secret Sacramento as a Facebook group. And it’s become wildly popular (over 3,000 followers as I write this) – and it’s spread to Twitter.

And launched recently, the Secret Sacramento website. The new site is kinda sparse – so if you’re local, login and post your own regional finds. Share your secrets.

where i fit in
In addition to designing the logo (above), I will be contributing content from time to time.

But shhhh, it’s all a secret.

Tags: cool finds, culinary, music, thoughts, typography by steve
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‘It’s slick, futuristic and vastly different from Coca Cola’s packaging which would be the reason they wouldn’t pick this up’

so green!
A brilliant bottle concept by an Industrial Design student – Andrew Seunghyun Kim – for helping reduce Coca-Cola’s environmental footprint. Would love to see this implemented. Coke: are you listening?

Details here. More details at Andrew Seunghyn Kim’s blog.

Just don’t tell Raymond Loewy about this.

Found via Designers Couch

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‘Keeps the doctor away’

The Apple Calendar, which holds a month’s worth of the fruit, was designed by Serviceplan for the offices of health insurance provider AOK.

Details here.

Tags: cool finds, culinary, design by steve
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‘the distilled essence of 47 lbs of cilantro’

Found via FUCK YEAH CILANTRO

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The years that McDonalds didn’t have the Shamrock Shakes were, like, the Dark Ages. Glad they’re back. They are back, right?

No, they’re not back. Not here. Went to buy one yesterday. They didn’t have a clue as to what I was babbling about.

Found via Traci Thylin Bocci

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‘The first commercial by Bill Melendez  . . .  explains why the kids look like they come from Charlie Brown’s neighborhood’

Introducing: Lucky Charms cereal, 1964.

Tags: cool finds, culinary, design history by steve
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Light Breakfast by David Sykes.

Found via Ashley Simko

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In honor of Fuck Week, here’s a Helveticake. And how it was made.

Found via LAWeekly

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Some Vintage Tony the Tiger ads voiced by the great Thurl Ravenscroft (1914-2005). From the Mad Men era, of course.

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It’s the Year of the Tiger!

Chinese New Year started this weekend, today’s the 6th day of celebration.

Limited edition Year of the Tiger tea packaging – only 50 made – by Aesthetic Apparatus.

Found via My Modern Met

Tags: cool finds, culinary, design by steve
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I love when the general public finds brilliant solutions to overlooked design problems.

from south korea
Cold weather + not wanting to remove gloves + iPhone + sausages = productivity!

Snack sausages make great substitutes for browsing fingers. Something Apple’s design team hadn’t quite anticipated. Details here.

And
You too can be productive! Snag some Slim Jims for your iPhone  . . .  here.

Found via Kottke

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