Fucking
The Big Lebowski: The Fucking Short Version. Two fucking minutes, fifteen seconds.
Found via Robert F Boord
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RIP Kodachrome
Kodachrome (1935-2010) died this week.
Below (in black and white) the ‘Leopolds,’ who invented Kodachrome, the world’s first (viable) color film. Article here.
Punky
Interpretation of Simon & Garfunkel’s Punky’s Dilemma. Animated by Scott Kellum.
Coke and the polar bears
‘Today there are approximately 22,000 polar bears left in the world’
With the help of some polar bears (above), Coca-Cola sold a bunch of soda in the 1990s. Today with WWF, they’ve set up a fund to help save the population that’s left.
More info can be found at the Coca-Cola Polar Bear Support Fund website.
Neolithic Coke
3 – 5,000 year old vase, Coca-Cola logo. The work of Ai Weiwei.
Article here.
Found via Daily Serving
Simplifying packaging
‘about unnecessary items on the global brands’
Products screaming far too much for attention? Competition for shelf dominance taken to excess? Overdesigned labels that are trying too damn hard?
Antrepo breaks things down into simple. And then more simple.
More studies here.
Found via Laura Serra
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