‘Depicts 2.4 million pieces of plastic, equal to the estimated number of pounds of plastic pollution that enter the world’s oceans every hour. All of the plastic in this image was collected from the Pacific Ocean.’
From Chris Jordan’s Running the Numbers II: Portraits of global mass culture. Details here.
Crystal Pepsi, New Coke, Surge, Citra, 7Up Gold . . .
I really liked Josta, which was an American version of a Brazilian Guarana soda. OK Soda won a bunch of design awards, but never saw a national audience.
Here’s a tribute to a bunch of discontinued sodas. Warning: page has lots of ads.
‘A classic today: this wonderful short animated film by Dusan Vukotic won the Oscar for animated film in 1963. He was the first non-American to ever do so.’
Found via Monsieur Bandit
‘The lamps are a contemporary translation of the classical centerpiece. The Tafelstukken stand out by shining upon themselves and their contents. By using this combination of shape, material and light five quaint characters arise.’
Designed by Daphna Isaacs (Netherlands).
Found via Designspotter
‘In his prime piece of Wallpaper* real estate Philippe Starck gave the platform to ‘others who deserve to be heard.’ Scientists, physicists, cosmologists and the odd artist and activist rock star – Starck challenged them on the meaning of life. We couldn’t let him get away that easily though and so travelled to the south of France to quiz him on his own views about life and design.’
From 2009.
Found via Wallpaper*
From 2007. Here’s a capsule overview of Starck’s work.
‘I was at a department store here in Basel and this in-store magazine caught my eye. The focus is Barcelona and all the headings are set in what must be Jeanne Moderno!’ -Nina
Nina Stössinger not only snagged me a copy of Globus Savoir Vivre‘s Barcelona issue; she also popped it in the mail. It just arrived a couple days ago.
It’s always great to see my fonts in use. Especially when the designer uses my funky accents.
First two photos by Nina Stössinger, the rest by mehallo
‘I tried to make small details count by making them meaningful, fun, playful, full of color, yet useful and sustainable . . . With artwork, we involved Twitter employees and local artists, 3 Fish Studios.’ -Sara
A Jeanne Moderno t graces the Cafe area at Twitter Headquarters in San Francisco.
Am I honored? Of course. Twitter has become one of my favorite screwy things to do.
Interiors designed by Sara Morishige. Fonts were sourced via the supercool Bryan Mason at Typekit.
More details here. Additional photos here.
That be a Jeanne t, at right
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