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Literal Fruit Juice Packaging: Love It or Hate It?
Japanese industrial designer Naoto Fukasawa has designed fruit juice packaging that literally illustrates what fruit the juice came from. Not only is it a contemporary concept, but it's also a nice reminder of where fruit juice is actually derived. How do you feel about the designs?
Have Your Food and Sit On It Too?
Conceptual designer Adrian Rovero has come up with a new line of pasta called Sedie. At first glance you're reminded of old-school Campbell's alphabet soup, or maybe even slightly more grown-up, wagon wheels. However, upon closer inspection you'll see that they're actually little chairs!
Keep Your Beverages Warm
Oh those industrial designers always seem to impress me... This time it's the portable beverage heater designed by Seungheon Lee. The molded plastic, single-use device is clipped to the side of a mug and creates heat via fuel cells.
My Other Half Wine Glasses: Love It Or Hate It?
British product designer, and recent art school graduate, Jim Rokos, has come up with a clever idea called "My Other Half" which comprises of a pair of wine glasses connected by a tube. The liquid fills up and forces its own level line which tries to balance the glasses. The glasses have to be held up to mouths simultaneously or the wine will spill all over the person who was too slow to raise their glass.
Design Your Own Pepsi Can - Win Big Bucks
Think you've got a keen eye for design? Then head over to Pepsi's new website where you can design your own can. Submissions are shown on the Pepsi website where five finalists will be chosen and then voted on by users.
Vacuum Bag Ice Cream Holder
Sometimes the best products are the ones that are sitting right under your nose. This design group based out of Switzerland takes regular everyday objects and turns them into something else. For example, a funnel becomes a coat rack, tissues become tea bags, and my personal favorite, vacuum bags become an amazing ice cream cone holder.
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Pepsi Halloween Cans: Love Them or Hate Them?
For Halloween, Pepsi released a special limited-edition costumed can. Instead of the typical jack-o'-lanterns or orange and black theme, however, the soda company simply printed Halloween-related words like boo and ghost on the cans. Have you seen them in stores?
Peter Som Cooks Up Sweet Designs in the Kitchen
What happens when a renowned fashion designer trades the runway for a kitchen? Just ask Peter Som, who recently ditched his stylish suits in favor of chef whites.
Som, who is known for effortlessly chic womenswear, attended a Saturday morning cooking class led by Adour Alain Ducasse pastry chef Sandro Micheli.
Burger King Gets a Makeover
While one fast food chain is temporarily closing stores, another has begun remodeling them. Hoping a facelift will invigorate sales, Burger King announced a major effort to redesign its 12,000 worldwide locations.
Burger King is betting that rotating red flame chandeliers, LCD menus, and corrugated metal and brick walls will encourage customers to sit down and enjoy a meal rather than simply passing through.According to Chairman and CEO John Chidsey, who describes the overhaul as "contemporary, edgy, futuristic .
PartySugar Behind the Bash: Dining By Design
On Monday night I was lucky enough to attend a preview of DIFFA's Dining By Design. The fundraising event, sponsored by Elle Decor, invited designers and corporations to create one-of-a-kind installations of dining tables set for dinner and the surrounding room. While the food was practically non-existent, the four floors were filled with over 40 incredible tablescape designs.
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