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Largest collection of black markers in the world!

Tronoto based Stusio B.I.B (Black is Beautiful) set out on a mission to build the largest collection of black markers in the world. And if that wasnt enough he intends to draw each and every single one to scale. Allister Lee (the patient designer) calls his collection of drawn markers Black Marker B.I.B.L.E. The collection started in 2002 and by the beginning of this year has reached 523 unique black markers, and its till growing!

Now that requires some patience... what if he messes one up? does he redo it all over again??

Spot the Sharpie

Back to the future - Irina Werning

brilliant project about reenacting old pictures. Visit Irina's website for more pictures.

Amazing Marketing Campaigns

by Guerrilla Marketing

CSM Product pimps up some rides!

BAPD Takes a Ride from 22GLproductions on Vimeo.

An Octopus opening a jar for dinner!

This is absolutely fascinating, apparently an octopus can open a jar after watching a human do it for a few times!

Pakistani airlines predict the future

An ad by the Pakistani Airlines back in 1979. What an unfortunate coincidence!

Dubai's Abandoned Cars

The brilliant campaign by Saatchi & Saatchi for the metro in Dubai, used the abandoned cars in the city, by writing messages like "I havent left Dubai, I just love the metro!" to advertise that they prefer using the metro instead! The campaign won the Grand Prix award in the Dubai Lynx 2010 for the outdoor category.

The people responsible for this brilliant idea are:

Executive Creative Director: Marc Lineveldt 

Creative Director: Danny Higgins 

Copywriter: Neil Harrison 

Advertiser’s Supervisor: Sara Mohammed Al Mudharreb 

Account Manager: Hema Patel

Account Supervisor: Chandresh Rughani 

Art Director: Darren Jardine

Photographer: Tara Atkinson

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The "Bobble" Bottle

The water bottle has been reinvented!

Karim Rashid unveils his water filtering Bobble Bottle which is selling for $9.95. It is not only reusable and affordable but it is BPA-free, made from recycled plastic. It comes in 6 different colours and is available online at the Bobble website, and in a green store near you! The carbon filter on the Bobble is guaranteed to provide 150 liters of impurity-free water which is about 250 bottles of water! All you need to do is stick the Bobble to your bottle and drink it!

The No Mix Eco-Friendly Toilets

I havent seen one yet, but the NoMix toilet is the latest technology when it comes to toilets. The NoMix toilet has two receptacles. Believe it or not, seperating them has quite significant environmental benefits! By keeping urine out of the sewers, nitrogen and phosphorous can be recovered, also waste water treatment plants become more efficient. They NoMix toilet has already been experimented in 7 different european countries, with a total percentage of 84% of people saying that its a brilliant idea... What do you think?

PostCarden

Im always interested in forcing unexpected things together in a product so that they create this new found relationship. This Postcard/Garden does exactly that. PostCarden is designed and produced in the UK by A Studio for Design. I just love the idea of it, so you send a postcard to someone special, and your words grow and flourish into a small garden, oh and you can eat the cress aswell! Brilliant!

Brand Quiz

How good are you with brands? Would you be able to associate a brand to two colours, a visual image and some key words? I would recommend you try the quiz, and let me know how well you did, I only got 7 right! I am quite dissapointed with myself! 

Click here to start the quiz

Good Luck!

Modular Electricity Tab

The Multi-Tab Power Strip by designer Soon Mo Kang is very similar to the normal power strip but with a friendlier interface, the stickers help you differentiate what is connected to each outlet, and you can connect as many outlets together as you wish - Lego style!

Believe it or not, Sled shorts!

They come in adult sizes too! Just pull them up over your trousers and slide down! If only it was snowing here in Jordan!

The abc's of branding

Do you know them all?

Tis the season to be green - Fa la la la la la la la la

Recycled Cardboard Christmas Tree by Kidsonroof

Coming to a store near you - some day!

Designers: Kitae Pak & Inyong Jung

It’s a shopping trolley re-designed to be fitted with wheels that store the kinetic energy, generated from using the trolley and walking around the store. The sourced up energy is deposited to the main power storage unit, when the cart docks into it. Just line them up, one behind the other to form a power chain! The designers suggest that the sourced energy can be used to completely sustain the store for the month. A month seems to be too far fetched don't you think?

Red Bull gives you ignition

A(i)nt they smart!?

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