David Bailey

So today is my second day back at work after 5 weeks off, and i keep coming across the photographer David Bailey. Now i do love this snapper. For starters he was a fashion photographer for Vogue and also helped create the "Swinging London" look and feel in the 1960s.
These two images are my favourites of Baileys from this period, also being 2 of my fav actors aswell, esp Sir Michael Caine.

Got Milk?

I have started to drink milk agian lately. Purely on a money saving scheme, as at work we get free milk. Seeing i dont drink coffee i double my usage and use it for cereal. Anyway, the packaging is lame, boring and i really dont like it how lite milk is pink. Makes no sense.

Then i saw this.






















Now this is more like it! A graphical design, that still tells me its healthy and its milk, but does it in a fresh modern way. It was Designed by Audrée Lapierre from Canada. Her quote about the design is "Nutritional information becomes the main goal of the packaging, while still carrying a powerful branding by combining an expressive form with useful information.”

Tofu Head

Tofu kinda scares me.
Is that wrong?
I mean i grew up knowing that it makes my sister sick, due to her allergies, so i asumed the same would happen to me. So i avoid it. But there is something about the texture of it that grosses me out.

This picture makes my case.




















Designed by Jean-Maxime Landry from Canada. This is a packaging solution playing off the alphabet, creating a product akin to alphabet soup, only in tofu form. Look at it. I mean LOOK AT IT! Its mellowing in a form of liquid without expanding or changing shape. Thats isnt right. Gross.

I much prefer this kind of Tofu.

The photos of Gregory Crewdson

W.O.W.
And so i mean wow.

Crewdson's images are just amazing! Straight out of a film set. He makes large scale photographs that are staged exactly like a film set. he has a crew of directors, special effects people, a lighting team and actors to bring these magical shots to life.
I recently watched a docomentary on ABC iView that was about American photographers and he was featured in it. Then i saw an image of his on the Three Drunk Monkeys Blog. But i only just googled him today - wish i did it before!

Paul Rand for IBM

I have been looking old school vintage design alot lately. I guess i am trying to find something that pushes me to design something new. When i look through my inspiration images folder i always see the work of Paul Rand.
Rand designed some pretty freaking cool stuff, but his most famous would have to be the IBM logo design and then their product work. Still used today, the IBM logo was first designed in 1956 then the striped logo came into play in 1972. Still looks pretty cool to me.

Paul Rands website

Dapper Beer

These guys have really jazzed up the bottle of beer look!
Dapper beer has had a revamp to make it look, well more dapper!

Make mine a double

Black Elf is a premium vodka in Europe, and they have just released their new packaging for the standard and premium versions of vodka. Although they almost look like salt and pepper shakers, i still would buy both if i saw them on the shelf.