HELLOSOURSALLY.COM

a lovely website made for promoting a frozen yogurt brand in the US. even the loading screen is nice to watch.

it then takes you to the main site, where you are greeted by a big tub of yogurt, there are also instruction on how to navigate.

you can guide sally around with the cursor guiding the balloon where you want her to go.


it's a lovely and simple site done in an illustrative style. the music becomes a bit annoying, but at first suits the design of the site. there's something about it which seems organic and fresh. the few colours that are used are very bright and natural, and the white back ground helps to suggest purity. its quite girly i guess, but well worth a visit.

www.hellosoursally.com

HAND JOB

A catalog of type. by Michael Perry

this book wasn't really what i was expecting. i thought it would be a typeface a page, a-z and 1-9 , instead they are full of words, lettering, scribbles and colour. much more fun than i had anticipated. it collates all kind of hand drawn typefaces, some photographed in context, others doodled on the page. the range is fantastic. i will definitely take inspiration from the designs, i wouldnt say were all usable (like some of the graffiti designs) but were great to study anyway.
all typefaces started as a hand drawn idea, this book is an interesting and inspiring reference for designing new ones, and reworking traditional ones.
my favorite typeface designer featured is Curtis Flanagan

'ribbon' typeface.

www.curtisflanagan.com

DEREK BACON

this image, which on his website is called 'the horse and the cow from the dog heads', is an example of how Bacon combines illustration with photography and collage. the effect being a confusing jumble of reality and imagination. his images are always strange, but done in a photographic style, making them seem like a record of a moment which actually happened. i don't normally like clean and perfect pictures which are heavily manipulated, but Bacon has a very innovative and unique style, and his subject matter is always entertaining.
www.derekbacon.com

FISH PEDICURES

i don't think this is particularly relevant to design, but i thought it was interesting enough to mention.
"Owners of Yvonne Hair and Nails in Alexandria, a suburb of Washington DC, estimate 5,000 customers have so far tried the unorthodox treatment, in which customers immerse their feet in warm water filled with tiny, voracious carp." - telegraph.co.uk

this new method removes dead skin from feet before having a regular salon pedicure. customers sit for up to 30 minutes with their feet in a tank full of fish whilst they nibble away at hard dead skin.

i don't know comfortable i would be with fish eating my feet.

they haven't got teeth, so surely it would tickle?

HOT HEINZ

an interesting way to illustrate Heinz's new hot ketchup product. taking a recognisable image and subtly changing it to suit the product and its selling point.

by Shalmor Avnon Amichay / Y&R for Heinz

JOHN NOUANESING

'Paint or die but love me'

this piece by Nouanesing appears to be floating. it cleverly uses the runny characteristics of paint to disguise the tables legs. its reflective finish also makes the paint appear wet. a fun alternative to a regular table.

CAROLINA PATCHWORKS

a very usable, attractive and retro design to reinvent the traditional patchwork quilt. with the come back of 8bit video games as people respond to advances in technology by reverting back to retro items and games, these are a brilliant idea. the pixelated nature of older games such as 'super mario' lends itself perfectly to patchwork. there are only very few being made including characters such as pac man.

www.carolinapatchworks.com