The Color Picker Pen

The Color Picker Pen is a concept design by Jinsun Park that scans colours from anything around and instantly mixes that ink to enable the artist to draw with it straight away! The colour is detected using the pens built in sensor then the RGB cartridge mixes the inks to create the target colour.


Its a great idea…but as pigments use CYMK and not RGB, there may be a problem bringing it to production. It would be great to have a pen like this that can pick up a colour from a magazine etc and use it instantly in photoshop or the like though.via

30 of the funniest printed advertisments…

Spyrestudios have complied their list of 30 of the funniest printed advertisments on their site.

In today’s world of interactive web-based marketing, viral campaigns and high production television commercials, the print ad remains one very powerful and effective means for advertisers to reach their audience.

The printed format, whether it is for magazines, newspapers or billboards, sets specific challenges for ad designers. An idea or message must be communicated simply and swiftly, it must be eye-catching enough to grab the viewer’s attention and convey the important information in an instant. When a print designer employs humour to carry this information, the result can be become a visual ‘one-liner’, a joke that speaks the message the ad intends. This post brings together 30 hilarious print ads that combine great imagery with cracking comedy.

Check out the post for the full list, but heres a couple of my favs…

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Top class building projection.

Ive featured Building Projection projects a few times over at about:blank in the past. Ive always loved them but recently they have all tended to be a little samey….but this one is a little special if you ask me. The building collapse and the water effect just looks awesome! Its been completed by Netherlands based nuformer. Great work!

Hopefully they will do something in the UK soon.

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Creative Insight at Mindcastle

This video documents the creative process behind a in-house christmas card project completed last year by design agency Mindcastle. Its a great insight into how some creatives like to work… In the words of Mr Partridge – “Lovely Stuff!”

our creative process/. 01 from Casey Warren | MIND CASTLE on Vimeo.

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Typeface gifts for your designer best friend!

What a great gift idea for your favourite designer friend type person. All thanks to some wonderfully tight kerning!

Buy it here: Helvetica Necklace

Buy it here: Avant Garde Necklace