Well Done Annual Report...literally

From dezeen:

Well done: a food company annual report that has to be cooked first.

Croatian creative agency Bruketa & Zinić have designed an annual report for food company Podravka that has to be baked in an oven before it can be read.

Empty pages become filled with content after being baked at 100°C for 25 minutes. It consists of two parts:

• a big book containing numbers and a report of an independent auditor

• a small booklet that is inserted inside the big one that contains the very heart of Podravka as a brand: great Podravka’s recipes.

To be able to cook like Podravka you need to be a precise cook. That is why the small Podravka booklet is printed in invisible, thermo-reactive ink. To be able to reveal Podravka’s secrets you need to cover the small booklet in aluminium foil and bake it at 100 degrees Celsius for 25 minutes.

If you are not precise, the booklet will burn, just as any overcooked meal. If you have successfully baked your sample of the annual report, the empty pages will become filled with text, and the illustrations with empty plates filled with food.

The annual report is printed on paper Conqueror Laid Brilliant White 120 g/m2, Munken Polar 130 g/m2 and Soporset 90 g/m2 and written with typography Thema by Nikola Djurek and Lexicon by Bram De Does.






Full post and more images at dezeen.

Leibovitz for Disney

You absolutely MUST gaze upon the striking ad campaign for Disney’s Year of a Million Dreams’. Photographed by Annie Leibovitz and featuring stars such as Scarlett Johansson, Beyoncé, David Beckham, Lyle Lovett, and Oliver Platt. The lighting is amazing...makes you want to frame each ad. Even the copy is intriguing:

“Where imagination saves the day.”

David Beckham as Prince Phillip from "Sleeping Beauty,"

Scarlett Johansson as Cinderella
From the Disney Blog: "Befitting a true princess, Johansson wears a stunning, one-of-a-kind Harry Winston tiara -- a dazzling piece in platinum with more than 62 carats of sparkling diamonds and valued at $325,000. The dress worn by Johansson is a custom-made, Cinderella-inspired gown designed by Nicoletta Santoro."

Beyoncé as "Alice in Wonderland" accompanied by Oliver Platt as the Mad Hatter and Lyle Lovett as the March Hare.

Roger Federer as King Arthur

Rachel Weisz as Snow White

Julie Andrews as the Blue Fairy with Abigail Breslin as a fairy-in-training.

Some shots from behind the scenes:

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Silhouette Masterpiece Theater by Wilhelm Staehle...brilliant!




Timmie Dog Outfitters...love the copywriting on these puppies:



http://timmie.ca
http://timmiesdogblog.blogspot.com/

Studio in Essence:


"Pole dancing classes. studioinessence.com"

Advertising Agency: Extreme Group, Halifax, United States
Creative Director: Shawn King
Art Director: Kevin Fidgen
Copywriter: Bruce Whelan
Illustrator: Darren Hubley

Tide Messy Coffee & Messy Ketchup:

Advertising Agency: Conill Saatchi & Saatchi New York, United States
Executive Creative Director: Antonio López
Art Director: Dámaso Crespo
Copywriter: Dámaso Crespo
Photographer: Studio Fuster

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Playland:



Agency: Rethink, Vancouver
Creative Directors: Ian Grais/Chris Staples
Art Director: Ian Grais
Photographer: Hans Sipma

Think Centre: Missing

Advertising Agency: The Alchemy Partnership, Singapore
Creative Director / Copywriter: Alvin Wong Twei
Art Director: Irene Lau
Published: August 2007
Photographers: Rajesh Mulani, Loh Seow Khian, Stock
Digital Artist / Retouching: Chui Ser, ProColor


Svenson: I need to note this is stock photography! whoa...
Title: Svenson Deforestation - Rebirth, Hope and Salvation
Advertising Agency: Publicis
Agency Location: Singapore
Client: Global Beauty International Pte Ltd
Product/Service: Svenson Hair Centre (Singapore) Pte Ltd
Regional Chief Creative Officer: Calvin Soh
Executive Creative Director: Sandip KT
Art Directors: Chong Wei Lun, Koh Que Din
Copywriter: Ho Pei Ling
Photography: Stock (Getty Images)
Digital Imaging: Christopher Ng (Procolor Imaging)
Agency Producer: Stephenie Lee
Production Manager: Daniel Tay
Account Service Credit: June Chu
Client Credit: Aileen Chua
Additional Credit: Celeste Cheong (ProColor), Joel Choo (Getty Images)

Crackpot

The holidays are quickly approaching and lucky for all of you, I have stumbled upon the perfect gift for any designer...or anyone that appreciates good design or just awesomeness in general.

The Crackpot 2008 Calendar provides a new page of characters and illustrations from around the world every week, yes week, not month, so you only have to wait 7 days for the next jolt of creative inspiration. The calendar can be hung or propped on your desk and costs a mere $20. Check out the images below and I think you'll agree that this gem is worth much more than its price tag:

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Cheeky Monkey:


Product : Cheeky Monkey
Advertising Agency : Clemenger BBDO
Agency Location: Sydney, Australia
Illustrator: Christian Borstlap
Creative Director: Rocky Ranallo
Art Director: Paul Sharp, Gary Dawson
Copywriter: Paul Sharp, Gary Dawson

FEDEX Truck:

Agency: BBDO Duesseldorf, Duesseldorf
Chief Creative Officer: Ralf Zilligen
Creative Director: Carsten Bolk
Copywriter: Andreas Walter
Art Director: Jacques Pense
Photographers: Sabine Beaujean/Jacques Pense
Illustrators: Erik Thijssen/www.artbox.nl

Leica 12x Zoom:


Advertising Agency: Advico Young & Rubicam
Agency Location: Zurich-Gockhausen, Switzerland
Creative Directors: Urs Schrepfer, Christian Bobst
Art Directors: Christian Bobst, Isabelle Hauser
Copywriter: Johannes Raggio
Photographer: Christian Bobst
Account Supervisor: Sandro Breu

NOKIA E65 "Real Time News":
Agency: Bates Taiwan, Taipei.

hlx.com "The Instant Vacation Floor Sticker - Skilift":

Agency: Scholz & Friends, Berlin.

Owlellujah

If you know me, you know I have a thing for owls. There seems to be an owl trend lately, with the wise nocturnals popping up everywhere from jewelry to furniture to t-shirts. I stumbled upon the Owl Movement site and its a wealth of owly-goodness. Here's some of my faves, many more designs available for sale on their site.

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CK Koo Namecard:
The namecard for fashion stylist CK Koo consists of a base card depicting girl in her undies with transparent cards for accessories overlaid on top. The transparencies can be slid & layered to create different ensembles–the perfect promo piece for someone whose profession is mixing, matching & layering.


Agency: DDB, Singapore
Creative Director: Terrence Tan
Designer: Teoh Sin Eng
Illustrator: kuanth.com

The Vonnegut CD:
Rethink of Vancouver created a CD case which transforms into a house. You can punch out the band's characters and play with them–sort of a modern Barbie dreamhouse.

Agency: Rethink, Vancouver

United Visual Artists for Chemical Brothers:
United Visual Artists recently created graphics for a Chemical Brothers show in Trafalgar Square using code-based, generative 3D vector art using software they actually wrote in-house! Watch the video here



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Design Meltdown

Ever have what you think is a great idea for a website, only to find out after spending 20 hours on the design that your idea doesn't work as well on screen as it does in your head? Or have a really great printed piece, but aren't quite sure how to translate it into web application?

Well, lucky for us there's an awesome site for web design inspiration that breaks sites down by color, design elements, site types, etc. so you can see how ideas similar to yours pan out on the web: Design Meltdown. This is my first inspiration stop when starting a new website project. The site has very easy navigation w/ thumbnail previews of each site example–they even have a tutorial section which walks you through creating certain effects such as drips and sprays. You have to love the "SOS" logo which subltely calls visitors out for needing their help. Screenshots below, checkout the web goodness here: http://www.designmeltdown.com