a really strong, funny and well-executed, music themed series: ‘unwrap your voice’ for cough sweet brand ‘ricola’
credits update: the illustrator who made these wonderful pieces contacted me; he is julien canvezes
no idea whether these have actually also been produced but this is a great example of how effective print ads can be, when done properly; created by ‘jung von matt’ = the same people who created the much celebrated lego print ads…
my ex-neighbours ‘erik & frank’ have updated their side project with some funky new ‘leftover’ stuff, for example a pile of old t-shirts with a second life, nice…
the recently revamped and re-opened ‘rijksmuseum’ in amsterdam has just launched a new initiative: rijksstudio over 125,000 of their collection images are now available, royalty free and in pin-sharp clarity… for your own personal use
one shop which i pass everyday in amsterdam is local ‘vinyl junkies’ paradise waxwell records
a record store with a small window space that has always been used to maximum effect with a series of 24 sleeves either based on a colour (queensday orange) or a theme such as ‘covers featuring fruit’ and so on… it’s one of my favourites to look out for (images borrowed from their facebook page)
nice idea for a piece of cd packaging with a twist: the latest album from artist ‘mondo leone’
the cover features a blank outline of a head, conceived and designed by mister syb who took the album title ‘you’ quite literally: if you send the artist your picture by mail he will draw your very own portrait on the cover, each one is unique just like… you