With Halloween right around the seasonal calendar, a lot of people are going to begin designing their own costumes. I have found a few creative costumes for your enjoyment and inspiration — some cute, some scary, and some just really clever.
Construction machinery dinosaur with a cage baby monster baby Nacho Libre chicken crossing the road Indiana Jones video game monster iPhone vending machine Bumblebee
You are probably gazing at your screen thinking this is the next Apple product. You think this is a pre-pre-release image, leaked out to verify the latest rumor. Well, this just happens to be a TV tuner plug-in for your iPod Touch or PC. The Seg Clip, from Japan, for Japan, is due to come out later this month, in Japan. I hope this makes its way across the pond because it seems to be a cool idea for a low price of $70.
Here is a creative and smart way to feast on your take-out pizza. This new design for the traditional pizza box tears apart into four square paper plates and then folds over to store whatever pizza may be leftover. It seems like the perfect way to save on plates and fit a pizza box in the fridge when you’re done eating!
Creative people always find a way to market their creative work. These hand-made greeting cards, by a company in Arizona, are influenced by the work of Joan Miro and Alexander Calder. Using paper, wire, and spools of thread, each one of these cards are hand crafted as unique keepsakes for the recipient. Creativity can offer a wealth of opportunity for those who pursue their passion, and this is a perfect example of that.
Floor of an elevator made to look like a 1,000-foot drop! I hope no one has passed out in this elevator.
Scale is everything when you are seeing this advertisement from above. From a distance, these people walking over and around this scratching dog look like fleas.
Everyone dreams about what they would rather be doing; this advertisement shows how extreme that may be for some people.
Clever way to advertise “shark week” on a city bus. I bet it looks way cooler in person!
This vacuum billboard takes a second to get, but it is pretty good.
Nothing says “we sell jumbo muffins” like a car crushing advertisement set-up showing jumbo muffins falling from a billboard.
Awesome billboard idea, but too much white space leaves your logo left unseen.
Driving around the corner and seeing this skyline billboard would set you back. I love how advertisers are creating up exhibit designs to retain the attention of consumers.
Wow, now that is putting trust in the product you are advertising! 3M claims it sandwiched real money into this bus stop advertising campaign.
The wheels on the bus go round and round, round and round…
This is a clever way to seek out jobseekers at an ATM. This company has an entire ad campaign with miserable people shown ‘working’ in automated machines, like coffee machines and photo booths, as if they are actually inside.
This IPhone app drafting template is pretty sweet. Use it to storyboard that awesome app you think is going to turn the world upside down. The reflective metal material is reminiscent of the Apple brand, but I think that the old-school, green plastic drafting template would be way better.
Not since Kazimir Malevich have I seen such great work that was done as white on white. This set of paper art by Simon Schubert is fantastic. Click the link to see more; there are plenty of inspiring views like twisting staircases, architectural scenes and infinite hallways. Highly creative, but as simple as embossing a crisp piece of paper; I hope these images are an inspiration to you.
Ok, I thought that I had found the ultimate camera a few posts back, but I stand corrected. The Hole-On Ex uses the pinhole camera technique, which takes longer, but adds more character to what you choose to capture. I have taken the time to construct cardboard models and can appreciate the effort in creating this scale model camera. The kit comes complete with instructions, but you have to supply your own 35 mm film. After such a great effort to make digital photography the standard, there is still a desire for doing things the old way, as you can see by this well-designed build-it-yourself camera.
This Catamount corn popper is easy on the eyes and offers true functionality in the reusable, see-through design. Simple as can be, this glass popper gets filled with a layer of popcorn kernels, then a pad of butter is placed on the wire mesh lid. Press start on the microwave and watch your snack appear before your eyes. This design is very engaging, almost like watching an experiment, and is also fail proof. A bit better than getting disposable popcorn bags, safer than skillet popping, this design is a nice compromise to healthful snacking and reusable kitchen gadgetry.
Popcorn has had many products made for popping it, but not like this. Cuisinart’s EasyPop Popcorn Maker has a 100% see-through design, which makes for an entertaining encore to any movie. The see-through dome even looks like an upside-down popcorn bucket. With so many gadgets to store and so little counterpace, this is one appliance worth displaying on the counter when not in use. It is so cool to see the evolution of the popcorn popper design.
