Hespeler Library

A really neat compilation of new and old architecture would have to be the Hespeler Library. The use of modern materials blends with the original history and materiality of the pre-existing Carnegie library that the new structure encases. After further looking into the buildings construction, much care and consideration for not only the environment but also maintaining the original buildings luster have definitely been taken. Just one look on a sunny day will showcase the new structure, acting almost like a mirror to surrounding structures, but during the evening once the lights are on you can clearly see the original Carnegie library. Simply beautiful!


Click here for more info on the buildings construction and features :

http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/faculty_projects/terri/226-casestudies-2010/hespeler-library.pdf

Brave New Things

This was a very interesting find! A Japanese designer by the name of Tokujin Yoshioka has created an installation called “Snowflake”. The installation itself is made up of plastic sticks, that combined resemble hundreds of snowflakes. It allows people to move through the piece and to experience a feeling of being in a winter wonderland! 




Check out the link :         http://www.bravenewthings.com/?p=1160#more-1160

Another amazing idea, that is extremely fun to do are to create paper toys. This link is a wonderful website that allows you to download free pdf's of already designed toys that you can make at home. I found that the characters are very entertaining, along with the colour pallets that accompany them. When I  first came across this type of design it began to inspire a lot of my ideas and thoughts towards packaging. How to make my packaging more interesting to look at from all angles, what colours to use, and to always remember to make it just as "fun" as Matt Hawkins has done with simple paper toys! way to go, I love it !


 http://www.custompapertoys.com/

This gave me quite a laugh  :D

A new "fruit punch" flavour from Rockstar energy drinks. What do you think about this design? I was very intrigued to find that attached to this can was a straw, most likely to appeal to a female consumer both through colour choice and flavour selection.

New Packaging


During a quick stop at my local convenience store to purchase a drink, I came across the new package design for Trident's  gum. This new design caught my attention immediately because of it's bright colours and shiny silver background. After taking a closer I noticed that they have cleverly printed all of the nutritional facts and other necessary info bits on the plastic casing that surrounds the gum for quality control purposes, so that once the plastic wrapper has been removed the consumer truly gets to enjoy the design to it's fullest without all of the confusing eye clutter. This is an Amazing solution to an age old problem that faces and frustrates Graphic Designers on a daily basis! :) The taste of the gum however was not one that I would purchase again... but they have done their job well as I still purchased it! Great job Trident! This solution will definitely inspire some of my own future package designs, showing me that anything is possible.

Thank-you :)

Filler text (also Placeholder text or Dummy text) is text that shares some characteristics of a real written text, but is random or otherwise generated. It may be used to display a sample of fonts, generate text for testing, or to spoof an e-mail spam filter. The process of using filler text is sometimes called Greeking, although the text itself may be nonsense, or largely Latin, as in Lorem ipsum. :)  This pretty much sums it up.