Archive for 2010

Minimalism in packaging design

Absolutely loving these simplified versions of well-known packaging by Antrepo. These would stand out so much on the shelves at your local grocer.

[via Swissmiss]

Brooklyn New Yorkers

It’s been widely reported that legal documents have been filed to trademark the name “Brooklyn New Yorkers.” Presumably this is a preliminary move in preparation for the New Jersey Nyets Nets’ eventual move to Brooklyn. Let’s just hope the identity and uniforms provided by Tauntr don’t turn this bad name into an even worse brand.

The Brooklyn New Yorkers will take the floor dressed in hipster chic. Mesh shorts will be replaced with cut off jean shorts and the uniform tops feature flannel side panels and a breast pocket with American Spirits tucked in. While current NBA regulations prohibit most types of head gear, the New Yorkers are petitioning for a rule change that would allow fedoras, which is a staple of any good hipsters’ wardrobe.

[via Under Consideration]

Worst Identities of 2010

It’s that time of year again, when the Internet becomes cluttered with year-in-review round-ups. Brand New has put together the Worst Identities of 2010 as voted by their visitors. I bet we can all guess who took the top spot.

Comic Sans Criminal

It’s like a little self-help program for those addicted to Comic Sans.

[via HN]

Saddam’s blood Qur’an

Forget the trumped up WMD reports, if they wanted to rally the nation around invading Iraq all they needed to do was tell everyone about this.

Over the course of two painstaking years in the late 1990s, Saddam Hussein had sat regularly with a nurse and an Islamic calligrapher; the former drawing 27 litres of his blood and the latter using it as a macabre ink to transcribe a Qur’an.

[via Kottke]

The Words of the Year

Star whacker, social graph, refudiate, porno scanner, vuvuzela, inception, double-dip recession flash crash, containment dome and double rainbow. They’re all there.

Merry Newsinator

If you dread having to summarize your year in newsletter format then Plaid‘s Merry Newsinator is just for you. Enter a couple of details from the past year in their mad lib-style form and away you go.

[via Jason Santa Maria]

My Blackberry Is Not Working

BBC commedians Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield poke fun at technology naming conventions in this clip from The One Ronnie.

[via Engadget]

Shaquille O’Neal Conducts The Boston Pops

It’s a wonder the musicians were able to get through the songs without busting out laughing.

[via TBJ]

Crazy Old Christmas Ads

Nothing gets me into the Christmas spirit like guns and perverted Santas.

[via J.E. Skeets]