Not A Secret Agent Store

Check out this cool flash website:

AGENT 826

12 Inches by War Design

An absolutely interesting bottle label by War Design. Also given a Packaging Distinction Award by the Australian Graphic Design Association in 2008.

Going Bananas

Nice, huh?

Designed by Naoto Fukasawa

Astig: Pixlr Online Image Editor

So you don't have the Adobe Photoshop (PS) installed in your personal computer (PC) but you need to edit an image? Or you have it in your PC at home but you're some place else right now and the unit you're using doesn't have the program installed? Fret not because you can always edit online.

You can create a new image, edit an image from the PC, or from a website -- all you need to do is specify the URL so that Pixlr, the cool online image editor can fetch the image.

It has an interface that is very similar to Adobe PS, pretty much functions the same, and uses the fonts installed in the unit you're using.

You can try this cool stuff at Pixlr.com.

AngAstig: Don't Click

One of the coolest full-flash websites I've seen so far.

www.dontclick.it

Have fun, don't click.

Too much Anime?

*if you happen to know who took this photo or where it's from, please don't hesitate to let me know :)

Fine Wine

Here's a rockin' wine rack from Sebastian Bergne. As featured in one of my most favorite websites, it is a

New work by Sebastian Bergne that centres around wine will be featured in an exhibition called CRU, opening at the Aram Gallery in London on November 28 and running through January 10. Wine brings people together and the concepts presented in this show further enhance the social experience. Corked is a series of decanting and serving vessels that combine the traditional glass and cork in new formats like the Trousers glass after the jump. Geo Cork is a multi-pronged pin that serves as a connector for corks and works both as a plaything and a measure of consumption. Among the pieces on display, there is a Vintage Dip line of t-shirts, a case that can be used as a rack, a wine diary for samples and the conical Marcel wine rack above.

Enjoy your wine! :)

Japanese: Too Damn Cool

I bet no one else can do this but them. Click to enlarge photo, and make sure to look closely at the picture (held by the guy in red). There's a man playing hoops, suspended in the air.

You have to be really stoned, or too damn cool, or a Japanese to have thought of a composition like this:

*if you happen to know who made this or where it's from, please don't hesitate to let me know :)

Plugging: Bayani TV Premiere on Cinema One

“Bayani” begins its television run on Cinema One. It is directed by Mike Alcazaren and produced by Bank of the Philippine Islands and VitalStrats Creative Solutions, a graphic design and video production company noted for its work with corporate clients and other indie films like “Ang Huling Araw Ng Linggo” and “Seroks”.


Premiere Airing: December 6 - 8:00PM

Replays:
December 9 - 9:00PM
December 12 - 8:30PM
December 13 - 10:00PM
December 14 - 10:30PM
December 20 - 10:00PM
December 21 - 7:50PM

Orginally posted December 03, 2008.

Our Bright Future

Tracy Chapman has a new album, released in the US this November.

Heard her single "Sing For You" last night. Recognized her voice at once. Wished she had a new album.

And yes she does! :)

Read here.


Originally posted November 25, 2008

Ad: Adobe Photoshop CS4 As Real As It Gets

If you love Adobe Photoshop, you'll definitely appreciate this one.

This is from Wandaaaa's flickr account by Art Snob Solutions for Adobe Photoshop CS4. Go to the site to see how this came to be. Really cool!

Click to see how real it gets ;)

taa-daa ... print and poster work for software-asli.com

agency : Bates141 Jakarta
creative director : Hendra Lesmono
art director : Andreas Junus & Irawandhani Kamarga
copywriter : Darrick Subrata
account executive : Nitya Priyahita
photgrapher : Anton Ismael

Flying Kick!

*if you happen to know who took this photo or where it's from, please don't hesitate to let me know :)

Healthy Burgers?

I learned from Yahoo Health's "Eat this, not that" that there are healthier burgers at McDonalds, Wendy's, DQ and Burger King than a certain burger at TGI Friday's.

I was happy to learn that there are affordable and relatively healthy burgers found in the fast food chains.

But that's in America. America is more strict in health and food standards. Here in the Philippines, though these accessible fast food chains can give us the burger fix that we need, these burgers are probably all the same - oily, fatty with a lot of MSG.

Pen Holder that Kills

I know it's a bit morbid, but you've to admit it's worth posting, yeah?

From this site.

Quit Smoking Ad

We also have a campaign that feels like this. It's a Dimetapp ad along Katipunan Road. Right? I'll try to look for it :)

*if you happen to know who made this ad or where it's from, please don't hesitate to let me know :)

Kartinki Chalk Art

I can't find a write up (as of now, since I'm too lazy) about this Kartinki guy/movement/group. But his/their works are really cool.

*if you happen to know who made this or where it's from, please don't hesitate to let me know :)

Towel Doggie

*if you happen to know who took this photo or where it's from, please don't hesitate to let me know :)

Evian Water

Would you believe that this was in 2005? Almost half a decade ago, a new bottle shape came to the world of advertising.

And this is what they called "a breakthrough bottle for a mineral water":

By Landor.

Look Inside

It says "LOOK INSIDE". When the doors open, you would see an ad about the Body Worlds 2 Exhibit. It was last year, I guess.

The ads and the real campaign/s of the Bodyworlds are really cool. Though at first glance at the photos above, they can be mistaken for a smoking ban campaign. Right?

Big Dawg! RAWR!

*if you happen to know who took this photo, please don't hesitate to let me know :)

Ananda Kanani Accessories

Perfect as gift for the holidays!

Check out Ananda Kanani for their beautiful and affordable items! :)

Bloody Work!

They say this is a pillow to scare your loved ones. Why the hell would you do that?

Ikea Philippines

Did you know that there's an Ikea here in Manila? And there are two branches. One in Anonas and one in Katipunan.

Cool, I know! :)

Another one from Sebastian Bergne

Bergne often reinvents an everyday object, but does so gently and quietly. Rather than dazzling us at first sight, his designs are intended for long term use. According to Bergne, “It may only be that after using a product for several years that the quiet functionality, quality or reliability brings a smile of satisfaction.”

from the Aram Gallery

How cool can you get, huh?

Astig: Bioman

For those who would sit in front of the TV before TV Patrol when you were in grade school or high school. This is for you.

Who could forget Bioman?