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Top Ten Pantone® Inspired Products

Nov 05. 2008

Color has a huge impact on me. I'm pretty certain that I am a tetrachromat. I often find myself mixing interesting colors in my head. I even associate people with certain colors. Needless to say, Pantone® is a part of my everyday life - both professionally and personally. Pantone's tagline, "The color of ideas," is a personal favorite of mine because I hold it and the idea behind it to be true on so many levels. As the world's foremost authority on color, Pantone has a tremendous amount of control and influence over design and ideas. Thus, as a tribute to Pantone, I have compiled this list: Top Ten Pantone® Inspired Products 10. Pantone Cell Phones 9. Pantone Stairs 8. Manetone 7. Pantime 6....

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Art/Design, Logos/Branding, Marketing/Advertising

The New Faces of Pepsi and Best Buy

Oct 28. 2008

Two of the most recognizable logos in N. America have announced drastic facelifts. First up is Pepsi. The new Pepsi logo will be skewed in order to resemble a smile: Pepsi, Diet Pepsi, and Pepsi Max will have different variations of the smile. According to AdAge, "a 'smile' will characterise brand Pepsi, while a 'grin' is used for Diet Pepsi and a 'laugh' is used for Pepsi Max." Over the next three years, Pepsi plans on spending $1.2 billion to change everything about its brands - their looks, packaging, and merchandising. As if that wasn't enough, Mountain Dew will be rebranded Mtn Dew (perhaps to appeal to the younger, texting crowd?): My thoughts on Pepsi's rebranding: I don't like it. Last summer, Coca Cola underwent a redesign...

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Art/Design, Gadgets, Geek, Wishlist

Acme Made Camera Bag

Sep 30. 2008

There are bag hags and shoe whores. I am definitely the former. J doesn't understand why I have an entire section of the closet devoted to my numerous bags. He still doesn't get the concept of dust bags - "Why do you need a bag for a bag?" "To keep my lovelies dust-free, silly." "Can you at least sacrifice one shelf for my comic books and toys?" "No." Ain't marriage grand? With my love for handbags and gadgets, it's a no-brainer that I love bags for my gadgets too. When I got a new MacBook Pro earlier this year, I searched high and low for a laptop bag that would stylishly house my baby. My top choice was The Minimalist by Zegari: As much as I wanted to...

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Art/Design, Personal, Photography

To Photoshop or Not?

Sep 25. 2008

We received the digital proofs from our wedding photographer, Danny Weiss, a few weeks ago. Since then I've been honing my Photoshop techniques on these gorgeous photos. A bit of desaturation here, some level adjustments there, and voila! Good post-processing can really help add emotion to a photo, or change the look and feel altogether. J doesn't understand why I do this. "I like 'em au naturelle, baby!" he says. What do you think? Do you like these photos before or after Photoshop? Photo A, Before: J looks exactly like his mother! Photo A, After: Photo B, Before: Me sneaking up on J before he sees me for the first time Photo B, After: Photo C, Before: When J saw this picture, he asked why I never look this happy...

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