New Sport Plates For Interactive Food Fun By Designer Boguslaw Sliwiński.

You may have seen his wonderful and whimsical Transportation Plates (shown at the end of this post) on some other design blogs such as Dezeen. Now, in addition to those, designer Boguslaw Sliwiński has come up with five new designs that feature a silhouette of a man in various athletic positions, giving the illusion of interacting with food placed on the plate. The five sports: football, skydiving, diving, tug of war and weightlifting are whimsical, but still stylish and will delight children and adults alike.

The method of application is extremely durable and resistant to washing in dishwashers or using in the microwave. This durability is guaranteed by the firing ceramic components in the furnace at a temperature of 800 °C.

Sport9 (Skydiving):



Sport4 (Soccer/Football):



Sport5 (Diving):



Sport7 (Weightlifting):



Sport8 (Tug o' War):



Also worth noting is his Face On plate:


His various Face On plates (several different designs) can be purchased here at Art Syndicate

And if you never saw the Transportation Plates, those are shown below:


The Transportation Plates can be purchased here at Art Syndicate

To order any of the new Sport plates (each measuring 26 cm in diameter) you have to contact the designer directly.



Phone order: +48 502 946 920
email: sale@bsliwinski

New Polka Organic Snail and Sturgeon Caviar Has Beautiful Branding and Pretty Packaging.

A new organic artisan caviar out of Amsterdam named Polka has recently launched with lovely brand identity, photography, packaging design and advertising by art director and photographer Joost van Brug who owns the Amsterdam agency Reluct.



The name Polka Caviar, was named after Polkadots, which technically are described as a series of the same sized dots equally distributed - not unlike the caviar itself. The packaging is clad in tins with black and white lids that feature the logo design and embossed dots.



The black and white polka dot nesting dolls display for the brand reference Russia (commonly associated with fine caviar) and their iconic Matryoshkas.




The caviar is available in two types, Snail (the white eggs) and Sturgeon (the black eggs), which are raised under friendly biological conditions. The results are eggs containing no pesticides or preservatives. The entire process is certified organic.

Organic Caviar D'Escargot:

above: Available in the following sizes: 20, 30, 50 en 100 g

Organic Caviar (Sturgeon):

above: Available in the following sizes: 30, 50, 100 and 250 g


above: Andrew Nicholls preparing a blini with Polka Organic Sturgeon Caviar at Vesper bar

In the video below, Andrew Nicholls, founder of Barcheaology, shows how to make a Polka cocktail that pairs perfectly with Polka's organic caviar.



Recipe:
2 oz bishkek vodka
1/2 oz d.o.m. benedictine
1/4 oz saffron gin
1/2 spoon of absinth
lemon zest

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Sleevefaces. Vinyl Visages That Are So Simple And Yet So Captivating.

Sleeveface is a website that showcases the illusion of people replacing their own body parts with album covers - in most cases their heads. Some of them are hilarious, others seamlessly constructed and still others compellingly bizarre (no photoshopping allowed).

While the quality of the photographs is mediocre at best (some are out of focus, others poorly lit) it doesn't detract from the amusing appeal.



Founded in 2007, the site began as an idea, then a website and now, a book

As founder Carl Morris describes it "It started with a Paul McCartney sleeve, then swiftly led to one or more persons in Cardiff, Wales having TOO MUCH fun ransacking their record shelves – from Rolling Stones to Nugent to Bowie to Cymande to Streisand. And people brandishing cameras yelling “up a bit, down a bit”. (You can view the "How to Sleeveface" video at the end of this post).

Here are some of the best (some have been cropped or altered for better visibility) :






















Sleeveface the book, a 192-page compilation of Sleeveface pictures, was compiled by Carl Morris and John Rostron with the help of friends – and talented contributors from around the world.




If you'd like to submit your own "sleeveface" you can send it to their website, join their Facebook group and upload it there or join the group pool on Flickr

How To Sleeveface:


A special thanks to Mike Yagi for bringing this to my attention.

The Most Fantastic Swimsuit I've Seen In Years, Shark (JAWS) VS. Mermaid (Ariel).

Black Milk Clothing of Australia, whose fashions I've blogged about a few times, has really hit it out of the park with this hilarious swimsuit - named for obvious legal reasons - Shark vs. Mermaid.

The Shark and the Mermaid (strongly resembling Disney's red-headed singing amphibi-girl, Ariel) are together on a one piece suit mimicking the famous JAWS movie poster, with the image printed on both the front and the back of the suit.





A customer uploaded image of the suit:


It's presently sold out, but they are sewing more! Go to their site to get on a mailing list to be notified when more are available.

Black Milk Clothing