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Patrón Añejo Holiday 2012 Guitar Bottle Stopper by John Varvatos.

Award-winning fashion designer John Varvatos teamed up with design agency Mode Design Group (MDG) to create a custom, limited edition bottle for tequila brand Patrón this holiday season.

Varvatos designed a Guitar headstock and tuning pegs along with Patron's Bee symbol to function as the stopper on a bottle of for Patrón Añejo for the 2012 holiday season, alluding to the rock n' roll vibe of both the fashion designer and the tequila brand.

MDG facilitated the collaboration between the brands and helped realize the branding, logo and package design. The Patrón Añejo bottle comes in a customized box, created to fit the guitar-shaped stopper, and embodies the rock n’ roll vibe that John Varvatos is known for.

This was the first designer collaboration for Patrón and the first spirits collaboration for John Varvatos. “This guitar stopper is a perfect blend of the two brands. John Varvatos put his trademark rock n’ roll edge on the iconic Patrón bottle. It’s an exciting blend of fashion, music and spirits, and with the custom box to complete the package, it really makes a perfect holiday gift”. Says MDG Creative Director Gabrielle Rein.

The bottles hit shelves in December, and will be available for purchase through the 2012 holiday season.

A Field Guide To Typestaches. Fonts As Moustaches Poster Purchase Supports Men's Health This Movember.

In honor of Movember*, Taxi shared with us this 2009 poster by art director and designer Tor Weeks. The Field guide to Typestaches shows us 30 different font brackets as moustaches. The Field Guide to Typestaches Poster is available for purchase, see details and link below.

"A Field Guide to Typestaches" Poster

• 10% of all Typestache sales during Movember will be donated to fight men's health issues

• Designed by Tor Weeks

• Screen-printed by www.chuxprint.com

• Printed on cream-colored paper

• 18" x 24"

• Frame not included

Buy the poster here ($24)

Or you can simply donate to Movember* here and support men's health

*Movember is the global men's health charity engaging men to grow and women to support the Mo (moustache) for the 30 days of November. Through the power of the moustache, awareness and funds are raised for men’s health, specifically prostate and testicular cancer initiatives.

Photographer Tim Tadder's Water Wigs For Men And Women.

In his personal project, Water Wigs, commercial photographer Tim Tadder used water balloons dropped directly down upon bald heads of men and women and then captured the exploding water on camera. The result is a comical and intriguing effect mimicking halos, mohawks, afros, hats, boas and wigs. Below are all 23 images from the project.

Behance interviewed the photographer about his Water Wigs project. Read that here.

Tim Tadder

Zoe Bradley Does Windows. Amazingly Creative Displays for Harvey Nichols Windows Made from Found Objects and Household Products.

Using products and found objects, artist and designer Zoe Bradley (about whose incredible paper fashions and window displays I have blogged before), created these headpieces for the window displays of department store Harvey Nichols. Using items such as paper drink umbrellas, silly straws, toilet brushes and rubik's cubes, she created these 'wigs' for the mannequin heads.

Zoe Bradley
Harvey Nichols

Zaha Hadid's Futuristic Capitol Hill Residence in Moscow, Commissioned by Vladislav Doronin for Supermodel Girlfriend Naomi Campbell.

The Capital Hill Residence is a private home measuring 2650 square metres by Pritzker Prize Winning architect Zaha Hadid commissioned by billionaire Vladislav Doronin for supermodel girlfriend Naomi Campbell. Design for the modern Space Age looking home which is located in Moscow, Russia, began in 2006 and is presently under construction.

Today's cute animated interactive Google Doodle created by Simon Rüger of Germany who made this little explanatory video:

Happy Halloween!

Add Some Personality To Your Plants With DIY Face Pots. Here's The Instructions And Supplies To Make Your Own.

Face Pots (which ought to be called Face Plants - at least in the US for the double entendre) are a charming and funny idea that you can easily make yourself. They make great gifts and party centerpieces. Depending on your choice of plant, the foliage makes hilarious " hair."

How To Make Them:

Links to all you need to make your own:
•Various Houseplants
•Clear Plastic Plants Pots
•Classic Plant Pot
•Photo Printer Paper
•Potting soil

This great do-it-yourself idea was conceived of by Kazakhstan's independent creative marketing and pr agency GOOD! who is the source of the images.