Architects plan a "pedestrain palace" - Paris 2100

A new exhibit, which is the work of Yannick Gourvil and Cécile Leroux of the architecture firm Collectif et alors, is now displaying pictures of what Paris is hoping to look like for the year 2100 due to climate change. This new and improved city will be "a pedestrian paradise," where pedestrians rule and there are no cars, a roof garden on very building, and redesigned river banks and biking systems, just to name a few improvements. Paris is calling this new city a utopian, as it would be nothing short of paradise if these plans were to actually follow through. It is wishful thinking, but nothing is impossible! Check out a full article on this exhibit at the Treehugger website here. Here are a couple photos they had displayed to give you an idea of what they have in mind:

Packaging fun with new Smirnoff Caipiroska collection

Okay, so I'm sure most of you designers have already seen this new brilliant packaging for Smirnoff, but I can't help but write a little something about it. I'm a huge sucker when it comes to packaging, and this is such a fun and interactive idea. Good enough that it makes me wish I could drink! To launch the new Brazilian vodka, Smirnoff Caipiroska, a promotional package was made by JWT Brazi. Bottles were created with the appearance and texture through a perforation for the flavors lemon, passion fruit and berries. This was done on a skin that was also made "peelable" so that it could give the consumer the feel as if they were peeling an actual fruit. Unfortunately, since this was created specially for a promotional kit, there is a limited supply of these bottles. If you get your hands on one - enjoy!
Take a look at some featured photos of this new design:

I'm Back (Featuring Daniel Mackie)

So - after a long overdue visit, I think it's time for me to write a new post! Things have been hectic in my life for the past while to say the least, but I missed this thing. With that said, I've got a short blog for everyone tonight (maybe two or three if I stay awake), about a few latest inspirations.

Recently, I have been trying to push my boundaries with painting, and began playing with watercolour (which I hadn't done in 4 years, and was never good at to begin with!). While attempting to work with this new and tricky media, I had browsed through some artists who work with it as well to gain some inspiration. The artist I most recently came across is Daniel Mackie, who at one point created works mainly on the computer, such as myself, working with photoshop. After ten years he put the computer design to the side to focus more on what he really loved to do, which was working traditionally with pencil and watercolour. I stumbled upon a few of his works online just the other day and liked what I saw, so I took the time to look him up which took me to his website and online portfolio which you can view for yourself here. Daniel has worked with a countless number of clients, and his works of art have provided solutions for design material such as editorial and advertising works.
I also recommend you take a look at his blog, where you can get a great insight and see some truly remarkable illustrations and process work.
Here are a few of my favourite works of his displayed below.

Process work for ongoing project

"Don Draper Portrait"

"Fear"

"Fairy"