Fries, Please

Heinz 'uncaps' a new decade with innovative packaging that I'm really excited about. With the Dip & Squeeze packet you can tear off the tip to press for pinpoint accuracy, or peel back the lid for dipping.

St. Valentino

If you're looking for gift ideas as Valentine's Day quickly approaches, check out the gift guides I compiled for 21st & Ivy.

Stonehenge Attire

Brilliant print ad by Leo Burnett, Frankfurt, for Clean Pretty dry cleaners. The copy reads, "Don't let your clothes look older than they are".

Open Up the Garage

Make your garage look bigger by putting a Tonka truck inside.

Style Your Garage is the maker of deceptively realistic large format stickers that go over your garage doors, sending a confused message to neighbors. Choose from airplanes, tanks, a formula 1, and more.

Light Bulb Fixture

Behold, Sputnik.

Bridging the Gap

Be it already over-discussed, tweeted, or blogged; I want to be a broken record and express my thoughts about the iPad.

It may have its cons, but the pros outweigh them in my opinion. Would I own this device within first year? I don't even have an iPhone yet, so no. First things first. Is Steve Jobs the man? Yeah, but Jonathan Ive is "thee" man.

The Selby Book

Todd Selby captures eclectic spaces throughout the world of prominent indie musicians, artists, designers and actors.

In the near future, he will release a hardcover book filled with 256 pages of never before seen places. Reserve your copy on Amazon.

Fabric Fútbol

Spanish designer Klas Ernflo takes the soccer ball and wraps it in flannel. Balls come in 20 different fabric patterns.

Business Papers

Letterheady is an online homage to offline correspondence--a collection of letterheads from famous and infamous individuals and enterprises dating back to Houdini and Hitler.

Media Expressionism

A new media focused agency, Kantar, invites online visitors to unleash their inner creativity through an Web site art program and make pop-art illustrations. Pictures can then be submitted for voting.

One Hundred Eleven

To celebrate 111 years of brilliance, paper company GF Smith is going on tour. The exhibit will showcase material which encompasses both European and American pursuits, with work from legends: Saul Bass, Milton Glaser, Paul Rand, Bill McKay and SEA Design.

Launched at the Edinburgh School of Art in October 2009, the tour commences this January at The Glasgow School of Art, and will continue to tour the country's leading Universities throughout 2010.

Sundance

The 2010 Sundance Film Festival kicks off tomorrow in Park City, Utah. Visit their Web site for event information.

Unite for Haiti

I had the privilege of designing a poster for UNICEF's outreach program for Haiti here in Utah. I urge you to get involved or simply donate $5.00 by texting "GIVE" to "UNICEF".

Nostalgic Steel

My dad tipped me off about these billboards across Detroit, Michigan. As a classic car buff, I couldn't resist posting them; and the copy is clever. It's just too bad Chevy doesn't make them like they used to.

I'm Hooked

A simple, yet functional way of hanging your keys. Cucampre's inter-connectible metal modules come with key chain fasteners which prevent your keys from coming unhooked.

The Happiness Machine

Wherever happiness strikes next, make sure there's Diet Coke too.

Oh, Canada

Canadian freelancer, Chester Ebona, claims Calgary to be his home of graphic design inspiration--where I can see that there's more to it than hockey and below 0° temperatures.

Abstract Surrealism

Director Alex Roman presents this new full-CG piece that illustrates architectural art across a photographic point of view, where main subjects are already-built spaces. Very cool.

Mobile Watch

At one time or another we've all forgotten our phone, the wristwatch mobile phone may solve that problem in the future.

[Via Yanko]

Refresh Everything

You won't find Pepsi at the Super Bowl, they'll be spending ad dollars differently. Pepsi's "Refresh Everything" campaign asks consumers to think up ideas that will make the world a better place, promising $20 million in grant money to fund the winning causes.



Starting January 13, visitors can submit their ideas to refresheverything.com. On February 1, voting will open to the general public, who will decide which ideas deserve funding. The $20 million will then be divided up into grants and dispersed.

Fresh idea Chiat/Day, I'm digging it.