Paper company Crane & Co. has launched a new swatchbook, Crane Paper, 100% Cotton: The Definitive Collection. This is the world’s greenest paper. No trees or wood fiber go into it because is entirely made of cotton. The swatchbook itself is made from cotton paper as well, and was designed by a C&G Partners team led by Partner Emanuela Frigerio.
UPDATE: This post was originally titled “The World’s Greenest Paper”, hence all the comments below. A title I copied directly from C&G’s blog. This was obviously a misleading/false statement, my apologies.
Eighteen months ago, H&FJ reported on a mysterious typographic gift that materialized outside their H&FJ offices. Today, they delighted to report that the culprit (artist) has come forward! Rob Keller — who may well be a typeface designer graduated from the University of Reading, but will always be known to me as The Grecian Bandit — apparently included us them his rounds when distributing ceramic letter sculptures throughout the city, as part of a project called Left Out Letters. Check out the collection of photos on his blog.
The swiss do everything to make their guests’ stay in Switzerland absolutely perfect. Lately, they do even more than you would expect: Their Mountain Cleaners make sure you can always enjoy the view of clean mountains. The swiss are so thorough, I love it.
Here’s an iPhone function we really need. The Bad Decision Blocker (BDB for short) is an iPhone app that will let you block any of your phone’s contacts for a predetermined set of time. It’s in the App Store right now for 99 cents. Tim’s title of his post pretty much nails it: “I got this so i can’t call you when im drunk.”
Made me smile. (Who created this? Who can I give credit to?) Created by Alex Noriega, from Barcelona, Spain. A big thank you to my reader and commenter Bruce who tracked the originator of this sketch down.
I really wish bloggers would be more diligent in naming their sources and giving credit. (enter sigh here)
This coming thursday (April 2, 2009) PSFK will host PSFK Conference New York in Battery Park. The event celebrates the most creative ideas and inspirational organizations emerging from the city – people who we write about on our daily news site at PSFK.com. They will host 12 lectures and panels in topics that include arts & culture, design, digital & mobile technology, marketing & advertising, sustainability, social media and publishing.
I am seriously bummed that I have an all day meeting that day and won’t be able to attend. The speaker line-up is fantastic.
Why buy many cards for different occasions if you can have an “One Card for All Occasions Stamp”? It saves time, money and headache. All-In-One Card Stamp by Ji Lee.
I am excited to announce our upcoming CreativeMornings with Andy Bonventre of Google. On April 10, 2009 Andy will be discussing how he evangelizes the symbiotic relationship between design and engineering, and how he learned to trust his designer. Andy has been a loyal CreativeMornings attendee and I am excited that he is switching sides for this month’s event! Venue will be announced shortly! I am smiling all over my face: Google is hosting the event! YAY!
Interested in attending? Make sure to r.s.v.p via email. We are filling up quickly. Please tell us your name and what industry you’re in. (We will later on send you a confirmation email with all the necessary details for the event.) We’ve reached our limit, I apologize.
We are looking for a breakfast sponsor that will cover coffee and bagels. You would in exchange get mentioned on swissmiss and during the actual event. Please get in touch sponsor [at] swiss-miss.com if interested.
Tonight’s Pecha Kucha event was a fantastic experience. Even though I must say, I was flabbergasted once I saw the venue – not what I expected. It was incredibly loud, dark and there were no seats for the audience. Ever since I started the CreativeMornings 10Minute lecture series I have become really interested in the ‘packaging’ of an event and how it affects the experience. I wonder how this evening would have been perceived in a more quiet environment with seating for everyone and a noise level that would actually allow for a conversation.
The unfortunate venue aside, I loved the event. The broad range of topics was intriguing and the quality of the 6min40second presentations was impressive. While it seems a bit forced at first, to have the slides timed on a 20second interval, it really does force the presenter to keep it short and to the point. Definitely a format I will keep in mind for upcoming presentations or events. Michael has a great summary of the event, read it here.
Thanks to Marc, the gracious organizer. I am definitely looking forward to attend future Pecha Kuchas. Thanks to G for filming the event with his photocamera. For those of you interested in my presentation, here are my 400seconds of Pecha-Kucha-Fame:
280slides.com let’s you create beautiful presentations, access them from anywhere, and share them with the world. With 280 Slides, there’s no software to download and nothing to pay for – and when you’re done building your presentation you can share it any way you like.
Now that beach season is coming up, on this side on the planet at least, products like the above towel make me look. HANS IM GLÜCK by Jan Dobmaier is a Towel and bag in one. Available here.
Today’s Layer Tennis match is shaping up to be an epic battle. Jason Santa Maria (Web designer extraordinaire, creative director for A List Apart) will be squaring off against Derek Powazek (Web veteran, industry influencer, co-founder of JPG Magazine), with commentary by none other than the founder of Layer Tennis himself, Jim Coudal. Tune in at 3 p.m. (Eastern) and watch as the designers test the limits of their creativity with the power of Adobe Creative Suite tools, such as Photoshop and Illustrator, at their fingertips.
See below for the final volley from last week’s match between Armin Vit and Sam Potts. All of this season’s matches are available in the archives section of the Layer Tennis site.
Go Jason! Go Jason! (jumping up an down with my red and white pompoms!)
Swissmiss is an online garden Tina Roth Eisenberg started in 2005 and has lovingly tended to ever since.
Besides swissmiss, Tina founded and runs TeuxDeux, CreativeMornings and her Brooklyn based co-working community Friends Work Here. (She also started Tattly which was recently adopted by BIC)
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