Rethink: De-branding Cigarette Packs

A move intended to subvert the alluring brands of tobacco giants and make smoking less attractive, London-based consultancy Build created these satirical yet serious visualisations of how a packet of 20's might look if the branding were to be stripped away. The project is entitled "Rethink".

Interesting alternatives to the "Smoking Kills" warnings are included; giving smokers some serious insights into how much time each pack smoked will rob them of, and making a feature of the terrifyingly long list of ingredients that go into each pack.

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Branch Bookshelf

A concept by French designer Olivier Dollé for a competition at the Atelier d'Art de France.

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Creepy Eyes Hair Clip

Called Hair Clip On Hair by Humans Since 1982.

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Minimalist Portraits by Ali Jabbar

Dubai-based graphic designer Ali Jabbar made these stunning minimalist illustrations of famous people.

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Log Slice Rug

The Woody Wood Rug, as it’s called by it’s Dutch creator, Yvette Laduk, is a highly durable carpet which has edges that have been cut, burnt and fixed to resemble tree bark. The rug can also be used as a cool wall hanging.

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They Draw & Cook

They Draw & Cook is a cooking blog with a collection of illustrated recipes submitted by a variety of artists, designers, illustrators and cooks.

The recipes from the blog are eventually going to be compiled into an illustrative cookbook

For those of you that are interested in submitting your own illustrated recipe, take a look at the submission page.

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Tweet Ring

Select a twitter message and those 140 characters are engraved on both sides of a ring. Or, you can put the tweet on one side, and on the other the sender, date and time.

Check it out.

I get a lot of cool messges about Design Fetish. Would love one of these :D
(Oh, and my birthday's coming soon *wink*)

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Nike Clogs

Johnny Kelly painted wooden clogs to look like a pair Nikes for the Nike78 exhibition. Hilarious!

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iPhone For Valentine

Wanna give your special someone an iPhone 4 for Valentine?
Gift wrapping is so old school, here's a cooler way to unravel a gift!
...An iPhone chocolate dessert case, looking all real and delicious!

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Ripple Effect Tea Table

Creative table designed by Jeonghwa Seo and Hanna Chung.
Each time you place the tea cup on the table, the ripples form on the water covered surface.

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The Four Icon Challenge

The Four Icon Challenge is a project by designer, Kyle Tezak. The goal is to sum up an entire book or movie using only four icons.

He's only done a few for now, but plans on making it an ongoing project.

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ZAGGmate for iPad

The patent-pending ZAGGmate is made from durable aircraft-grade aluminum with anodized finish that will match the look and feel of your iPad. It features an embedded Bluetooth keyboard complete with function keys (music control, search, home, slideshow... etc.) and an innovative hinge at the back that will allow you to view and type on your iPad in ten different angles.

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Invisible Jacket

The detail on this will definitely make people look twice!

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iPhone Cookies

Life size rectangular cookies shaped exactly like the handset, by Japan's Green Gables Bakery. Every single detail was taken into account. You can notice the small camera lens also marked out on the rear side. The front has been decorated with application icons.

Each cookie is priced at: $33.
And surprise, surprise, they're seeling like hot cakes!!!
The current waiting time for an iPhone cookie: Two months!

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YouTube Tribute Poster

To commemorate the 5 years of existence of YouTube, Ibraheem Youssef and Paul Parolin worked on a poster to showcase the Top 100 Most Viewed Videos Of All Time in All Categories on YouTube.

You can purchase it here.

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