Ultimat Vodka -- Stop Working. Start Drinking.
Agency - Amalgamated
Flickr photographer Patrícia Almeida
recently shot these great photos of a wonderfully whimsical umbrella
installation - the umbrellas look almost like they're magically floating in
mid-air.
“In July in Águeda (a Portuguese town) some streets are decorated with colorful umbrellas. I felt like a kid, amazed by all that color!”
Molson Canadian: Seed Coaster
Agency: Rethink - Canada
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The Gourmet Tea
Say hello to The Gourmet Tea, a pop out tea store in São Paulo. Neatly hidden behind what looks like a neon art deco wall when closed, is a fully outfitted tea shop. The oversized, colorful plywood box opens for business by – literally – popping out from the wall panels, thanks to some very clever design by Brazilian architect Alan Chu. A hinged flap flips to show the signage, the counter is wheeled out, and uncovered panels reveal cupboards and shelves full of 35 organic teas.
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Evelina Children’s Hospital was the first new children’s hospital to be built in London in more than a century. The hospital was designed with a goal of “making a hospital that didn’t feel like a hospital.” Accomplishing this required hospital designers and staff to create a patient experience that included touchpoints fostering a sense of inspiration and wonder – in addition to healing – for children throughout their stay.
Perhaps the most remarkable touch point of all comes from an unexpected source: the hospital window washers. As part of their contract, Evelina requires that hospital window washers dress up as superheroes while cleaning the hospital windows. Bedridden, sick children delight in seeing Superman, Spiderman and Batman dagling just beyond the glass. The window washers report the superhero visits to Evelina are the highlight of their week.
One of the things that really hurt Apple was after I left, John Sculley got a very serious disease. And that disease—I’ve seen other people get it, too—it’s the disease of thinking that having a great idea is really 90 percent of the work. And if you just tell people, ‘here’s this great idea,’ then of course they can go off and make it happen. The problem with that is that there’s a tremendous amount of craftsmanship between a having a great idea and having a great product.
My brother passed away July 7, 2012. His final wish in his will, if he left enough money, was that we have pizza and give the waiter or waitress a $500 tip. Aaron never had much money, and he didn't have enough to make this happen, so I started a website and took donations. On July 10 we were able to make his wish come true for the first time. We think he just wanted to provide a random act of kindness and generosity for someone he thought was under appreciated; the kind of thing that would make a lasting impact they would never forget.
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Mighty Nuts
Design: Maija Rozenfelde
McGrath's
Design: Drinksology - Ireland
“McGrath’s is Craft Brewed in Ireland by Clanconnel Brewing Co. Drinksology was commissioned to reinvent their brand and packaging. Named in honour the local hero The ‘Mighty’ Master Mcgrath, the greatest greyhound to have ever raced, the recipe numbers & label colours reflect the numbers and colours of greyhound racing jackets.”