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Pantone make-up by industrial designer, Renata Veiga.

This product and packaging concept probably requires no explanation in terms of the reasons why I dig it, so very much! I am still struggling to believe nobody has come up with this before now. What’s not to love? Colour chips, cosmetics and slick design. Simple. Stylish. Read more…

March 2, 2010 | Tags: , , , , ,

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3 New Ways to Get Some Action!

As part of their mission to organise the creative world, Behance’s line of paper products is designed with Action in mind. And now, they’ve introduced 3 new ways to get organised in style. The bonus: these new Action Method products are 100% sustainable.
To make this possible, Behance has partnered with New Leaf Paper, the world’s leading green paper company. New Leaf has saved over 1,693,350 trees and 472,973,848 gallons of water through its environmentally friendly practices. By choosing these notebooks, you are making a difference.

As part of their mission to organise the creative world, Behance’s line of paper products is designed with Action in mind. And now, they’ve introduced 3 new ways to get organised in style. The bonus: these new Action Method products are 100% sustainable. Read more…

Happy Holidays with love from The Neon Hive

Merry Christmas and Happy 2010

It’s Christmas Eve and we thought what better time to give all our lovely friends a little Christmas present… we hope you like it! Yeah okay, it looks like Auntie Floss has knitted you another of the worst sweaters imaginable but hey, it’s the thought that counts and in the spirit of the season, we hope it brings you a little cheer! Read more…

December 24, 2009 | Tags: , , , ,

Jones Soda Co. Halloween Edition

Those bonkers guys over at the Jones Soda Co. have yet again injected a little humour into their packaging to create a rather spooktacular line of Halloween Edition 8oz cans.

Halloween Edition soda flavours include: Candy Corn, Buried Pomegrante, Lemon Drop Dead and Spooookiwi Soda. Read more…

October 28, 2009 | Tags: , , ,

Irié Wash Fluo

Designers are well versed at looking to other designers for ideas and inspiration. From time to time you are fortunate (albeit slightly envious) to stumble across something that envokes the simple reaction: “I wish I had designed that”. For me, that is Paris based Japanese fashion designer, Irié Wash. Known for his cutting edge designs Read more…

September 11, 2009 | Tags: ,

The inner workings of a creative mind

Creative minds are not always… how can I put this politely? Well, perhaps not as stable as they could be! Inspiration can sometimes be elusive, slipping through our fingers like sand or like a half remembered dream that fades away after your first coffee/fag of the day. But, how do we open the door to inspiration? Do we really have to suffer for our art? Is it really, as Edison said, “1% inspiration, 99% perspiration”? Read more…

September 8, 2009 | Tags: , ,