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Chipotle Mexican Grill package design by Sequence

The designers:
"Chipotle Mexican Grill is one of the fastest growing restaurant-chains
in the U.S. Its goal is to change the way the world thinks about and
eats fast food by serving high-quality and sustainably-raised food
quickly and affordably. We created a new packaging system defined by
unique, hand-drawn messages from customers, employees and even
ingredients. This lighthearted, passionate approach is a perfect
vehicle to convey Chipotle's 'un-chain' philosophy."

Sequence are one of the communication arts annual winners
http://sequence.com/#/home/

Berlin and the artistic part of the city(part 1)

'If you haven't been to Berlin in the summer you never been to Berlin'
Thomas Demand is best known for his photographs of life-size 3d models, which he builds from construction paper, and later destroys.

http://www.thomasdemand.de/

CYAN based in Mitte and support that the culture in Berlin is based on one understanding:theta the budget is low, but the ideas are many.

http://www.cyan.de/

KIM HIORTHOY is a graphic designer, illustrator, musician, artist, and sets up his studio anywhere there's space.

The Shard

A skyscraper that will be the tallest building in Western Europe and will provide amazing views of London. Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop

Read more: The Shard: Vertical City Will Tower Over London The Shard By Renzo Piano Building Workshop.
The 72-storey building in the London Bridge Quarter will contain premium office space, a world-class hotel, luxury residences, a spa, restaurants & cafes, retail space and a 15-storey public viewing gallery. On the ground level, public piazza, restaurants and cafes will be open to the public with places to rest and changing art installations. Access to public transportation via bus line, train and underground will be directly on site.

Read more: The Shard: Vertical City Will Tower Over London The Shard By Renzo Piano Building Workshop – Inhabitat - Green Design Will Save the World.
'London already have a huge cucumber (Gherkin skyscraper) now we are going to have also a huge saltcellar, our city transforming slowly to a ridiculous pick nick table'Prince Karol for the Shard that supports a more humanistic urban planning.

http://www.the-shard.com/

Stardust's Slamdunk Animation for adidas

Stardust Los Angeles was tapped by 180 LA to give its latest brand campaign for adidas Basketball a retro urban, illustrative twist. Directed by Stardust's Jake Banks, the two spots star Chicago Bulls point guard Derrick Rose and Orlando Magic center Dwight Howard and take a stylized approach that highlights their unique personalities while touting the players' sneaks - the adiZero Rose and The Beast. Stardust handled all animation, including traditional cel animation overlaid on top of live-action footage, and edited and finished the campaign, which broke January and February in China, France and Spain.

Adidas "Fast World Dwight" from Stardust Studios on Vimeo.

Adidas "Fast World Rose" from Stardust Studios on Vimeo.

Under Banks' direction, Stardust treated virtually every frame, hand-tracing and rotoscoping the material, building '2 ½-D' environments, then placing cel animation into the environments. Stardust used Adobe After Effects for compositing, Apple Final Cut Pro for editing, Autodesk Maya for 3D modeling and animation and handled clean-up in Autodesk Flame.

What comes to your mind when hear the word 'Hostel'??

I am sure not the following….

Architects: Antonio Ravalli Architetti / Antonio Ravalli, Simone Pelliconi, Valentina Milani, Lorenzo Masini, Giuseppe Crispino
Location: Migliarino, Ferrara, Italy
an old hemp factory into a new city center for the town of Migliarino, the project gains a youth hostel out of a 510 m2 portion of the building. The site position is barycentric to the touristic circuits which take place during the summer, thanks to the proximity of the Po River Delta Natural Park, but the project has to count on a reduced regional funding, 270.000 € including the furniture, and a doubtful management profitability. Thus the management aspects, both with the energetic and economic saving, are the principal matters.

While the reception and the facilities are located on the ground floor, the second level presents a single big space with all the windows on just one side. Four rooms for 2-3 persons each, bathrooms and a staircase are disposed on two levels on the other side.
http://www.antonioravalli.it/

The Sartorialist

The man behind the camera Scott Schumann

The New York's fashion blogger talks about his passion.It's all about reaction….Be one of the 70.000 readers per day!
The Satrtorialist.blogspot.com

The soft moon

Great stuff bout music this weekend!

Not only great songs, great artworks but also great videos!
'The Soft Moon'solo project from Luis Vasquez.

Jar Moff

A brilliant DIY artist from Athens makes my feel pleasure when I listen to the tracks he made completely out of a selection of Greek B movies from 80's, second hand vinyls and video tape cutups recorded live from his SP-404.The covers are handmade.
n'joy!
you can download free the tracks here

Escapes III by Jen Spinner

Fire escape sculptures made of paper hug a blank wall. The fire escapes are "deconstructed and playfully pieced back together in miniature, three dimensional paper forms, creating a transformative space that asks the viewer to reconsider their relationship with these iron structures.
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