Monday Moodboard-Inspiring me this week : 24.10.11

This week's moodboard includes entire books on posters, chopstick trees and a very smart Rubik's cube.

1. Spineless Classics
Shared on our Facebook page by our good friend Jo Pilgrim-Wood, this collection of posters is absolutely stunning. The idea is that they feature an entire book, that's right I said an ENTIRE book, on a poster, wrapped in the shape of an image from the book.
Source : Spineless Classics / http://www.spinelessclassics.com/

2. Beer Packaging
We already know that I'm a sucker for great packaging... and beer... so here's this is another prime example of how packaging makes all the difference.
Source : Kendrik Kidd / http://kendrickkidd.com/?p=822

3. Minimal Logo Designs
A great round-up of some inventive and very clever logos.
Source : Web Designer Ledger / http://webdesignledger.com/inspiration/30-minimal-logo-designs-that-say-more-with-less

4. Shopping Trolley Lounge Chair
Just a very funny project, though I am not convinced that this chair would be even the slightest bit comfortable.
Source : Design Boom / http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/14477/mike-bouchet-shopping-cart-lounger.html

5. Free Seamless Patterns

A great round-up of downloadable seamless patterns.

Source : Iniwoo / http://iniwoo.net/web/beautiful-free-web-patterns/

6. Birthday Match-book and Candle
The happy birthday box, just scribble in the right age an you're good to go.
Source : Faith is Torment /  http://faithistorment.blogspot.com/2011/08/happy-birthday-box.html

7. Chopstick tree
This is a set of chopsticks with a difference. One has a capped tip containing a seed, and when you have finished eating you stick it in the ground and hey presto, you just planted a tree.
Source : Yanko Design / http://www.yankodesign.com/2011/10/18/chopstick-gardens/


8. Bic Drawings
That's right, this amazing sketch is done using a bic, perhaps one of the cheapest pens around, and there are plenty more amazing drawings where that came from.
Source : Design.Inc / http://www.designincstudios.com/ballpointpen.html

9. Braille Rubik's Cube
The 'colours' (green, blue, red, yellow, white & pink) of each cube are embossed upon it in Braille and the all over effect is a very nice, very chic Rubik's cube.
Source : Yanko Design / http://www.yankodesign.com/2010/03/17/color-rubik-cube-for-the-blind/