Why aren't these everywhere, yet?!: Pong Traffic Light Buttons

You know that buttons you press impatiently while you wait for traffic to stop so you can finally cross the street? Well, Germany has figured out a way to make that whole waiting thing a little more fun by incorporating a game of pong that you play with a player on the other side of the street. Cool, right? It gets better. The box also has an timer that tells you exactly how much longer before the light changes. Video below. 

(via Geekologie)

Nostalgia: Lego Ads

These fantastically minimalistic Lego ads makes me want to pull out my old Lego sets from when I was a kid... so, I guess they've kind of done their job.

I totally did the airplane thing.

(via mmminimal)

More Stop-Motion from PES

Back in March I posted a couple of really creative stop-motion videos from animator PES (here). Here's another equally amazing PES video from a couple of years ago.

(via SHOWTIME on Youtube)

Cool!: 50th Anniversary Warhol-Inspired Soup Cans

In celebration of 50 years since the debut of Andy Warhol's famous soup can prints, Campbell's has released these very cool pop art-inspired cans. Note the (intentional) imperfections on each can's design used to mimic the results of a series of prints. Today (September 2) is the last day these limited editions can be found at Target for $.75.

(via Laughing Squid)

Typographic Inspiration 8/20/12

(via Buamai)

People Type

This is an old piece of mine from junior year of undergrad. All of the letters are constructed from silhouetted photographs of my classmates (I make special appearances as the "I" and the tall part of the "L").

If read straight through, the chart says, "A glance of the eye transcends speech and is the bodily symbol of identity," a paraphrased quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Beer of Summer

Not only is House of Shandy's new (and first) beer the perfect summer shandy, but it is also a cool and quirky design. Take a look here at the label and some other materials... and get some Curious Traveler before the summer's over!

Promotional material

Traveler Taps

House of Shandy Logo

Tenacious Traveler will be House of Shandy's second "refresher" coming out in a few months. Like Curious, Tenacious Traveler will be brewed with lemon peel, but will also include honey and ginger.

While I'm at it, here are a few recent released (within the past year or so) Samuel Adams brand IPAs whose labels include some fun and personality-filled illustrations.

(via BeerPulse)