color collection.

What girl doesn't love nail polish? The awesome thing about nail polish is that every different girl from any end of the spectrum can express themselves and their style through COLOR. And, nail polish can be found in almost any color these days. OPI is one of the leading nail polish brands used by nail artists and is available to purchase by normal folk like you and me!

While looking through a magazine recently, I came across this ad:



and on another page was a smaller companion ad:



I thought the marketing of this collection was quite creative, and it got me thinking. People (including myself) are often attracted to products that cross advertise. Another post on this subject is to come. For this ad though, OPI is advertising a new line of polish colors inspired by the new Alice In Wonderland movie. I think OPI does a nice job of creating collections that mean something and relate to a subject. Giving the colors a reason makes the polish more marketable. Since nail polish is like making your hands an accessory to your outfit, it starts to make you think what colors in which collections go with various pieces of clothing in your wardrobe or different events! Pretty clever and artsy fartsy if I do say so myself! Here are some other ads for other OPI collections I found in a google search of OPI nail polish collection advertisements:






And just a little side-note...you can now order Dell laptops with your favorite OPI color as the cover. Crazy? Cool? I haven't decided yet.

I want to live in Pandora.

My friend MW and I saw Avatar a few weeks ago. It is different than the kind of movie I would usually pick to see. However, I felt like the graphics looked beautiful and I really wanted to see it in theaters. We saw it 3D although we wanted to see it in IMAX 3D which was sold out. It was just as beautiful as it looked in previews. I also have to say that despite many reviews saying that the plot was boring or not interesting - I thought it was great. So, to my artsy take on the moview?...since this IS a design blog. The colors were amazing, The colors on the Navi people were awesome, brilliant blues. The whole movie gave a magical feel, especially in the night scences. I wish I could have found more images of the nights in Pandora, but the one out of the following was really all I could find. I guess you will have to watch it yourself to experience the beauty. But, I LOVED the glowing plants and creatures in the blueish purple atmosphere. I would do anything to walk through and experience what Pandora looks like in this movie! Pretty amazing - someone should take this idea for a themepark attraction or somethings. SO- Avatar is a must see, even if you are not interested in the story, at least see it for the beautiful graphics. AND, try to see it before it leaves theaters- I feel like it might lose some of its beauty once it goes to DVD :P

a taste of cake.

I am watching Cake Boss and thought I would share some cake inspiration since it is art after all! I found a few cakes I thought looked cool online a few weeks ago and the image below is a compilation of several cakes I have found...all tiered cakes that I thought looked cool! One of these days my friends MW, MF and I are going to take a cake decorating class. Until then, it is fun to experiment. I have watched my mom make awesome cakes over the years. One of these days I want to get pictures of all of them and put them together because she has made some beautiful cakes...so those may be to come in the future, until then - enjoy! ;)

nice package.

Ever since C.O. Bigelow products came to Bath and Body works I have been utterly obsessed with their Mentha Lip Shine's. So awesome! If you haven't tried them-try them. Anywhooo, that really isn't the point of this post on my DESIGN blog lol ;). I really think they make pretty awesome package designs as well. They are pretty simple, but I feel like the old-time medication kind-of look they express with their logo and type styling is really effective.

They definitely have a beautiful use of font combination's and colors. Just really sharp design I think:

roar.

Not like I haven't always liked leopard and cheetah print...I have been even way more in to it lately. I LOVE that the new AIM comes with a leopard print option. Please enjoy some animal inspiration.