November 14, 2009 @ 3:16 pm
Harc Lee thought up this brilliant naked aluminum Coca-Cola can in order to reduce energy use in the manufacturing process. Because the can uses an imprinted Coca-Cola logo rather than a colored logo dying process, companies who make use of this can potentially get rid of toxic paint processes which harm the environment.
Whether you believe the environmental claims or not, I think making aluminum cans like this is awesome. I would love for a beverage company to do this.
May 29, 2009 @ 12:56 pm
This seriously messes with my mind. But oddly enough, I would love to see this on store shelves. The blue is kinda nice. Click on the image to see it bigger.
April 8, 2009 @ 11:10 am
WiiSpray Teaser from Martin Lihs on Vimeo.
Last Summer I posted a prototype image of a virtual spray paint can called the WiiSpray. It was developed by Martin Lihs and at the time was nothing more than a transparent spray paint can with a few buttons on the side.
Now, almost a year later, Martin has written an actual prototype game for the WiiSpray and it looks surprisingly realistic. From the video, it looks like you can virtually create stencils, select from a wide variety of heads and colors, and pretty much emulate the effects of a real spray paint can.
Kinda neat. I wonder when a full game will be out.
February 6, 2009 @ 10:00 pm
I don’t know, this just doesn’t feel necessary at all considering the fact that you’ve got to wear a bag with much bigger storage space anyway to use it, and you’re not going to be walking around with an OPEN can in there anyway. This is a certified way to flush $10 down the drain without actually having to use any water. That was clever, huh.
October 28, 2008 @ 7:48 pm
Hmm, so it seems that the Pepsi cans with the new Pepsi logo that were spotted in the wild were actually part of a larger effort by Pepsi to get people to talk about their brand new look. The packages contained 3 smaller boxes filled with 5 cans of Pepsi each — one with 5 cans with the logo from 1898 to 1950; another with 5 cans with the logo from 1962 to 1998; and the final one with all 5 cans sporting the newest logo.
The thing I don’t understand however is how they didn’t see the beauty that is the white can with one of the old script logos. Seriously, I think a move to put these white cans on store shelves would probably be better than continuing on with that ugly generic blue can that they’re going with. I mean, how many other companies can you name with white soda cans? I think that’s just brilliant and gorgeous!
I understand their need to stand out from Coca-Cola, but I think the two logos look different enough that most people would be able to tell them apart even from far away. If they were going to only slightly revamp a logo they’ve used before, I think they shoud have worked on the Pepsi script logo. That would have been killer.
October 28, 2008 @ 4:10 pm
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For those of you who were doubting the authenticity of those new Pepsi can renders, here’s an actual photo of them out in the wild.
Wow. These are so ugly. Just wow. And to think that this new logo was made in about 5 months at an estimated cost of $1 million. Eeks!
