I’ve been surprised by the continuously growing popularity of energy drinks. I have even found myself paying nearly $5 bucks for a small can of Red Bull on the Jersey turnpike.

Closer to home, R.BIRD’s PATTERNS design report on energy drinks is a most popular download from our website. Many thousands of copies have been downloaded and the pace continues unabated.

There’s no doubt that Wet Planet Beverages, creators of Jolt, have seen the report and, perhaps, even been encouraged in some way that contributed to their planned revival for the Jolt brand. (If not, then they certainly didn’t look very far. Try Google-ing energy drink design and see what you get.) As brand consultants in packaging design, the study you’ll see in our Energy Drinks PATTERNS report is a typical step we take on branded packaging projects.

I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the introduction of Jolt, the caffeine-enhanced cola drink. Time flies when you’re… well, flying.

I’ve been surprised by the continuously growing popularity of energy drinks. I have even found myself paying nearly $5 bucks for a small can of Red Bull on the Jersey turnpike.

Closer to home, R.BIRD’s PATTERNS design report on energy drinks is a most popular download from our website. Many thousands of copies have been downloaded and the pace continues unabated.

There’s no doubt that Wet Planet Beverages, creators of Jolt, have seen the report and, perhaps, even been encouraged in some way that contributed to their planned revival for the Jolt brand. (If not, then they certainly didn’t look very far. Try Google-ing energy drink design and see what you get.) As brand consultants in packaging design, the study you’ll see in our Energy Drinks PATTERNS report is a typical step we take on branded packaging projects.

I can’t believe it’s been 20 years since the introduction of Jolt, the caffeine-enhanced cola drink. Time flies when you’re… well, flying.

I've been surprised by the continuously growing popularity of energy drinks. I have even found myself paying nearly $5 bucks for a small can of Red Bull on the Jersey turnpike.

Closer to home, R.BIRD's PATTERNS design report on energy drinks is a most popular download from our website. Many thousands of copies have been downloaded and the pace continues unabated.

There's no doubt that Wet Planet Beverages, creators of Jolt, have seen the report and, perhaps, even been encouraged in some way that contributed to their planned revival for the Jolt brand. (If not, then they certainly didn't look very far. Try Google-ing energy drink design and see what you get.) As brand consultants in packaging design, the study you'll see in our Energy Drinks PATTERNS report is a typical step we take on branded packaging projects.

I can't believe it's been 20 years since the introduction of Jolt, the caffeine-enhanced cola drink. Time flies when you're... well, flying.

Electric Heat
Hot range of work from Electric Heat.

Undercover
Interesting blog covering visual and aural culture.

Konst & Teknik
Beautiful graphic and packaging design from Konst & Teknik. Great folio format too!

Edwin Tofslie
Art direction and design from Edwin Tofslie, great!

Woo Agentur
Design collective covering graphic and motion design. Wicked!

How Green Are You?
Italian environmental site. Nice!

Théo Gènnitsakis
Diverse work from talented designer Théo Gènnitsakis.

Design & Life
Design minizine. Interesting!

George Lange Photo
A nice little reel of shots from George Lange.

Judge A Book
A great blog covering book covers of the 50s, 60s and 70s.

Rui Tenreiro
Sumptuous graphic design from Rui Tenreiro.

Wash Design
A nice studio in the UK with some interesting work.

Albert Folch
Diverse good work from Albert Folch.

StereoType
Fabulous free typefaces from Clément Nicolle.

I love WriteRoom

When R.BIRD was founded in 1983, our tech-savvy, leading-edge offices were networked by Wang Laboratories. We were the first in New York City with a network of Macs AND PCs sharing files and applications.

One of my favorite applications at my own workstation was Wang WP.

Wang WP was the defacto standard at the time for office word processing. And I loved working with it.

So simple. So quick and to the point. And green.

Its low-resolution green CRT interface had a certain style that I’ve not seen since, until WriteRoom.

The folks at Hog Bay Software might have been thinking the same thing when they created a wonderfully simple and compelling application for writers everywhere.

I highly recommend that you give it a try.

[this entry written and edited in WriteRoom, of course]

I love WriteRoom

When R.BIRD was founded in 1983, our tech-savvy, leading-edge offices were networked by Wang Laboratories. We were the first in New York City with a network of Macs AND PCs sharing files and applications.

One of my favorite applications at my own workstation was Wang WP.

Wang WP was the defacto standard at the time for office word processing. And I loved working with it.

So simple. So quick and to the point. And green.

Its low-resolution green CRT interface had a certain style that I’ve not seen since, until WriteRoom.

The folks at Hog Bay Software might have been thinking the same thing when they created a wonderfully simple and compelling application for writers everywhere.

I highly recommend that you give it a try.

[this entry written and edited in WriteRoom, of course]

I love WriteRoom

When R.BIRD was founded in 1983, our tech-savvy, leading-edge offices were networked by Wang Laboratories. We were the first in New York City with a network of Macs AND PCs sharing files and applications.

One of my favorite applications at my own workstation was Wang WP.

Wang WP was the defacto standard at the time for office word processing. And I loved working with it.

So simple. So quick and to the point. And green.

Its low-resolution green CRT interface had a certain style that I've not seen since, until WriteRoom.

The folks at Hog Bay Software might have been thinking the same thing when they created a wonderfully simple and compelling application for writers everywhere.

I highly recommend that you give it a try.

[this entry written and edited in WriteRoom, of course]

Tennis balls aren’t only for tennis games. They can be make a seat. Wool balls aren’t only for knitting purposes. Consider them as ready-made pieces of carpet.

That’s right, Belgium designer Diane Steverlynck brought this nice idea up. Her Modul_le is a flexible carpet made of felted wool balls. Each round unit is independent from the others. To stick them together, just pin them on the velcro layer. What is great in this big puzzle is that everyone could change the pattern of his carpet and its form itself.

One suggestion: Use bigger wool balls to expand the carpet depth. Or weave them around a cardboard core to make them harder. (via the style files)

A fantastic cute little video for The Whitest Boy Alive’s ‘Golden Cage’. Drawings and animation by Geoff McFetridge.