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Boxed Water

Want to take this chance to congratulate Ben and his team on their new project.  After debuting last week, Boxed Water is exploding!  His product has already been picked up by some of the major product packaging sites. like thedieline.com and it's no surprise why.  On top of the great design, he's giving back 20% of the profits to water and tree reforestation projects.  This is truly a fantastic product and I suggest contacting your local grocery stores and get them to carry it.

This reminds me of a great quote by Buckminster Fuller. 

"When I am working on a problem I never think about Beauty. I only think about how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it's wrong."

I can vouch that Ben was probably pretty concerned about beauty while solving the problem but nonetheless...  I think Boxed Water is doing both. Helping solve a major problem in beautiful fashion.  Top notch.

To keep up with Ben and his online gang of misfits, stay tuned to The Brilliance.

Sunglasses (minus large logos)

Barton Perreira is a great new Los Angeles-based Sunglasses company created by two people who defected from Oliver Peoples.  Love the fact they don't have a logo on them.  I wouldn't exactly call them understated but, like all good watches, you don't need a logo to recognize quality.

BONUS**  While checking out Oliver People's dope site, they've got some great branded content with a short film they put together.  You can check out the trailer on the site.  Not to mention some incredible music by BitterSweet Faith and Thievery Corporation on the site.

Still like the Barton Perreira glasses better...

Makes my head hurt...

One of my favorite places to spend time on the web is at TED.  Ted is a technology / education / design conference held out in California that places the superpowers of the creative universe in one room, gets them all hyped up on coffee and lets them share their crazy ideas.  Recently, I came across a video that was so unbelievable I had to watch it twice.  The concept is how we will manage information in the future and also more directly, how we can manage massive amounts of seemingly random unrelated information to form cohesive synergistic and properly 'tagged' information.

Since my wife is a brilliant photographer and shared a link to my blog today, I'll return the favor and provide a video for her and her photography cohorts that I think will thoroughly blow your minds, as it did mine.  After learning about Blaise Aguera y Arcas's "Photosynth Experiment" you'll never look at Flickr the same way again...  Enjoy!

Calling all Designers / Models...

Love it.  Check out this brilliant site for Designers Slash (/) Models.

"Perfect people create perfect designs."

"Design can change the world, I think crop circles prove that."

"You have to be beautiful to create something beautiful."

WTF?! Earth to LONDON!!!

Well, London has announced and 'unveiled' their new logo...

Congratulations London!  You've officially designed the most hideous Olympic Logo to date.  Strike ONE!