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The Heartless Bastards had a great New Years announcement for us all yesterday. Letting the masses know they will be coming to their city with a newfound energy and a new case full of songs. The band are releasing their latest album, Arrow on February 14th. And now we can confirm that they will be hitting their hometown of Cincinnati for a show at the 20th Century Theatre as well on February 17th . If you are like me, you've already spent some time with the first song from the album, "Parted Ways" [...]

Joker is giving away a .zip file with instrumental versions of his latest album The Vision which dropped on iTunes on Oct 28th. This may not be Skrillex, but Joker has been setting the bar for dubstep in the UK since Sonny More was just a member of From First to Last. Even Tiesto took a slice of Joker's banger, Slaughterhouse featured on Dancing Astronaut. The package includes instrumentals for sampling plus an extra remix of Back In The Day . To cop it, head over to Joker's Facebook page and 'like [...]

Mehmet Gozetlik decided to explore what would happen if he stripped down the packaging of iconic brands to the bare minimum. The results are fantastic and represent the kind of branding that always pulls me in. I'd love to see a real-world study on how effective these "minimal-ized" were on the general public (not just designers). Do you think they would do better? My personal favorite results here have to be Jelly Belly, Nutella, and Guinness. The Dieline via Jeff Toll [...]

Tears of joy would stream from my eyes if this were under my tree Christmas morning. It is now that I can fully appreciate the simple solutions of such design—less is more. It just makes me sad to know that the chance of this ever happening again on mainstream packaging is slim to never. Via Wanken / Re:collection

Some great examples of packaging design by Dutch artist Louis Swart. Swart got his start as early as age thirteen and was quoted at that time as saying 'I am striving not to become the grand old man of the profession, but to close my design doors when I reach forty-five'. So not only was he a designer at 13, he was getting interviews, pretty incredible. I recognize those Albert Hein logos in there. As I recall, the current in-house brand has not carried on this tradition. More on Swart and his work over [...]

If the packaging for Stillhouse Moonshine doesn't make you want to have an entire bar full of cutout books with booze inside, or be a bootlegger, well, then, I'm not sure we can be friends. Notcot got the goods , as they usually do, and I would urge you to bop over there to check out the immaculate details put forth by Stillhouse for their limited edition series, which only produced 500 of these packages. Looks like a bottle of their moonshine will set you back about $80 if you buy it online - [...]

Law of Attraction: Sarah, Her Guitar and You I just walked downstairs and saw Sarah, my 12 year old on the front stoop. She's strumming her new guitar like an old pro. She sounds great for someone who's been playing for 48 hours. It makes sense. She spent part of last year's sixth grade music class [...]

Own all the music, and snatch up a shirt. This is the best deal on the site right now. 6 albums. 1 shirt that will melt minds. If you're curious what shirt just head to the store and scroll down to where you see "Erasmo Garcia #1." That's it. Yes, it's drippy awesomeness. The digital discography includes Diplomatic Immunity, The Phantasmal Farm, I Found Him. Now I Must Kill Him, First Words, Future Sex Computers, and Mating Season. It's over 6 hours of music. There's nothing else to say. This is the deal of the century.

Own all the music, and snatch up a shirt. This is the best deal on the site right now. 6 albums. 1 shirt that will melt minds. 1 sticker that will create a portal on whatever you put it on. If you're curious what shirt just head to the store and scroll down to where you see "Erasmo Garcia #1." The sticker is the same design as the shirt. Awesome for laptops or car bumpers. The digital discography includes Diplomatic Immunity, The Phantasmal Farm, I Found Him. Now I Must Kill Him, First Words, Future Sex Computers, and Mating Season. [...]

Want the whole damn discography for a lower price? All 5 Polish Ambassador albums, as well as the Ample Mammal album "Mating Season." That's 6 albums folks. Yes, six. You buy them all at once, I'll take 20 clams right off the top. This package includes Diplomatic Immunity, The Phantasmal Farm, I Found Him. Now I Must Kill Him, First Words, Future, Sex, Computers, and Mating Season (Ample Mammal).

For years now, Club d'Elf has been one of the best-kept secrets in the Northeast music scene. They've have amassed quite an underground following with a regular residency at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge, MA and occasional shows elsewhere in the area. Who is this band you may have never heard of? Club d'Elf is the brainchild of bassist Mike Rivard and a rotating cast of musicians that includes John Medeski (MMW), Steven Bernstein (Sex Mob), Reeves Gabrels (David Bowie), Sam Kininger (Soulive) and a wide range of other musicians that constantly evolves. [...]

Can a soda can be sassy? Pepsi thinks so. Diet Pepsi will soon be available in a "taller, sassier new Skinny Can" that the company says is a "celebration of beautiful, confident women. The new can - which stands just more than six inches in height - will make its debut at New York's Fall 2011 fashion week later this month, but it won't hit stores until March. "Our slim, attractive new can is the perfect complement to today's most stylish looks," said Jill Beraud, chief marketing officer at Pepsi. "We're excited to throw its coming-out party, during the [...]

To-Genkyo is a Kyoto based studio specializing in product design. Their stated goal is to "make a small utopia of daily life" which I'd say sounds like a good plan. Among their innovative product designs is an hourglass shaped label which reacts to ammonia released by aging food giving a clear visual indication of it's freshness. Great idea, I hope this actually makes it from concept to the shelves. Sorry, no clue what "milk soap" is. To-Genkyo via Swiss Miss Permalink | [...]

Knoll paint! Sorry, it's not real. These mock ups were made by Kristin Agnarsdottir for a package design class. Really amazing stuff, and I was just complaining about how bad packaging is these days . More over at Kristin Agnarsdottir's site (cool logo too!) Permalink | Comment On This Post | Tweet This Post | Add to del.icio.us | Stumbleupon Post tags: knoll , Kristin Agnarsdottir , [...]

Some excellent examples from Graphis Packaging 3 . I can say without any doubt in my mind, that packaging design has declined significantly over the past 20 years. Take a look at the more recent Graphis Packaging 9 . Nothing in there even remotely piques my interest. I would love to hear a reasonable explanation of this phenomenon. Is it that marketing departments have slowly wrested control from true designers? Or is it just that I personally appreciate the style of a specific era to the current one? Or maybe I'm just so used to the style of [...]

Fulton Innovation has figured out a way to make sugary cereal more appealing to little kids, by turning them into a Times Square billboard . The "intelligent cereal box" uses metallic-ink-based circuitry to animate the packaging, but the technology also has broader implications such as allowing various products to communicate with your smart phone ("a frying pan could alert you when your food is simmering" or "you could use your phone to check how much milk you have left in your refrigerator" and possibly a "self-heating can of soup"). Click here to view [...]

Via Kitsune, who already put out the track on their latest compilation release, the excellent single from BeatauCue "Disque Oh!" hits the digital shelves on January 10, with a package of remixes from High Rankin, J-Wow and a few more. The disco pop record is definitely a huge track to know and shout out for, [...]

Even terrible gifts are worth opening when they're wrapped in Qrapping Paper ($20 for 2 sheets) the world's most interactive wrapping paper. Behind each QR code is an original holiday video that can't be seen anywhere else. Over 50 in all, turning any gift into a tiny holiday film festival. To view the videos simply open your barcode scanning app on your smartphone.

Double Pop out CD case by ACDSleeve from Indie Riviera on Vimeo . Good things comes in little packages, non potrei essere più d'accordo anche se a me piace di più all'italiana: il vino buono sta nella botte piccola. E' anche vero però che tante volte la differenza in fase d'acquisto di musica la fa il packaging, grande o piccolo che sia. Soprattutto in un momento in cui potenzialmente possiamo avere tutta la musica che vogliamo in formato digitale. Il packaging può offrire un elemento in più nella scelta di [...]

The toilet paper roll is about to undergo its biggest change in 100 years: going tubeless. On Monday, Kimberly-Clark, one of the world's biggest makers of household paper products, will begin testing Scott Naturals Tube-Free toilet paper at Walmart and Sam's Club stores throughout the Northeast. If sales take off, it may introduce the eco friendly line nationally and globally — and even consider adapting the technology into its paper towel brands. The holes in the rolls aren't perfectly round but they do fit over TP spindles and come with this promise: Even the last piece [...]