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The CMYK Cake Is Print-Friendly

October 11, 2017 by Chris Durso

If you’ve ever had to replace a printer’s ink cartridges, then you know that almost everything is printed using a combination or four colors — cyan, magenta, yellow and black.

What you may not realize is that most colors can be achieved with only C, M and Y — even black, according to students Arnold Bakshayev and Alona Massasa.

To reinforce this point, they’ve created CMY is The New Black — a print ad consisting of a CMYK cake that uses no black. Although some designers, this one included, would argue that a true black cannot be achieved with only three cartridges, the cake does look pretty awesome. Either way, you’ll still need to have black ink at all times, or your printer won’t work anyway.

link, via designtaxi

Adidas Sneakers Designed By Female Artists For Each of The 50 U.S. States

July 10, 2017 by Chris Durso

Food and footwear, together again. This time, Adidas and Refinery 29 brought the two together, while celebrating women and the 50 U.S. States.

The BOOST the Nation campaign is an art series for women, by women. Female artists were commissioned to design an Adidas UltraBOOST X that captures the essence of a U.S. State. Although all 50 don’t use food as inspiration, many of them celebrate the states’s rich culinary history, with food as the uniting factor.

All 50 are up for auction here. Proceeds will go to support Women Win — the global leader in gender equality though sport.

South Carolina Shrimp and Grits, by Lizzie Darden

link, via designtaxi

Polluted Water Popsicles Are No Treat

June 7, 2017 by Chris Durso

To draw attention to Taiwan’s water pollution issues, art students Hung I-chen, Guo Yi-hui, and Cheng Yu-ti created Polluted Water Popsicles.

Although the sight of a popsicle stick makes people want a tasty frozen treat, these are not meant to be eaten. The polluted popsicles were made after the students collected actual water samples throughout Taiwan.

The dirty water was then preserved in resin, along with anything that was floating around in there — including bottle caps, wrappers and other random garbage. Yuck-sicle!

[link, via Colossal]

Chef Creates Menu Then Wears The Entire Meal On His Face

March 15, 2017 by Chris Durso

Sure, you could present your menu on boring paper with fancy words in a tired font, or, you can get creative and present the entire meal on your face.

That’s exactly what Chef Robbie Postma, of J. Walter Thompson Amsterdam, decided to do. In collaboration with artist Robert Harrison, they’ve created MENU — actual ingredients presented on the chef’s face.

The MENU begins with vegetables and progresses through some main courses, wine, desserts and coffee. Each ingredient, down to the last coffee bean and grain, is genuine and was applied by hand.

See some of the backstory and the process involved in the video below.

MENU – The craft behind the project. from Tim Arnold on Vimeo.

[via Adweek]

Netflix Beer Is Perfect For Binge-Drinking

February 28, 2017 by Chris Durso

If you need to drink while watching 18 consecutive hours of TV, Netflix Beer seems appropriate.

The concept, by graphic artist Razan Wehbi, is inspired by everyone’s favorite time-waster and destroyer of productivity, Netflix.

The beers include Stranger Things, a stout ‘even darker than the upside down,’ Sense8, a red ale that promises ‘your senses will be blown away,’ and House of Cards, a pilsner ‘not as pale as the U.S. Congress. Happy binging.

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