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Jim’s Pancakes showcases the breakfast endeavors of a very patient dad just trying to make pancakes for his daughter. The subject matter is mostly by request and includes butterflies, giraffes, turtles and an occasional landscape.
This stop-motion video, created by Alexandre Dubosc, celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Annecy Animated Film Festival. The film contains a rather idealistic interpretation of cake-making—specifically Annecy’s anniversary cake—while providing plenty of eye candy.
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The Betacup Challenge—now entering its second half—is asking designers to invent a more earth-friendly solution to the current non-recyclable coffee cup. With sponsorship from Core77 and Starbucks, The Betacup project is offering $20,000 to the person who can best channel their inner treehugger and do their part to save the planet.
So far there has been about 200 ideas accounted for, and a few clear favorites have garnered some attention. Core77 believes that the Une Coffee Cup, submitted by Tom Fereday, is one of the most convincing.
File another idea under ‘Why didn’t I think of that?’ iSi has created this flexible line of measuring, mixing and pouring products which solve the problem of spillage and over-pours from using those pesky ‘fixed-spout’ kitchen products.
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