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Juicers can be a wonderful appliance to have around for healthy living. Or, you can choose to be completely revolting, and attempt to extract the juice from McDonald’s burgers and fries.
Brought to us by Bad Things For Bad People — the best part, is that our demonstrator doesn’t allow the beige sludge to go to waste, as he consumes it while we watch in horror.
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As if eight-dollar, Helvetica-laden bottles of juice weren’t easy enough to make fun of, artist Josh Kline has taken it a step further.
Officially-titled Skittles, Kline’s art installation is an industrial refrigerator stocked with juice bottles. But rather than ingredients that are macro, organic, and the such — these bottles are a commentary on contemporary lifestyles.
A bottle of Nightlife, for instance, contains Coke Zero, octopus ink, Raid, Davidoff Cool Water, and bath salts. Based in Manhattan, there’s also some shade to be thrown at Brooklyn, with Williamsburg Juice containing credit card, American Apparel, kale chips, kombucha, microbrew, quinoa, and agave.
Skittles was part of Archeo outdoor exhibit, appearing at the High Line in Manhattan.
“Each smoothie stands as a portrait of a different contemporary lifestyle. When grouped together, they evoke a landscape of aspiration, taste, and – at times – deprivation in a metropolis like New York City.”
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To help reinforce that their juice boxes are “100% Juice,” Brazilian-based Camp Nectar created versions of their packaging out of actual fruit. Molds were created and placed on fruit trees, allowing the fruit to be molded into a box shape — logo and straw included.
Note: Turning the sound off of this video helps.
[via Tasteologie]
Borrowing from the current trend of minimalism and Helvetica use, Doubleday and Cartwright designed the new line of BluePrintJuice. Using nothing more than the ingredients as design, it reflects the simplicity of the juice itself, while promoting healthy eats.
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Not content with the simple spiral or loop de loop of a Silly Straw — Drinking Glasses will have kids watching their HFCS-laden juices swirl right before their eyes.
For the experimental adult, stick one end into your Bud Light, and make a real set of beer goggles.
[product page, via Presurfer]