On the outside, the RevolveR Bound Journal looks like any other ordinary journal, but it actually has a dual purpose and function that I haven’t seen in any book before. The journal contains two separate sections for blank paper and lined paper, allowing the user to embrace duality, but what’s really amazing is the cover that transforms with just two flips! Matt and Ellen Dudley of RevolveR were kind enough to send me two journals from the collection to see the cover-flipping technology in action, so I tested it out and it turned out to be one of the most addicting things ever. To see it in action, watch the video displayed on the RevolveR website.
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Locally made in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Hip Hooray’s SmartGarlands are eco-friendly bunting made from recyclable, high-density HDPE2 fibers and printed with water-based inks. They are designed to be tear and moisture-resistant so that you can reuse them again and again for your celebrations, or hang them up as everyday decor. They offer a whole bunch of color combinations fit for any occasion.
This reminds me of the icon notepad — the icon letter and envelope from Brigada Creativa is a cheeky take on a physical letter using well-recognized computer iconography.
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I had to round up my favorite press pieces that I received from ICFF. First the biz cards:
There were two business cards that immediately made me say “wow”!
First, PIE Studio’s card folds into a piece of pie. Clever, right? Even cooler is their brochure, which is also shaped like a slice of pie, and unfolds into an entire pie! Yum.
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We’ve written about Burak Kaynak’s Share trash can before, and now he has a new design: sticky notes that look like floppy disks! These are not being mass produced, but I sure hope they do eventually. The standard solid Post-Its (even the ones in blinding colors) are so “yesterday”, and even if floppy disks are quite old school themselves, that’s what makes these sticky notes quite great.
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