Design - Wednesday, February 9, 2011 7:39 - 2 Comments

Get Rid of the Flies

I love simple design solutions.  I came across this one in Key West, Florida.  As I was purchasing coconut juice form a mom and pop style convenience store/ kitchen, the water bag over my head right across the cashier grabbed my eye.  A light was shining directly on it, and I could see only a penny resting at the bottom inside the clear plastic bag filled with water.  I wonder what it was and asked the cashier.  He told me it is the easiest solution to get rid of flies.  This got me even more interested.  He said flies have many eyes, by directing a light on the bag, and making sure the environment has objects with different colors you can thereby drive flies away from the area.  Sure enough the surrounding objects had a mix of cool and warm colors, and the copper penny added more to the spectrum array of colors which made the flies avoid this shop.

Definitely a million dollar idea.  He told me a Haitian man suggested the water bag with penny idea to him to get rid of the flies. It is apparently an all natural fly repellent used by Haitians for centuries.

Design - Saturday, January 1, 2011 0:10 - 1 Comment

Happy New Year

Here is to an awesome fabolous happy – happy new year to everyone to a great 2011

Design - Tuesday, December 7, 2010 12:25 - 5 Comments

Creative Corporate Gifts

People like me (and probably like you –since you’re reading this) in the creative field have an odd pressure during the holidays.  You can’t just give gift, gifts. Sending a basket of edible fruit or a box of crackers and chocolate says “ho hum” not “ho-ho-hold on a second! What’s this??”

You can always play it safe with a particularly creative holiday card.  But again, you risk a certain level of blah-ness there. I know some companies in Los Angeles think it’s cute to send a slick photo, on expensive card stock, of the Santa Monica Pier washed in a bright orange sunset to their NYC peers.  The point being, “hahaha! You live somewhere COLD. Happy Holidays.” Heh.

And still, I give in to the madness, willingly. It’s that special time of year, time to dig deep into the creative toolbox so I do not have to send out lumps of coal to everyone. Then again, a lump of coal molded into the shape of a hamburger or IBM Selectric Type ball could really make an impact. Less IS more, right?

Happy Holiday Daze Y’all.