If you’re anything like us, being stuck at home has made you even more reliant on getting things shipped to you rather than venturing out to get them yourself. And of course, one of the biggest and most convenient places to order from is Amazon. Well, now they’ve upped the ante a little bit, and not only will you get your order, but now the boxes can be repurposed into a condo, fort, rocket and more for your pet! This is part of Amazon’s Less Packaging, More Smiles initiative, designed to be a first step for Amazon to reduce its carbon footprint.
Tomorrow, NASA is launching the mission we’ve all been waiting for: its 5th Mars rover, named Perseverance, with the mission to search for extraterrestrial life on Mars! Ok ok, no little green men, more along the lines of microbial remnants of living organisms from thousands and millions of years ago, but still. The best part: this little rover comes with its own very cute trailer! “Samples from Mars have the potential to profoundly change our understanding of the origin, evolution, and distribution of life on Earth and elsewhere in the solar system,” said NASA’s director of planetary science. We’re going to be waiting excitedly for these results! Don’t miss the launch tomorrow, July 30th!
What do you do when a global, unforeseen pandemic nixes any shot at having a runway show for your latest season’s fashions? Well, if you’re Gucci, you have the designers of the clothes themselves be your models! You don’t think much about who is behind your favorite, drool-worthy runway styles, but Gucci has brought these unsung designers to the forefront. We think this is a really cool way to showcase your clothes AND your in-house talent, and we hope this is here to stay!
Even in times like these, design marches on! And Toyota is the newest brand to get with the sleek, 2D logo overhaul, and leave the 3D logos back in the past where they belong. The logo isn’t the only thing that got a facelift: there’s a new color palette and custom typeface to accompany, which seem to be big in rebrands these days. There’s no doubt that this new look is sleeker, more versatile, and more easily used digitally, which is must have in graphic design.
The Dole company has a new plan to cut back on food waste, as well as traditional plastic waste. The parts of the fruit that don’t get eaten, like the skin and leaves, are being repurposed into packaging for their fruit! Dole aims to have zero food waste in their products by 2050, and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030. You see a lot about design being used for good, but packaging design can sometimes fall through the cracks. It’s amazing to see this shift and we hope more companies follow suit.
Mattel has given the beloved card game UNO a facelift! The toy company has released the second in it’s Artiste series, and it features well-known artist Keith Haring. That name may not ring a bell to you, but once you see his art, you know exactly who he is! A vocal advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, the late Keith Haring was an influential pop artist in the 90s, and this deck was created in partnership with the Keith Haring Foundation. They’re available later this month!
