All Blog Posts Tagged 'clever' (43)

Today, after seeing Etsy's Facebook post about the hilariously awesome sloth ring, pictured above and created by Curious Burrow, it reminded me of a trend that seems to be popping up everywhere. Animal wrapped…

Marc Thomasset is the creator of a notebook that will mess with your mind. While on the outside it looks like a standard notepad, in all black with white straight lines, take a look inside and you'll want to turn every page. Launched a few years ago, the product became an instant hit with everyone commenting on its unique design. Called The Inspiration Pad, it's filled with 32-pages…

Though you may already know REI (or Recreational Equipment Inc.) as the company that owns a chain of retail stores where you can pick up the latest outdoor gear, you may not know that they're also the creators of some pretty clever Vienn diagrams. So far, they've made 10 of them that all relate to a…

LG has just released an amusing video that shows what happens when unsuspecting elevator passengers believe that the floor has dropped out from underneath them. As incredibly cruel as this may be, it's also quite genius. To show just how "true to life" their new IPS computer monitors can look, they installed nine of them, in a grid-like fashion, on the elevator's floor. With hidden cameras in place, they then…

Edward Scissorhands - 1990, Snow Dance

If horror movies are your thing, than do we have a cool new poster series for you. Just in time for Halloween, Creative Spark, a UK branding agency, has just released a collection of clever posters that feature classic horror films. All proceeds from the sale…

Wedding coordinator Amber DeForest runs a blog called 100 Days to Plan a Wedding where she shares budget saving tips for those planning their big day. One of the most clever ideas, that she used for her own wedding, was renting a parachute and hanging it from the ceiling. Costing only $35, it's a gorgeous and unique…

Woman or Face?

Italian artist Fabio D'Altilia, who also just happens to be the head of art in an international advertising agency, just sent us this clever set of illustrations. Inspired by Gestalt psychology, he's created a fun set that will make you look twice at each image. In particular, D'Altilia addresses multistable perception, which is…

Since we last checked in with Padova, Italy-based street artist Kenny Random, he has been adding some exciting new twists to his work. While he still incorporates his trademark silhouette into some of his pieces, many of his newer ones involve children and cartoon characters we're all familiar…

I'm a sucker for these simple but clever wall installations. They always manage to make me crack a smile. Austrian artist and visual poet Anatol Knotek created this one called Nothing Lasts Forever.

Anatol Knotek's…

The Machine



Ready for a set of clever illustrations? Like that funny series Paris vs. New York, Copywriter vs. Art Director pits two similar but quite opposing subjects together in a quick and witty way. While a copywriter will always have a way with words, armed with the…

Snow White and Sherlock Holmes



With a tagline "Come with a story and leave with another," Colsubsidio worked with Lowe/SSP3, an ad agency in Bogota, Columbia to come up with these clever advertisements that will make you do a double-take. They are meant to illustrate a service Colsubsidio's libraries provide, namely a book exchange. By taking classic storybook…

David's Secret Weapon

Whether he's mashing up different characters from movies, video games and art or whether he's showing us his own take on classic fairy tales, one thing is certain. Illustrator Ben Chen has one wickedly clever sense of humor. Who else could make us feel that it's perfectly ok to laugh about Mighty Mouse's demise? And who wasn't…

How does a large life insurance company show that they offer policies for life's most unexpected surprises? They work with a few ad agencies to come up with some creative ads like this. Called Life's Turns In a Sentence, these six scenarios merge two completely different scenarios together, making you stop and think. Their tagline? "For all life's twists and turns: Flexible…

Obsessed with your iPhone (or smartphone)? Join the club. Madrid, Spain-based art director Nico Ordozgoiti created this hilarious iPhone wallpaper set, called Truth Hurts, that tells us what our iPhones would say if they could talk and had to tell the truth. It's depressing but funny.

"Sure, having an iPhone is pretty cool, but there are a couple of catches to it," he says. "I…

The cleverness doesn't stop! First I fell in love with this Christmas tree made out of old books and now I can't get enough of this rainbow, wool felt garland Christmas tree. Designed in Australia by Down To The Woods and handmade in Nepal using pure wool, this garland can be…

Forget picking between a Noble Fir, a Douglas Fir or a regular old pine, just bust out your old books and create your own Christmas tree this year! Spotted on Reddit today is this picture that looks like it was taken at an Anthropologie store (though this has yet to be…

Did someone say confetti bags? If you're a firm believer in making your own gifts or if you just want to get a little creative, check out our new list over at My Life Scoop. This week we've rounded up six websites that have…

Heng Swee Lim (aka I Love Doodle) just released a new illustration that's just too cute and clever not to share. Called "I'll Never Lego," it shows two LEGO bricks joined together with one saying, "LEGO!" and the other saying, "No." The print is now available at Etsy.…

If you love clever illusions that mess with your mind, then you're going to get a kick out of this new guerrilla advertising for Mercedes-Benz. To launch their new 2012 C-Class Coupe, they worked with BBDO Toronto, Canada to come up with this creative idea. A Benz was parked in front of a motion blurred wall, sidewalk, and billboard that read: “Looks fast. Even in park. The 450hp 2012…