I hope you enjoy this holiday crumbs (Issue No. 4), a selection of things i’ve been inspired by: Pepsi, Behance & Postbox to name a few…

Thought I would kick it off with a classic, the Dylan video for Subterranean Homesick Blues. I was having a conversation with my dad about music videos etc and this came up. Filmed in ‘65, it’s most probably the first music video of all time?

This cracking self promotion material from the Behance Network aimed at visualising networks. It’s a really nice piece of design & a nice use of spot UV. It’s also well worth checking out the rest of Jason Rubinos Behance portfolio.

Another great portfolio, this time from illustrator lapin he has a jam packed portfolio & blog full of illustrations “somewhere between vintage and modernity”.

I found this pillow on Flickr, it’s made by the guys over at Ser-vice. They did a brilliant range of colour (+ Helvetica) related goods & clothes but they all seem to be out of stock now sadly – worth checking out though.

Postbox is a new e-mail application for OSX, it’s still in beta but looking very promising. Features of note include Conversation View and a very advanced search feature. If like me you use two different applications for your mail (work/home) finally we may have found a contender for mail.

The Periodic Table of Typefaces – a genius idea! Determined by statistically sorting and combining lists/opinions from a selection of sites, it features the top 100 most popular, influential and notorious typefaces (via @555)

The Pepsi rebrand has been subject to mixed (largely negative) reviews. However after seeing the natural range press shots I am preparing to possibly eat my words. The packaging is simple and executed well – certainly two fingers to the Coca-Cola corporation moreover it looks like a mainstream drinks product that I may actually buy! Whether it will work/sell when sat next to it’s competitors is a different question but certainly a refreshing image.