Round up your mates, a Guinness video for St. Patrick’s Day

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Garland

A video from Guinness pits a herding dog against drunks. It’s a tough challenge, but he pulls through.

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Open Source Handy Machine Knitted Bottle Coozies!

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Garland

These are some of the best cozies I’ve seen!

And she uses QR codes, I gotta love it.

She outlines how to make these and offers the pattern up open source! This makes me want a hacked KH930 knitting machine so bad, especially considering how lacking my hand knitting skills are…

On the off chance that you have access to a hacked Brother knitting machine, or a knitting machine that can accept a computer defined pattern, here is how to make your own. If you offer these for sale, please don’t use the club-mate logo unless you have prior permission from the copyright holder. Please use your own art, and do so with creativity and awesomesauce. Here is the pattern.

View the end of the post for her pattern and instructions.

It’s double layered to keep both your hand warm and your beer cold! Splendid. I now have a serious desire to go purchase a knitting machine…this artist is seriously awesomesauce.

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Beer Labels – Get Inspired

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Garland

As a designer, my passion lies in the branding aspects. That is, how do we communicate the style and nuance of something in a visual way that tells the person using or buying it a little something about it as well as the maker. In beer, this generally falls to label design since it is an easy way to personalize your bottles. Check out this post from Designer Daily for 20 Awesome Beer Label Designs and get inspired.