Legal marijuana branding

What a BRILLIANT and inspired idea from Print Magazine. They approached four design and packaging firms to tackle the concept: If marijuana was legal how would it be packaged?

(via Top Cultured)

Alternative Costumes

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s strangest of them all?

This awesome gallery was from Bizarre’s coverage of the Alternative Miss Word Concert, the dream child of sculptor Andrew Logan. Word is he was inspired by Crufts, yet the people in these images look far from dog-like. To be honest all I can think right now is fucking hell I had better up the ante for Camp Bestival. I have 5 days to pull something out of the bag!

Illegal Tourist Destinations

Vice Magazine came over all National Geographic for their latest issue with a brilliant article about Japan’s Battleship Island (Hashima Island), found  an hour’s sail from the port of Nagasaki in Japan. It rocks (no pun intended) as well as any abandoned creepy island can do.

From 1887-1974 it was a coal mining facility owned by Mitsubishi Motors, and one of the most densely populated place on earth.  Over 13,000 people crammed into every square kilometre of its residential high-risers. When the mine closed there was no longer any reason to live in the mini urban nightmare it had become and almost overnight the entire population fled back to the mainland. Battleship Island was left to rot.

It illegal to go anywhere near the place as it’s beyond restoration and totally unsafe. So thank you to Vice Magazine for these amazing images and bribery of Fisherman skills enabling them to reach it in the first place.

Cent Magazine SS09

Stunning images from Cent, a bi-annual publication that celebrates creativity. One of the best shoe editorials I have ever seen.