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This is a bit of news from earlier in the year, but it's still brilliant to see recent design graduate Melissa Preston flying the flag for Napier (my old university) by winning a D & AD pencil. Melissa's packaging design for WLTM Whiskies is below, intended to connect with the female whisky drinker. She made a small mistake by spelling whisky wrong, adding the 'e' that's only associated with Irish and American brands, but great packaging idea all the same.

What makes Subway the top-ranked brand in Siegel + Gale's 2012 brand simplicity index?

Why do we behave so oddly in lifts? On the BBC website, via swissmiss.

"At one point I was wondering if this was going to become my tomb - if they were going to open the doors and there's my corpse.".

Artist Vincent Kohler shows the different pieces of wood that are cut from a log. Via Kottke.

It's been quite a while since I watched anything so beautifully 
produced as this short on Vimeo.