Dedicated Post: Animals Lebanon

Ive been meaning to post about this for a while now. This is a post dedicated to the most amazing people I know. Truly the most amazing!!!

The team of Animals Lebanon. These are people who have dedicated their whole lives to save the lives of the most unfortunate innocent creatures of Beirut, Lebanon.

I tried helping them out a few years ago, but I honestly just couldn't do it anymore. You won't understand the amount of abuse, pain and suffering that animals go through until you see it in your own eyes. I'd always end up crying my eyes out and going back home.

Animals Lebanon on the other hand, has always been strong enough and dedicated enough to continue in their path despite the many obstacles that stood in their way. With the so little resources they have, in a country where not much of this is really supported, they have stood their ground and they continue to save hundreds of lives year after year.

Animals Lebanon is one of the very few non-profit animal welfare organizations in Lebanon. With so many animals to rescue and such a small team, they could really use your help.

Please, show them your support by donating, sponsoring or adopting.
Spreading the word, liking this post on Facebook or joining their fan page would all make a difference too.

I am also proud to announce that not too long ago, they won the 1st prize for the Most Authentic Arab Brand.

So please help out if you can. The animals of Beirut need you.

Thank you so much.
- Yasmine

Oil Spill Into Poster

Happiness Brussels created a limited edition of 200 posters, designed by Anthony Burrill and screen printed with oil from the deep water horizon spill collected on the beaches of Grand Isle, Louisiana.

Each poster is 76.2 cm x 50.8 cm, signed & numbered in pencil and costs €150 ($207 as of today). All benefits go to CRCL (Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana). Buy a poster or make a donation at www.gulfofmexico2010.com

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Art For Aidan

Aidan is five years old and undergoing chemothereapy. He also draws great monsters. Help pay his medical bills by buying his artwork at Etsy.


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The Recycled Wallet

The slim Holstee wallet design holds the essentials – cash, credit cards and even has a sliding window for your ID and Metro card. Working with a family-run non-profit based in India that works to collect and recycle litter off the streets of Delhi they were able to create their dream wallet.

This vegan (!) wallet is made primarily of plastic bags and newspapers, collected off the Streets of Delhi in India. Production of this wallet helps reduce waste in Delhi, provides fair wage employment and subsidizes healthcare and education for each employee’s family. Their packing is a minimal slide insert made of (at least) 90% recycled material.

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A Roundup Of Cool And Creative Cake Molds

"Happy Birthday" Cake Mold
This Birthday Cake mold will create an impressive looking cake that says 'Happy Birthday' all around it. Buy it here.

Digit Cake Mold
These microwaveable cake molds make up the component parts of retro digital figures, allowing you to make a cake shaped like any number, for any birthday. Buy it here.

Cakewich Silicone Cake Mold
Cakewich silicone baking pan is shaped like a big hunk of white bread — just bake and slice to make double-decker sandwich cakes with yummy fillings. Buy it here.

Cookie Cake Pan
Sandwich cookies just got better.. and bigger! Buy it here.

Giant Cupcake Pan
People's love for cupcakes is undeniable. If the little cupcakes bring so much joy, imagine what a giant cupcake would do! With Wilton's Giant Cupcake Cake Pan you can find out. Buy it here.

Peace Of Cake
"Everybody knows if we made more cake and less war the world would be a happier place. But it takes more than cake, so Fred is contributing a portion of the proceeds from this product to nonprofit organizations dedicated to peaceful resolution of conflict, justice for all, and respect for human rights. We can make a difference, one slice at a time. Peace of Cake is pure food-grade silicone, handsomely packaged in a recycled window box complete with Fred's heirloom recipe for Tye-Dye Flannel Cake."

Buy it here.

Cake-sicle Pan
So far, we've seen cake in the shape of a sandwich and a cookie, so why not in the shape of popsicles? Any cake, cookies or brownies batter can be used with this pan. Buy it here.

Chocolate Bar Brownie Pan
This aluminum brownie pan will mold your brownie into the shape of a huge chocolate bar. When baked, the brownie can be broken into a dozen of individual pieces, just like a chocolate bar, and the word 'chocolate' will be embossed on each piece. Buy it here.

Baker's Edge Brownie Pan
This pan adds two chewy edges to every little brownie, now everyone can have the best piece!
Buy it here.

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Facebook Holiday Gift

As a Christmas gift to its top advertising clients, Facebook typically gives money to donate to a charity of their choice, along with a special item like last year's reusable shopping bag. This year they decided to do an art poster and the in-house Communication Design Team got to work.

The result is a 19 × 19-inch-square poster that is printed, embossed and foiled with a delicate, intricate and obsessive design that has the signature typographic and illustrative style of Ben Barry, a designer at Facebook — and if you've been following his cryptic photo status updates on Facebook you finally have closure on what he was working on all this time.

To encourage the donation aspect of the gift, the poster comes with a silkscreened, wooden token that is then customized on the back with a unique code for redeeming the donation. But the token doesn't just lay there, no, it comes nested in a pretty little flower-like pod that holds it in place. And even opening the poster requires paying attention to the custom printed packing tape and the lovely rubber stamp that has been stamped by hand.

There are also two different Thank You cards printed in 1-color offset and clear foil stamp.

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Landmine Ketchup Campaign

A campaign to support landmine victims throughout the world, by Publicis Mojo.

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Save Your Logo

Cats, deer, monkeys, bats, birds…a variety of species can be found on many of the world’s most recognizable logos. Save Your Logo is a global initiative aimed at these brands as a way to give back to their beloved creatures.

"Backed by the Global Environmental Facility (GEF), the World Bank, and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), the French-based Save Your Logo was founded to support the biodiversity of the plants and animals represented on logos across the world. The initiative also focuses on education and community engagement in efforts to help preserve a healthy planet.

Clothing company Lacoste, whose iconic crocodile logo has adorned tennis shirts for over 80 years, is one of the first companies to embrace the initiative. The brand will actively support projects selected by the program to “safeguard or protect endangered crocodile, alligator, caiman or gavial species, whose loss would jeopardize the biological balance of their natural habitats.”

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