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Jan 31 '11 by arzie13
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Thermos Brainstorm Blog!

Let's talk about this Thermos challenge? First time we get to design on something that isn't flat.

Got any ideers?

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jodabaum on Jan 31 '11 at 3:20pm

They look like bullet or ammunition to me.. so you could feed off that...

Im hoping i get free time to design something for this challenge! looks like fun!

skaw on Jan 31 '11 at 3:23pm

Wow my mind went straight to something naughty... :( yikes... Fred and the Giant Eel

What do people use Thermos' for other than water? Blood for vampires? ... Maybe make it look like some nasty soup with chunks in it on the outside, some soup looks like throw up.

arzie13 on Jan 31 '11 at 3:25pm

maybe something about temperature? Montros thermometer design would be cool.

randyotter3000 on Jan 31 '11 at 3:29pm

Are previously thermossed alumni eligible for this?

(also 6 "birds of a feather" thumbnails made me lol a bit)

arzie13 on Jan 31 '11 at 3:29pm

also these bottles are pretty nice. Patterns I think will suit them well.

[+duracell-] on Jan 31 '11 at 3:29pm

So is thermos just using two designs for this new bottle? Or is it like four of their own and two threadless?

arzie13 on Jan 31 '11 at 3:32pm

One will be chosen by us, that will be put on shirts and bottles. Thermos will pick out a few more that will just go on the bottles.

Goldendust on Jan 31 '11 at 3:43pm

arzie13 on Jan 31 '11 at 3:29pm
also these bottles are pretty nice. Patterns I think will suit them well.

Mmm... patterns.

gumbolimbo on Jan 31 '11 at 3:44pm

Too bad I already did Stop! Tea Time!

but yeah:patternish could work nicely.
I wouldn't mind seeing something fairly abstract for my thermo.

Morkki on Jan 31 '11 at 3:46pm

I will do at least one pattern for sure.

aycacha on Jan 31 '11 at 3:46pm

jake, i do not like your ideas of chunky soup. it grosses me out.

mismonaut on Jan 31 '11 at 3:47pm

All I wanna do is old fashioned plaid and checked designs.

I worry that I may be missing the point.

celandinestern on Jan 31 '11 at 3:47pm

ooooh, Tea Time would be awesome on them!!!

I'm imagining either some birdies on trees (but then I always do) or maybe it being like a fishtank with little fishies in it? I'm having trouble imagining something that would work awesomely both on the thermos and on the tee.

skaw on Jan 31 '11 at 3:49pm

i have an idea for a thermos covered in koosh-ball material that would sell like hotcakes

skaw on Jan 31 '11 at 3:49pm

mismonaut - old fashioned designs like plaid would ROCK

aycacha on Jan 31 '11 at 3:50pm

okay, i like that one.

Musarter on Jan 31 '11 at 3:58pm

I know we just did the coffee loves but what about a coffee based design? It was the first thing I thought of.

rossmat8 on Jan 31 '11 at 4:06pm

What about something that makes it look as though the top half is full and the bottom half is empty. Like make the top half look like juice or something then the bottom half be clear. It would mess with people's mind.

Musarter on Jan 31 '11 at 4:10pm

There was a half-full design here, on Threadless, that would would have worked really well for this challenge.

[+duracell-] on Jan 31 '11 at 4:13pm

Koosh-ball material is pretty smart actually.
It wouldn't fit right in a cars drink holder so youd have to hold it between your legs.

*shifty eyes*
*backs away slowly*

d3d on Jan 31 '11 at 4:16pm

my first thought was vibrator, but now i'm thinking matryoshka doll.

Resistance on Jan 31 '11 at 4:17pm

Can you use ink that changes color from cold/hot beverages being in the thermos?

d3d on Jan 31 '11 at 4:17pm

how far does the print wrap around?

alvarejo on Jan 31 '11 at 4:18pm

*starts to think....

d3d on Jan 31 '11 at 4:19pm

heat active ink would be cool, except the point of a thermos is that there's no radiant heat from inside to outside. no matter how hot the coffee inside is, the image outside wouldn't feel it.

mismonaut on Jan 31 '11 at 4:20pm

All of my designs are going to look like actual thermoses from thirty years ago.

Resistance on Jan 31 '11 at 4:24pm

ah, so true, leon

arzie13 on Jan 31 '11 at 4:25pm

the print can wrap all the way around. They would just need to match up at the seam. Check out the the sub kit.

CharlesFesta on Jan 31 '11 at 4:25pm

Rocky Mountains that turn blue when the beverage is cold!!

Resistance on Jan 31 '11 at 4:27pm

see, the Festa knows what I'm talkin' bout

aycacha on Jan 31 '11 at 4:27pm

somebody please submit a pattern of tulips for me!

jess4002 on Jan 31 '11 at 6:29pm

a maze would be pretty cool. and the escape would, of course, be near the top of the thermos.

pilihp on Jan 31 '11 at 6:42pm

hmm... i've been making patterns lately. maybe i'll sub something.

xiv on Jan 31 '11 at 6:48pm

I was thinking of having a Rube Goldberg style contraption displaying how the liquid inside gets from the bottom of the canister to the top.

I dont think id be able to pull that idea off though.

band-it on Jan 31 '11 at 7:55pm

i was thinking of having a water scene, water waving and lapping up the sides so it looks transparent-ish?

NomadSlim on Jan 31 '11 at 8:03pm

Is there a special sub kit just for this challenge?

jess4002 on Jan 31 '11 at 8:06pm

here ya go, jason!

ratkiss on Jan 31 '11 at 8:07pm

Some trees might look nice, just sayin'.... ;)

Sara, I love the plaid idea, makes me want a picnic!

L-M-N-O-P on Jan 31 '11 at 8:12pm

I think there'll be a lot of designs centered around liquid (water mostly).
I hope people move away from that, though.

band-it on Jan 31 '11 at 8:14pm

yeah, you're probably right. maybe some other cool "filling?"

hey ross, is simulated process allowed?

tjc45 on Jan 31 '11 at 8:22pm

first thing i thought of was naaaawty haha

im gonna do something where the bottle is a robot and it's holding and cloud upside down and rain is coming out upside down toward the top.

I wish you could print on the cap, we could have some awesome execution stuff.

tjc45 on Jan 31 '11 at 8:22pm

you can check out my WIP blog for the cloud one if you want

tjc45 on Jan 31 '11 at 8:24pm

oooh, the cap kinda looks like a hoof, maybe i'll do a furry leg

NomadSlim on Jan 31 '11 at 8:26pm

thanks Jess!