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by james i bowie
Owsley “Bear” Stanley, co-creator of the Grateful Dead’s “Steal Your Face” logo, dies in a car crash in Australia.
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by niki blaker
With Benjamin Franklin’s daily schedule making the rounds again on the internet today, revisiting this creatively illustrated New York Times editorial on Benjamin Franklin and his influence to science and our society seemed most appropriate!
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by niki blaker
Designers come together to show solidarity and raise aid for this past weekend’s earthquake in Japan.
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by josh berta
They’re not barcodes really, but MovieBarcode compresses every frame of movies into an array of colored slivers.
The green section toward the end of Silence of the Lambs (seen here) conjures up the climactic basement sequence quite effectively.
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by armin
Flatfile, a lovely and very flexible WordPress template by John Caserta. All kinds of features, including having a portfolio site and blog out of the box. I love that there is less and less excuses today for designers to not have an online portfolio.
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by armin
Very nice and thoughtful site with original content on branding by Zurich-based agency Branders.
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