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A well integrated ad by Cossette for the Red Cross that ran in Canada’s National Post. See bigger.
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by armin
Introducing Horrible Logos, the best business model in identity design: “Are you looking for a hand drawn logo with the worst possible style and quality at a really affordable price??? You’ve come to the right place. I’ll design you a crappy logo for a mere $5.”
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by paul soulellis
More archival goodness: get lost in Life magazine on Google Books. It’s free and endless and you might come across something spectacular by Herbert Bayer, like this feature from December 1939.
09.03.2010
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by armin
Ligature, Loop & Stem presents this gorgeous letterpress print so that you can learn your typography anatomy in style.
09.03.2010
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by doug bartow
eBay’s new recyclable shipping boxes: saving the earth, or (gulp) possibly spreading bedbugs?
09.03.2010
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by doug bartow
Yo DJ, Pump this Party! (but respectfully) Music lovers can now be immortalised when they die by having their ashes baked into vinyl records to leave behind for loved ones.
09.03.2010
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The weekly Subnormality comic takes a look at the creative process.
09.03.2010
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Picture of Paris. Blue = pictures by locals, red = pictures by tourists.
Cities of the World, mapped by Eric Fischer, based on geotagged pictures.
09.02.2010
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by james i bowie
As college football season kicks off today, ESPN’s college sports network, ESPNU, has been showing off new on-air graphics depicting the ESPNU logo in the form of dozens of college sports mascots (such as the Oregon State University beaver seen here). Nice work by L.A.-based National Television (linked site is Flash; go to Projects, ESPNU Rebrand).
09.02.2010
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