15 Logos That Look Like Other Things. Number 3 blew my mind.

Amazing posters printed by inking dice. Yes, dice. [Via Coudal]

Steve Heller narrates a 4-minute video on the visual development of the Olympic pictograms. [Via Coudal]

The Effing Typeface, an A – Z of sexy things (barely SFW). [Via BuzzFeed]

For those working in-house, HOW has launched the In-HOWse Designer Blog. [Via Daily Heller]

John White, graphic designer, uses Sure Deodorant to combat his busy work life.

I so want to go to there: The Flour Art Museum in Ahrensburg, Germany, featuring over 1,900 sacks from more than 115 countries. [Via NOTCOT]

No Smoking Area Pie Eating Area. [Via brandflakesforbreakfast]

I actually learned a few things from this infographic: 15 Things you should know about breasts. [Via BuzzFeed]

Thinking for a Living, a great resource when it first launched, goes for version 2.0.

New Type York, a new photographic blog that uncovers “the typographic artifacts of New York City.”

After a self-imposed week-long vacation from e-mail, Amy E. Martin decided to take all her unread e-mails and make them into a magazine.

“Mostly, I feel like I am witnessing the total abandonment of graphic design. It’s as if the whole industry is yelling out: WE’RE POOR, WE’RE SCARED and WE’RE STUPID.” A pr*tty sh*tty interview with Paula Scher.

From cactus to paper clips, Vladimir Koncar, puts together great object typefaces in each of his Type Diaries, check out all three: one, two and three. [Via NOTCOT]

A series of typographic ads for Durex condoms. Potentially NSFW. Also, potentially disturbing for its use of Hobo. Hobo! [Via NOTCOT]

The ingredients of a Hot Pocket, beautifully typeset. [Via brandflakesforbreakfast]

The office waste-toilet paper machine is a must have…but I hope it removes the staples.

Nicholas Skyles has taken an otherwise unappealing and undecipherable chart — charting the connections of TV series based on the character Tommy Westphal of St Elsewhere — and made it, well, cool and engaging.

Hilarious illustration depicting all the sensory glands of the Designers’ Tongue. [Via VIBE]

CoverSpy hits the New York subways every day to find out what people are reading, uploading the book cover and brief details of who was reading it. And to think that New Yorkers bury their noses in books to not be bothered. [Via BuzzFeed]

This will probably be the most informationally erudite Layer Tennis match ever: Khoi Vinh vs. Nicholas Felton, this Friday.

DHL supplies haute couture.

A somewhat random, but highly enjoyable, collection of early twentieth century vintage advertisements from Vancouver directories. [Via Drawn]

Is lottery the new creative frontier? Stop-motion master PES, brings his charm to the Washington Lottery.

Carving a giant “Watch It” on gallery walls. [Via Design You Trust]

Video interview with Kyle Cooper. [Via Motionographer]

The new New York lottery scratch-off, no different than “The black American Express card [or] Johnny Walker Black”: Black, sexy and luxurious. [Via Gothamist]

T-shirt Wars, a very clever stop-motion animation using 222 t-shirts. [Via Nice Fucking Graphics]

More than 400 ampersands have come together for The Society of Typographic Aficionados’ Font Aid IV. All proceeds from the sale of the font will go to Doctors Without Borders, to help with their relief efforts in Haiti.

Graphicology reports from the heart on Dubai with more amazing Arabic and Western logos.

Sign master John Downer in gold-leaf-lettering action at L.A. store, Reserve. [Via House Industries]

So vintagely yummy, 1972 Bulgaria Black Sea Resorts stamps.

“Design Currency: Defining the Value of Design” presented by the Society of Graphic Designers of Canada (GDC) in partnership with Icograda already has a solid roster of speakers but they are looking for nominations on someone “who is under 30 and would do a great job at representing the ‘next generation voice’.”

The personal 2009 annual report of Dan Meyer… animated.

Yum… Wood type pillows. [Via HOW]

Our fourth book, Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work is now available exclusively from us as a book $24.99 and a PDF $15.00.

ISO50 collects some non-clichéd suggestions from industry friends on overcoming creative block.

Lovely execution and idea, A–Z paper cups.

This Valentine’s Day express your love in rap lyrics with these deadpan greeting cards, Stank Sentiments For Sweethearts. [Via NOTCOT]

Iconic TV and movie cars as minimalist posters. [Via Design You Trust]

Visualizing the activity of your mouse’s cursor. [Via Coudal]

Svpply is the merchandise version of ffffound, with a pretty cool aggregation of designery products.

From Curlz to Gotham, Jessica Hische presents “My Evolution of Type Taste from Grade School to Present.” [Via SwissMiss]

If the Super Bowl were directed by famous filmmakers.

Hadn’t seen these beauties before: Josef Albers’ album covers for Command Records between 1959 and 1961. [Via AisleOne]

Amazing collection, click on “Exhibitions,” at the Center for the Study of Political Graphics. [Via ManyStuff]

Minimalist, destination-style posters for Star Wars. [Via BuzzFeed]

Pepsi just can’t get a break against Coca-Cola. Hilarious video, must watch until the end.

A look at the current exhibition “The New Typography” on display at MoMA. [Via Design Observer]

Right before Valentine’s Day, if you happen to be in Boca Raton, the exhibition Curiosities, Rick Valicenti + the 21st Century Thirst will open at Florida Atlantic University’s Schmidt Center Gallery on February 13th.

Rating the effectiveness of the New York Subway Isotypes.

Best. Airplane. Paint job. Ever. [Thanks to Mike DiGiacomo]

Floppy disks as painting canvas. [Via Design You Trust]

Gestalten.tv interviews Christoph Niemann. [Via Creative Review]

In case you missed it: Logorama, an animated world of logos.

Great signs and this protest against protesters. [Via Plazm]

Re:collection “is an inventory of Australian graphic design produced in a period circa 1960–1980.” Awesome. [Via Draplin]

In case you needed a chart to demonstrate the obvious (i.e., the U.S. pollutes like mad), here is a pretty one that “shows the amount of CO2 emissions by country, both in aggregate and per capita.” [Via Link Drop Today]

The best custom lettering of 2009.

FontFeed looks at the nominees and winners of the 52nd Grammy Awards in the categories of music packaging.

Unusual and Fascinating Currency.

Contrariwise, a blog devoted to literary tattoos. [Via FontFeed]

Video of Michael Bierut’s presentation and CreativeMornings on the subject of clients.

A typographic rattan chair by Stefan Sagmeister while in Bali. [Via HOW]

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The lack of common sense in following logo design trends http://is.gd/94aFf

2010 REBRAND 100 Winners were announced today.

Great collection of letterheads at letterheady .

CNN's article on Google's changing header .

Are you attending the funeral of IE6 ?

how'd they do that? music to match your blog http://www.codeorgan.com/

Timeless 1970s 'World of Logotypes' extracted and featured in multi-part series: Part 1 and Part 2 .

Matthew Lyons describes his illustration process

Screen printed posters using the Come Together font.

Soap operas performed by soap . I guess it was only a matter of time.

American Apparel is aware: these leggings aren't pants.

Chauncey enjoys screen printing, cold beer, and custom typography.

Here is a collection of 12 beautiful and creative real estate logos from a variety of talented graphic designers and illustrators.

Font made with cornstarch and speakers ( Typophile ).

make a resume and become a proper graphic designer you want to be

Win a free ticket to see user experience giants Lou Rosenfeld and Steve "Don't Make Me Think" Krug live in London. (Competition ends this Sunday).

An epic list of strategies for overcoming creative block

70+ of the best free fonts for graphic designers.

RGD Ontario has launched a new site focusing on accessible design. www.rgd-accessibledesign.com . The site's open to submitting articles and examples of accessible design to be featured.

Interesting . For a Football Club (or Soccer, as it's also known).

The oldest trick in the special effects book

Death by Chocolate . Uh ... yummy.

ONull is an image based Vector Generator for Mac OSX. It allows the user to convert images into rasterized vector graphics. This tool was developed to give graphic designers the ability to transform small images from the Internet into printable and editable graphics.

Bet this'll be sweet on the iPad: ColoRotate - a 3D color picker and editor that aligns with the way our minds process color.

NFL logo standards start in 2011

Amazing model photography: http://www.flickr.com/photos/24796741@N05/sets/72157604247242338/show/with/2346008881/

What I think to be the most complete and convenient listing of teased or pre-released Super Bowl spots out there to help you get ready for the big game. (That is if you don't mind spoiling the surprise.)

http://www.graphicology.com/blog/2010/2/1/285-the-2010-underpants-bowl-a-growing-list-of-released-or-t.html

From the same folks that brought you the Hurricane and So-Cal Fire Poster Projects: The Haiti Poster Project . Now accepting entries .

[Ed.'s Note: Link corrected] Introducing the Gravity family, including the heaviest slab serif ever designed.

Striking typographic Alfred Hitchcock dvd covers by award-winning UK designer Ryan Tym.

National Endowment for the Arts seeks logo for "Art Works." $25,000 grant for selected proposal. [via nytimes.com ]

Information Landscapes : a rarely seen video of work from Muriel Cooper and her students at the MIT Media Lab. The demos were done in 1994, and presented at TED that year.