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It’s funny because we’ve all been there: Designer Purgatory.
08.30.2013
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by armin
The World According to [blank]. 31 different points of view. All of them by Yanko Tsvetkov.
08.30.2013
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I believe we’ve Quip’d this before. If we have, well, it’s worth a reQuip. National flags recreated using famous foodstuffs from each country. By WHYBIN\TBWA for the Sydney International Food Festival.
08.30.2013
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The amount of Lorem Ipsum generators has grown so much that now we need one site to catalogue them all, from Veggie Ipsum to Dungeons and Dragons Ipsums: Meet the Ipsums, by Tim Holman and Claudio Guglieri.
08.30.2013
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Stock photos featuring “Ariane” have become so widespread that she even has her own Facebook Fan page.
08.29.2013
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Lovely rendition of 25 notable Charleston, SC landmarks by J Fletcher and reproduced as a 1-color letterpress poster.
08.29.2013
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Nicely played: Activist group 350 Action would like the World Meteorological Society to change the names of hurricanes to use the names of politicians that deny the existence of global warming and climate change. Audio a must.
08.29.2013
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A modern motion twist by Liko on a retro Aunt Jemima’s infomercial (see original here).
08.29.2013
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Great personal site by Bengt Brummer that is “a collection of daily inspiration, arranged by colors, hues, tones and shades.” His Tumblr theme is nice but browsing through the default archive template makes it even more impressive.
08.29.2013
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