No. 33
Banksy's odd pet shop: A news feature, and the official web site. [Via BuzzFeed]
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No. 32
For the centenary of the London Underground logo, 100 artists were asked to create interpretations on the iconic roundel.
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No. 31
Gestalten continues to produce awesome books, the latest: Playful Type, Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts. [Via TypeNeu]
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No. 30
The Ampersand Shoppe sells t-shirts with a big, white, silkscreened ampersand in ten typographic choices. [Via Tcritic]
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No. 29
Alternate movie posters that forego the visual hoopla and simply state the name of the movie and the product placements in left-justified, rag-right sans serif type. Man, The Bourne Ultimatum really sold out. [Via Veer]
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No. 28
Wow, full on branding for this designer wedding. [Via HOW]
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No. 27
30% of the profits from this cardboard box inspired duvet go to charities that help the homeless. [Via Sub Studio]
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No. 26
A compilation of Adobe Illustrator tutorials, some are a little hackneyed but there are quite a few that are actually helpful.
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Oct.09.2008
No. 25
The inspiration behind Han Solo's Millenium Falcon? [Via ffffound]
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No. 24
If you are into colorful gradients, this Nike jacket is for you.
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Oct.09.2008
No. 23
Winners of the Worldwide Logo Design Annual. [Via VIBE]
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No. 22
Ice Cream People: "The intent of this project to get the Ice Cream Person recognized among the greatest of supernatural beings, (right up there with Bigfoot, Lochness, and UFOs)." [Via Drawn]
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No. 21
Cool office spaces in Columbus, Ohio. [Via Brandflakesforbreakfast]
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No. 20
Mad Men takes place in the sixties. Mark Simonson uncovers some typography used in the show that didn't exist then. [Via Design Observer]
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No. 19
A collection of 1960s Mexican postage stamps turned into a bookmark. But beyond anything else, the stamp at the bottom, with all that Cooper Black? Drool.
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Oct.07.2008
No. 18
Great work by Filip Tydén, including these clever "sky" stickers. [Via Manystuff]
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No. 17
Taking the tilt-shift technique — where the subjects of a photograph look as if they were miniatures — taken to the next logical step: Tilt-shift stop motion animation.
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No. 16
Having fun with TSA employees by running messages inside a backpack with stenciled metal plates. [Via SwissMiss]
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No. 15
Gimme a Chevron, gimme a BP, gimme a Texaco, gimme a Shell, what does it say? VOTE!
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No. 14
Preview web site for Steve Heller and Lita Talarico's lovely new book, The Design Entrepreneur
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No. 13
Great collection of work by Amsterdam-based Vanessa van Dam. [Via ffffound]
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Oct.05.2008
No. 12
Draw your own conclusions about ODPM, the Online Drafting Pencil Museum.
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Oct.03.2008
No. 11
"ITC Garamond = I am the wrong choice" and other admissions about popular typefaces. [Via Veer]
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Oct.03.2008
No. 10
Fellow New Yorker and designer Mike Williams brings you 8 Days a Week, a comprehensive listing of all the design-related events happening in New York. [Via DesignNotes]
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Oct.03.2008
No. 9
Washington Mutual had a good thing going with their colorful and typographically nice identity and print ads… until JP Morgan stepped in. [Via Gawker]
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No. 8
The English language sure lacks special characters as this poster attests. [Via I Love Typography]
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No. 7
If you are a fan, and happen to be in New York, Peter Saville will make an appearance this Saturday at Williamsburg's Spoonbill &' Sugartown bookstore.
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No. 6
To celebrate their 50th anniversary, the UK's Marketing Society has selected their top 50 brands, year by year. What's awesome is that each brand has a video of vintage commercials, like this stop motion ad for Lego. [Via Brandflakesforbreakfast]
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No. 5
Nice thesis by Italian designer Francesco Franchi on the state of newspapers and their design. [Via Quinta Tinta]
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Oct.02.2008
No. 4
Not quite clear how to define the work of this designer, but lots of pretty three-dimensional works with paper and other fine displays of typography. [Via Design You Trust]
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Oct.02.2008
No. 3
Sorry I'm late. I accidentally switched my alarm clock setting to Zapf Chancery. The Office Season Five kicks off with a typography joke in Pam's "Expressive Typography in New Media" course at Pratt.
Let's hope Mr. Zapf gets it.
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Oct.02.2008
No. 2
What will happen to the approximately 3,500 pieces of art from Lehman Brothers' offices around the world? Maybe placed as banners in lampposts in Wall Street?
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Oct.01.2008
No. 1
The New York Times on Fabien Baron: "The Art Director as Star." [Via Quinta Tinta]
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Oct.01.2008
Vol. 22, October 2008
Thank you for reading and contributing. Remember: Quip Responsibly.
Past Volumes are accessible through the archives.
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