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by niki blaker
Perhaps our cultural obsession of cat videos and cute animal pictures have been around longer than we thought. This photo series, estimated to have been created around 1905 is archived in the Library of Congress.
09.03.2012
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by niki blaker
A collection of vintage magazine covers from Japan between 1917 - 1946.
09.03.2012
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by ricardo cordoba
If you are in New York, the Labor Day weekend is your last chance to catch “Graphic Design: Now in Production,” at Governors Island. The ferry ride is free… Admission is free… Don’t miss out! Details at the link.
(By the way, the exhibition’s next stop will be Los Angeles.)
09.01.2012
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by diane zerr
They work for free, you make them pay.
The newest crazy venture from Neo-Pangea, the Intern-Abuser. A two-day, live event where you can abuse an intern from your computer anywhere in the world.
08.31.2012
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by joe marianek
A sweet little stop motion animation from Joe Hollier. Part of a larger series of commissions by CNN on Power in the election.
08.31.2012
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by armin
Campbell’s Soup will release a limited-edition run of its ubiquitous Condensed Tomato Soup decked in Andy Warhol-inspired colors, celebrating the 50th anniversary of his famed work, “32 Campbell’s Soup Cans.”
08.31.2012
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by armin
Oddly compelling and effective: The Wizard of Oz as a hipster version told using only Shutterstock images, by Shutterstock’s own in-house designer Jordan Roland.
08.31.2012
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by armin
PBS’s Off Book web series returns with The Art of Animation and Motion Graphics.
08.31.2012
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by joe marianek
“Lateral Thinking Cards” are a tool for creative thinking, on kickstarter from recent graduate Justin Alexandre, who is standing on Brian Eno’s shoulders…in a good way.
08.30.2012
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by joe marianek
Spacing out on the the deep rationale for this corporate logo: “…the space at the center represents the cosmos, world and expanses of the Earth. The two soaring ellipses represent creativity and courage and the two circles are the confidence between Nippon Kayaku, which aspires to extraterrestrial space, and the public.”
08.30.2012
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