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by diane zerr
Junk food reimagined with hipster packaging
02.28.2017
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Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design / 2009, Rockport.
Women of Design: Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers / 2008, HOW Books.
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by armin
Ari Weinkle’s Growths project explores “juxtaposing the elegance of copperplate calligraphy with abnormal organic formations”. Be sure to check the wicked video at the link.
02.28.2017
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02.28.2017
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by armin
“Brutal East” by Zupagrafika provides 8 paper models to “playfully explore and reconstruct some of the most controversial brutalist edifices erected behind the Iron Curtain between 1960-1980s.”
02.28.2017
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by james i bowie
Logobook, curated by the design community Svizra, is a showcase for outstanding logos.
02.27.2017
no.
by james i bowie
The controversy around Vancouver’s new logo has quickly pivoted from “my 8-year-old could do that” to “it looks like” to “respect designers.”
02.25.2017
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by ricardo cordoba
The Casual Optimist has a great post about Alan Aldridge, who died last week.
Shown here, top row, left to right: album covers for The Who (1966) and Elton John (1975).
Middle row: artwork from The Observer magazine (UK), November 1967, about The Beatles’ songbook.
Bottom row, left to right: Aldridge in 1970 (photograph: Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty) and in 2008 (photograph: Luke Hayes).
(More images here.)
02.24.2017
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