Is the world coming to an end with a Kingsleyless edition of Quipsologies?

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Beirut born, Netherlands based graphic designer Tarek Atrissi has launched Help Lebanon.

Please join in an effort to raise at least $2,000 over the next two weeks to provide children and refugees displaced by the military conflict in Lebanon with basic daily needs. Pledge through this Fundable Group Action and please encourage others to do the same.

More information can be had directly from Tarek Atrissi at his site: atrissi.com/helplebanon.Supportors are also welcomed and encouraged to donate directly to Tarek Atressi via bank transfer.

Thank you in advance for your compassion and generosity.

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5 studios create 10 interactive pieces to explore the potential of visual imagery for Getty Images at 10 Ways.

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The New York Times will narrow its size by 1.5” in 2008.

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Fall 2006 will be a visually stimulating time for NYC, as we celebrate 100 years since New York’s first motorized taxi cruised the city. Children will be painting decals, drivers volunteering their cabs, and the rest…beauty.

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Word on the street
Would you consider this discrimination against legless people?

Proper attire required to visit the Vatican

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In case you’ve been wondering, like me, what Kyle Cooper has been up to.

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The original, lo-fi version of Superman’s opening titles.

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If you don’t subscribe to I.D. magazine and don’t feel like going to your local bookstore to freely browse their design annual issue, you can now see most of the coveted selections online (honorable mentions are not shown).

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Not even a month in the public’s eye and the poor FIFA World Cup 2010 logo already has competition in this leopard-inspired rendition by Russian design firm Park. [Via]

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The man behind the Google logos.

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Janet wants you! To! Design! Her new CD Cover! Run! Don’t Walk!

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More TV identity: Lifetime gets a prescription medicine look with this half-serif-italic. Side effects include chick flicks.

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The School of Visual Arts MFA Designer as Author program introduces three podcast series:
Spark 2006 Thesis, graduates discuss their work
Paul Rand Lecture Series, Steven Heller doing what he does best
Guest Lectures, visiting designers talk to MFA students

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The Hollywood Reporter’s Key Art Awards honor the best in movie posters. See this year’s selections.

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Last Monday Yahoo! unveiled a new, dramatically different home page tricked out with AJAX and DHTML. Hillman Curtis helped.

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There is a design lesson hidden here somewhere: Cats that look like Hitler.

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