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Want! R2D2 skirt. Yes, I know I don’t wear skirts. Still: Want!
04.03.2012
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“Brand Wars” series by Barn Bocock, mashing up Star Wars and famous logos.
04.03.2012
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Nick Sherman has put together a great micro site for Neue Haas Grotesk by Christian Schwartz, a revival of what was the precursor to Helvetica. I hate Helvetica but I’ve been using Neue Haas Grotesk quite a bit in the last six months and it fixes everything that’s wrong with Helvetica.
04.03.2012
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by niki blaker
The brother and sister design and illustration team, Nate Padavick and Salli Swindell, decided to combine their love of cooking and drawing and published the delightful book “They Draw & Cook.”
The accompanying website encourages artists to submit their own recipe illustrations, like the one shown here by Jessica Pollock.
04.03.2012
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Sir Peter Blake, the artist behind the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band album cover, has updated his most famous work in celebration of his 80th birthday.
04.02.2012
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by diane zerr
A wonderful gallery featuring 1940s Vintage Classic Movie Bus Passes from St. Louis.
04.02.2012
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by armin
Astute and very nicely designed series of covers by Christopher Brian King for Melville House. Many more at the link.
04.02.2012
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“The Book of the Future” by Grant Snider for The New York Times Sunday Book Review.
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