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Man, they sure don’t make infomercials like they used to: Totally Tulip Vintage Fabric Paint Promotional Video. 1990.
04.19.2013
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by armin
In honor of Ed Fella’s last lecture and last academic year as a teacher at CalArts, 19 of the school’s alumni and faculty members designed and printed tribute posters. Shown: Jeff Keedy. A few more at the link, where the rest of the posters will be uploaded gradually.
04.19.2013
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by armin
Very excited to introduce UC.Quarterly, a publication of UnderConsideration, printed quarterly, with a hand-picked summary of the most interesting, relevant, and simply fun-to-see projects published each quarter across our blogs — Brand New, For Print Only, Art of the Menu, and Quipsologies. It’s 48 pages packed with 70 projects. More info and purchase options at the link. Way more photos here.
04.18.2013
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by armin
Delicious 400-megapixel images of the lowest denomination coin from each of the world’s 166 active currencies, by Martin John Callanan. Only about a dozen available for view on the site.
04.18.2013
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Fun stop-motion/digital animation celebrating 80 years of the Lacoste polo. Created by BETC Paris.
04.18.2013
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Nice branding and overall general great concept for the ongoing annual exhibition “Diaspora: The Art of Blackness” organized jointly by The Chicago Urban League, STA (Society of Typographic Arts), and AIGA Chicago.
04.18.2013
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by james i bowie
Budweiser introduces a new can that mimics the shape of its bow tie logo.
04.17.2013
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by diane zerr
Taking type to a whole new level of sexy is The Kama Sutra Project. The personal project from French born and London based illustrator Malika Favre is currently on show in London where you can purchase limited edition screenprints, signed and numbered by the artist. But DON’T miss the website, where the letters are animated.
Obviously, NSFW.
04.17.2013
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by armin
The coveted Design of the Year award from the UK’s Design Museum goes to a website: Gov.uk.
04.17.2013
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