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Not exactly sure what’s going on here but Omar Aqil has rendered the word “ETHOS” with each character as a Native American. Egyptian Pharaoh, Samurai (shown for “H”), Greek King, and Turkish Sultan.
08.23.2014
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Karlssonwilker bring their unique aesthetic to their first music video for Icelandic band GusGus’ “Mexico”.
08.23.2014
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Meet the art department behind all the ridiculously photoshopped images on The Onion.
08.22.2014
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by josh berta
A better butter knife. Only took a few centuries. Now on Kickstarter.
08.22.2014
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Who knew? The DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) has some rather cool patches for specific illegal substances.
08.22.2014
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Mr. Matchbook, a collection of, you guessed it, matchbooks. Organized by industry.
08.22.2014
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Get your super tricked-out Certificate of Awesomeness from Jessica Hische with holographic silver foil and rainbow edge-painting.
08.22.2014
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Love this behind-the-scenes, guidelines-stuff post from Thirst on their redesing of the design journal MAS Context. See two redesigned issues here.
08.22.2014
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by josh berta
Nike, with the help of AKQA, has created a reactive LED basketball court. It’s like something out of an 80s sci-fi movie centered around a futuristic blood sport. Minus the blood.
08.21.2014
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Sara Frisk’s tongue-in-1999-cheek website is rad. Designed and programmed by misterburton.
08.21.2014
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