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by joe marianek
If I had to build a lair, I’d hire Albert France-Lanord Architects who designed Wikileaks’ HQ in an appropriately secure and awesome former WWII bunker.
12.11.2010
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by diane zerr
American Design Schools Are a Mess, and Produce Weak Graduates — from Fast Company, Gadi Amit’s account on reviewing and hiring graduates.
12.10.2010
no.
by joe marianek
“Nobody wants to go back to Communism (…) But it had certain attributes and symbols which, for younger people, are not associated with the regime, but with our own personal memories.” An excellent Soviet fashion slideshow and article at T Magazine.
12.10.2010
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by armin
Behold the typographic seizures of Gaspar Noés Enter The Void opening titles.
12.10.2010
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by armin
PostPost is a very nice looking aggregator that taps into your Facebook account to highlight and collate the articles, videos, and photos your friends have posted. It’s a great discovery tool that breaks the limits of Facebook’s own landing page.
12.10.2010
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by armin
One Page Magazine takes the logos in the ads of a single issue of a popular magazine. Shown: “Wired Magazine, dated February 2007, contains 67 pages of advertising whose logos are placed in exactly these positions.”
12.10.2010
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by jason dean
Once again departing from the expected norm, the new site of Sagmeister, Inc. features a live studio webcam with navigation via vinyl graphic “buttons” on the floor. Love it? Hate it? Comments are open.
12.10.2010
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by armin
Dan Black’s Symphonies music video celebrates movie titles. A few nice homages in there.
12.10.2010
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by doug bartow
The entire ‘Empire Strikes Back’ screenplay as told through a single Facebook post. I literally cry laughing when I read this (but that’s me). Potentially NSFW.
12.10.2010
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