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by armin
Six-pack abs. Get it?
12.01.2010
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by joe marianek
The Airline Bag Lounge: A huge (forgotten) archive of branded bags from defunct airlines.
12.01.2010
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by armin
In a nutshell: Swedish design firm Happy Forsman & Bodenfors used the numbers called at a game of bingo to determine the CMYK values for 100 different covers of the 2010 Torsten and Wanja Söderberg Prize, the major Nordic design award.
12.01.2010
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by armin
Very smart and clever typographic and logo-laden interpretation of Jonathan Coulton’s “Shop Vac” by Jarrett Heather.
12.01.2010
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by bryony
Shopping at my favorite local toy store I happened upon some quirky humor: Serious Blands, in “fun colors from beige to taupe.” A nice alternative to the latest kid craze, Silly Bandz.
12.01.2010
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by armin
Spotted on Quip No. 1 below: 16 Months of Drawing Exercises in Excel by Danielle Aubert. I would have titled it 16 Months of Hell but it’s just semantics.
12.01.2010
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