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by armin
Skip a few iPad apps this year and for only $100, you can help a design school get built in the Philippines for students in poverty, and get the gift recipient’s name on a wall of the finished building.
12.21.2010
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by armin
A 2009 Gap commercial featuring adorable kids is recreated by college students. Obviously, more creepy than adorable.
12.21.2010
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by josh berta
Fellow Quipsologist Joe Marianek used the Halloween season as an excuse to give out more homework to his SVA students. Monster Fonts!
A fine idea to remember for next year, or if you want to dress as Monster Numerals for New Year’s Eve.
12.20.2010
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by doug bartow
NY-bound designer Jon Jackson has very public break-up with Los Angeles via billboard.
12.20.2010
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by doug bartow
Everything that’s currently wrong in identity design, conveniently located in one place.
12/21 update: Now with plagiarism!
12.20.2010
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by paul soulellis
Want to spend quality time with Louise Fili and Steven Heller in Italy? Then consider the two-week Masters Workshop with SVA in Venice and Rome. I did it last summer and can honestly say that it changed my life.
12.20.2010
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by plamen
British studio LaBoca has designed a set of 4 magnificent teaser posters for Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, starring Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis and Vincent Cassel.
12.20.2010
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by james i bowie
New poster from The Heads of State features imagined business cards and logos of party attendees mentioned in chapter four of The Great Gatsby. [Ed.’s Note: Also featured on FPO today.]
12.19.2010
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by jason dean
A humorous set of commemorative plates for the royal wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton by UK studio KK Outlet.
12.19.2010
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