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by niki blaker
This isn’t your average dry-erase board. I would feel horrible erasing any of these…
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by ricardo cordoba
Related to No. 15: Style and Motion: The Art of the Movie Poster, an exhibition of vintage movie musicals posters, at Lincoln Center through January 1, 2012. More info here.
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by ricardo cordoba
The Birth of Promotion: Inventing Film Publicity in the Silent-Film Era, an exhibition at New York’s Public Library for the Performing Arts, through January 2012. More info here.
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by armin
Very clever copywriting in this series of ads for SwissLife that start one way and then twist the other way.
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by armin
Quips reader Chris Bradley spotted an unfortunate lack of editing in this article in the Greenville News. Spotted it yet?
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by armin
Not to be outdone by the Junior Art Director meme, here comes the Creative Director meme.
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by armin
The Art of Dancing Advent Calendar features videos of Lewis and Luke engaging in some serious white dude dance moves each day.
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by josh berta
So the other night I was eating sushi with a friend and he ordered a Coke. It came in a silver and white can with red lettering, and he said, “No, not a Diet Coke.” As it turns out, he’s not the only one confused by these holiday cans.
Even if they are very nice, you have to wonder what they were thinking.
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by doug bartow
File Under Fake: Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a software tool that can rate photographs based on how much they have been Photoshopped.
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