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It’s easy to see this ad for Dell is a fake, but it’s still kind of convincing. Which makes it all the more hysterical.
Watch to the end. (Ever so slightly NSFW.)
02.23.2012
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by josh berta
Mapstalgia catalogs video game maps drawn from memory, as submitted by the readers.
Shown here, level 1 of Combat for the Atari 2600. Classic.
02.23.2012
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by armin
Trimdolls by Andrés Martínez Ricci, available in Don Draper and Walter White versions.
02.23.2012
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by doug bartow
Kraftwerk Tickets Blues: yesterday’s MoMA ticket debacle has an awesome soundtrack.
02.23.2012
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by armin
Children stories get the popular minimalist poster treatment, by Christian Jackson.
02.23.2012
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by armin
Fun with crappy holiday party photos, celebrities, and Photoshop. Some are pretty convincing.
02.23.2012
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by armin
Beautifully shot and with really amazing supporting motion graphics: the baby announcement to end all baby announcements. By John Jensen; check the rest of his work too, at the link.
02.23.2012
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by armin
Great series of promo spots, celebrating our obsessions, for the Dallas ADDYs. Plenty more at the link.
02.23.2012
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by niki blaker
Columbia grad, John Locke has been going around Manhattan converting old pay phones into pop-up libraries.
02.22.2012
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