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For the music- and poopin’-lover in your life: Jammin’ Johns — “patented, handcrafted guitar and keyboard toilet seats”.
02.05.2015
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Oy vey: A job posting from NSL Studio, a graphic design firm in Paris, listed “not Jewish if possible” (shown at right) as one of the job requirements. They later blamed being hacked. Right.
02.05.2015
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The eighth (and last) issue of UC.Quarterly is now available. Q4-2014 is 48 pages and features 47 of the most interesting, relevant, and simply fun-to-see projects from across our blogs — Brand New, For Print Only, Art of the Menu, and Quipsologies.
More info and single-issue purchase options at the link.
Additional images of the new issue here.
02.04.2015
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Dillon Marsh photographs the surreal cell phone towers from Cape Town which are unconvincingly disguised as trees.
02.04.2015
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Funny animation by Animade toying with the protagonist in a canvas of browser windows that double as pools. Or something.
02.04.2015
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We started one of those one-thing-a-day projects: MicroTypo. A daily image for 2015 of microscopic typography taken with a cute toy microscope we bought our daughter for Christmas.
02.03.2015
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Great 8-bit interpretation of The Simpsons opening titles by Paul Robertson and Ivan Dixon.
02.03.2015
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A few antique and beautiful cameras take selfies with the help of photographer J. Flynn Newton.
02.03.2015
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Celebrate Valentine’s Day in fucking style with this poster, by Good Fucking Design advice, that is pre-perforated to break down into individual cards.
02.03.2015
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Michael Levine created a one-ton metal sculpture version of the Arizona Cardinals logo.
02.02.2015
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