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Paging Dr. Zizmor — named after the world’s worst ad — a Tumblr dedicated to cataloguing the worst ads on the New York subway.
01.20.2011
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Everyguyed presents “Mixed Reviews: 20 Classic Men’s Movies Liquerated” designed by Moxy Creative.
01.20.2011
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The New York Subway map (Vignelli’s version, thank you very much) as a living string instrument. Deeper explanation at the link.
01.19.2011
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Cheeming Boey creates some amazing and varied illustrations with Sharpie on styrofoam cups.
01.19.2011
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iCandy. Designer Charis Tsevis built a portrait of Apple CEO Steve Jobs using hundreds of tiny photos of Apple’s own products.
01.19.2011
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Related to Vol. 49, No. 109, Nairobi-based photographer Asif Khan uses Mac products to light his subjects in his “Light, Play” series.
01.19.2011
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John Downer instructed a class on sign painting and gave some great tips to students. I’m looking into trying my hand at sign-painting and came across it while doing research.
01.19.2011
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Fonts in Use, a fantastic new blog by three heavyweight type identifiers/savants — Sam Berlow, Stephen Coles, and Nick Sherman — that “will catalog and examine real-world typography.” Great examples of work, and thoughtful commentary.
01.19.2011
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The Photoshop Etiquette Manifesto for Web Designers is “a list of helpful and *subtle* suggestions to organize Photoshop Documents, making the transfer of them less painful.” Command-Amen!
01.19.2011
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Balanced Recipes by Pillsbury, a 1933 cookbook that comes in a “in a stamped aluminum Art Deco binder.” Worth $1.25 at the time or $1.00 if you included a recipe slip from a sack of Pillsbury Best Flour.
01.19.2011
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