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Geologist turned fine artist Christina Empedocles illustrates birds and other animals with wax pencil on cut paper.
03.14.2011
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by plamen
Last of their kind? From April Denmark will start replacing postage stamps with mobile text messages. Just sad.
03.13.2011
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by joe marianek
The RISD / Maeda unrest continues to grow, and is eloquently summarized by design educator, critic, and author, Natalia Ilyin. Read the background at Unbeige.
03.13.2011
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by josh berta
Artist Ward Shelley creates incredible, epic maps and timelines about a variety of cultural topics. His latest History of Science Fiction is no exception.
03.11.2011
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by josh berta
World Lens is a pretty amazing iPhone App that translates the wording on printed media from one language to another, as you point the camera at it in real time.
One step closer to the universal translator they use on Star Trek.
03.11.2011
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by josh berta
The always brilliant Maira Kalman is celebrated with an exhibition at the Jewish Museum in NYC, opening today.
03.11.2011
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by plamen
Animated tribute to Gareth Bale’s performance against Inter in this year’s Champions League by Richard Swarbrick.
03.11.2011
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by james i bowie
A great collection of union labels. Don’t miss the one from the Typographical Union.
03.11.2011
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