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The rise and fall of Crayola colors over the years, by Adrian Walsh.
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Screen Printing on the Cheap a book with tips and techniques about setting up and running your own print shop from your apartment or garage is currently in Kickstarter mode. Undies not included.
05.14.2012
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Typecache, “A Repository of Type,” will change your life if it hasn’t already.
05.14.2012
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Type fiends André Mora, Indra Kupferschmid, and Nick Sherman have a fun contest going: “Design a new label for the 32-ounce bottle of Doctor Bronner’s Magic Peppermint Soap” using all its crazy text.
05.11.2012
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Great visualization of the 300,000 Norwegians who change addresses every year.
05.11.2012
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The Real Madrid Resort Island, themed after the famous Spanish soccer club, is coming to the United Arab Emirates. Among other things, it will feature a marina shaped like the club’s logo. There is a video at the link worth watching for the spectacle.
05.11.2012
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From Bibliodyssey: “[Jan Christian Biefpfaff’s] organic alphabet (dedicated to the patriarch of the Mackensen clan) blends the newly discovered shell patterns with grotesque botanical styling to produce extraordinary, abstracted figures in which the ornament itself comes to life.” Stunning. #17thCenturyFTW
05.10.2012
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