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The Richmond Flying Squirrels logo, designed by Brandiose, has won Baseball America’s Logomania competition to determine the best logo in minor league baseball.
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by james i bowie
Jerry Dior, designer of the Major League Baseball logo, has died at 82.
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by armin
For fans of both The Wire and tautologies (i.e., “it is what it is”) this supercut is for you. (And me).
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by armin
Baboon — a design firm not the primate — recreates some NBA team logos as cartoons.
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by doug bartow
The Kindle finally gets typography that doesn’t suck.
Ed.’s Note: Designed by Dalton Maag
05.28.2015
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by armin
Cool bugs made from recycled paper by Soon for a brochure for IGEPA Benelux paper company.
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by armin
The U.S. Government has its own color system — the bureaucratic equivalent of Pantone — and it’s called Federal Standard 595C – Colors Used in Government Procurement. It’s a very interesting collection of colors.
05.28.2015
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by armin
The Casual Optimist gathers a few book covers that turn the hero picture sideways.
05.28.2015
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by armin
In memoriam of (hopefully) yesterday’s link bait and its different guises.
05.27.2015
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by armin
NType by Kevin Zweerink, an interactive browser tool to visualize (and download) type in 4D. Just start typing away.
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