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by diane zerr
The USPS releases a special set of stamps featuring textured balls #HaveaBallStamps
05.23.2017
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by armin
Google Design goes in-depth about their process in redesigning the Emoji font — over 2,000 emoji characters — for their Android OS.
05.23.2017
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by armin
If you enjoy gradients and digital mock-ups of posters, this series by Song hojong is for you. Some of these compositions are actually pretty amazing, I just sometimes get turned off by “posters” that are not really posters at all.
05.23.2017
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by armin
In other stripy infographic news: Owen Phillips visualizes every color of cardigan Mister Rogers wore from 1979-2001.
05.22.2017
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by armin
I’m fairly sure we have Quip’d Max Zorn’s layered-packing-type work but here is a great behind-the-scenes look at how he does it.
05.22.2017
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by armin
Movie Spectrums, where “Each line represents the average color of a frame of the movie, creating a sequential timeline of its color palette”.
05.22.2017
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by armin
Gather, a beautiful, modular desk organizer by Ugmonk. Currently on Kickstarter.
05.19.2017
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by armin
Fauxsaics by Nick Misani are exactly what the name implies: faux mosaics. Not implied, though, is how kick-ass these are as he draws and places each tile by “hand”.
05.19.2017
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by armin
Beautiful animated short doc produced by Dress Code, after working on it for 2+ years, about the true story of one of their co-worker’s Coca-Cola Habit.
05.19.2017
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