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Gordon Young and Why Not Associates designed an amazing, large scale carpet situated in front of the Blackpool Tower. The Comedy Carpet references the work of more than 1,000 comedians.
11.07.2011
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by niki blaker
Occupy Design is a grassroots project connecting designers with on-the-ground demonstrators in the Occupy Together movement. Also has some nifty charts.
11.07.2011
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by armin
The Art Directors Club promo campaign, by DDB New York, for its annual awards has been remarkably good. Wish they put them all together in one easy place to see.
11.07.2011
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by quipsologies
Mekkanika is an experimental font by Riccardo Sabatini based on the Din typeface using hundreds of scanned technical drawings.
11.07.2011
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by armin
Jupiter Consumer Goods is a “culture-jamming brand designed to subvert and critique mainstream consumer habits” by Colin Dunn. I like the Quik Fix trash bags.
11.07.2011
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by james i bowie
Martin Kemp on his new book, Christ to Coke: How Image Becomes Icon.
11.06.2011
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by armin
The Busy Beaver Button Museum, featuring over 1,000 buttons from yesteryear.
11.04.2011
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