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Thanksgiving and the day Hanukkah begins are on the same day this year, an extremely rare occurrence. Purgatory Pie Press created a “Thanksgivanukkah” letterpress card using Hebrew woodtype.
11.26.2013
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Renaissance-y paintings with the Nike logo, swoosh, or slogan (or all). By Davide Bedoni.
11.26.2013
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An analysis of the 68 Where’s Waldo? puzzles and where it’s best to look for him.
11.25.2013
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Nine lessons learned from 2013 movie posters, like how to do a good headshot poster as in Nebraska.
11.25.2013
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The Coke Zero Sweater Generator allows you to dream up a tacky sweater and put it for popular voting — the 100 best (or is it worst?) will get knitted and sent to their creators.
11.25.2013
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Stunning cover by Barnbrook Studio for Penguin’s restored edition of A Clockwork Orange. More info at the link.
11.25.2013
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From The Great Gatsby’s 1929 Duesenber Model-J to Transformers 2’s Chevy Camaro the history of movies told in cars.
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11.24.2013
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A photographer’s work only discovered once purchased from an auction. At first not knowing what was acquired, has spiraled into a documentary about this mysterious woman and now famous photographer known as Vivian Maier.
11.22.2013
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Mymo makes delightful, on-demand monograms that you can spin around online and then order as a keychain, ornament, or necklace in a variety of finishes.
11.22.2013
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