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by john custer
Nest. The educated thermostat.
10.25.2011
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no.
by armin
The latest meme: Money Face. Match your face to that of a face on a bill and snap.
10.25.2011
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by armin
The latest issue of Google’s Think Quarterly features 2,500 different covers, each one piece of a 50 × 50 grid of a massive illustration created by 16 different illustrators.
10.25.2011
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by armin
Awesome cover for German design magazine Novum with kiss-cut triangles that make it all bendy. See making-of video at the link.
10.25.2011
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by armin
The making of the opening titles for Holy Flying Circus, a “docu-drama” on Monthy Python.
10.25.2011
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by john custer
Choo-choo-sans.
A typeface made from model trains.
Childhood. Complete.
10.24.2011
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by diane zerr
My dreams have come true with this Tape Measure Calendar for 2012 from Present & Correct. Each day is equal to 1cm with January - June on one side and the rest of the year on the other. So neat!
10.24.2011
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