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by armin
Matthew Carter is one of twenty-three recipients of this year’s MacArthur “genius” grant. Apart from bragging rights, the geniuses receive half a million dollars over the course of five years.
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by joe marianek
A harrowing taxonomy of actual rejection letters received by designer John Custer.
[Ed.’s Note: Please note UCllc’s diplomatic response on reply No.7]
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by diane zerr
Many wise words from Milton Glaser’s The Ten Things I Have Learned - and he tells a rabbit joke in #9.
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by plamen
Set of cartoons for the Pacific Wine Company created by Bob Johnson between 1980 and 1996.
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by josh berta
An interesting video about Al Jaffee, the cartoonist and illustrator that created the iconic Fold-in for Mad Magazine.
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by armin
From “Take Trash Out,” to “Putting My Pants On,” to “Mindless Arguments that Keep Resurfacing” (shown), Every day Posters Every Day provides a stream of faux posters for everyday events.
09.27.2010
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by jason dean
TypArchive is an image library primarily focused on hand painted signage. The objective is to amass a comprehensive global collection of high-quality images and produce hard-copy volumes, so contribute if you can!
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by jason dean
Based in Lausanne, Switzerland by way of the UK, Luke Archer is in the process of creating quite the portfolio.
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by doug bartow
The Typeface Memory Game: hours of nerdy designer fun pretty much guaranteed.
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