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by diane zerr
The Black Keys Poster Project is the self-initiated design project of Matt Stevens. Matt is creating a series of posters based on a lyric or song title from the album Brothers.
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Flaunt: Designing effective, compelling and memorable portfolios of creative work / 2010, self-published.
Graphic Design, Referenced: A Visual Guide to the Language, Applications, and History of Graphic Design / 2009, Rockport.
Women of Design: Influence and Inspiration from the Original Trailblazers to the New Groundbreakers / 2008, HOW Books.
The Word It Book: Speak Up Presents a Gallery of Interpreted Words / 2007, HOW Books.
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by armin
A substantial collection of “Women’s Health, Beauty and Support Group Logos.” Or “Learn how to turn the female body into a design cliché.”
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by bryony
The people at Portfolio Center have a new project for their students: the PC Press, which will publish books written, designed, photographed and illustrated by students. Their first book, Meat. Salt. Time. Salumi Master Cristiano Creminelli is now for sale.
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by niki blaker
A minimalist homage to the perfect pasta in the beautifully designed recipe book - The Geometry of Pasta, designed by Caz Hildebrand.
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by armin
Two white guys rap about type, Wacom tablets, and motion graphics. Nerds. Language NSFW.
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Money Money Money - "Gettin' Money With a Mouse and a Wacom Pen (Fuck Comic Sans Fuck Papyrus, Too)" from Brad Chmielewski on Vimeo.
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by armin
“This Year I Will Try Not To” by Chris Doyle and Elliott Scott pokes fun at design clichés. You can buy here.
09.23.2010
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by armin
Tuned Pale Ale is a concept for beer packaging that comes with a variety of options to make sweet music. The label comes with marks to know what note will be rendered as the beer depletes, the bottle has ridges so that you can play it like a guiro, and the box functions as a mini drum.
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“Dictaphone Parcel” is an animation by Royal College of Art student Lauri Warsta, who hid the recording device inside a parcel, shipped it from London to Helsinki, and then interpreted the sounds.
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by plamen
A study of the colours used by the members of the Society of Hungarian Graphic Designers and Typographers (MATT).
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