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Dominic Wilcox has created a pair of GPS-powered shoes inspired by The Wizard of Oz — tap your heels together and the GPS is activated. Right shoe LED dots specify distance, left shoe point the direction in which to go.
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No Layout, a fantastic repository of artist books and artifacts — no commissions charged to them — as well as a digital library, with gems like this. Managed by Daniel Pianetti.
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File Under Want: Jessica Hische does Drop Caps for classic Penguin Book covers.
09.18.2012
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Great series of type specimens written by Jon Parker for Ale Paul’s new Hipster typeface. More at the link.
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During Emmanuel Jose’s undergraduate years he was introduced to the art of papercutting. Starting in 2011, he began creating a hand-cut two-foot card every week resulting in a full deck. This year, his theme is birds and you can follow his journey (and the previous year’s work) on his website.
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75+ artists around the world contributed birdhouses to ‘Put a Bird in It’, an installation around Portland. The birdhouses will be auctioned off to benefit art and music education.
09.18.2012
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New Nelson Mandela banknotes that the South African Reserve Bank will bring into circulation before the end of the year. More images and video at the link.
09.18.2012
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The Scribble Diary by Lisa Currie comes pre-printed with hundreds of prompts to help you capture your thoughts. Cute.
09.18.2012
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This looks very promising. SkyFonts by Monotype Imaging is a cloud-based service that allows you to test fonts directly in your applications plus gives you the option to “rent” fonts for a specific amount of time, instead of having to buy them.
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