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You can buy them individually, or in "crates" of six. (if you live in Japan)

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and some LSD….man

See more of Richard Perez's (aka Skinny Ships) work on at his site or on Flickr

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In their youth, every parent learned nursery rhymes that they knew one day they would sing to their own children. The first three rhymes are short and sweet, with a bold graphic style that can pair with any decor.

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Tribal DDB's Carousel took the Cannes Lions top prize in the Film category

Go here to experience the film in all its 21:9 glory.

See the making of it here

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Explanation of work

For this piece I wanted to look at the hierarchy within the group, as well as their merging whilst in a catatonic state . . . I kept this abstract, with the use of one shape descending and merging to form a black void in the middle, which represents the impending doom that the group faced from the moment they committed the first murder.

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Via Circle Press

A new version of Alphabeta Concertina, King’s classic capital letter 1983 version, reprised here to correct its long ‘out of print’ status and updated with newly modified designs for some of the letters.

56 pp – 16.5×11 cm cut and creased onto Heritage Book paper and glued to silk screened Heritage Museum end-boards, packed into a clear PVC tray and sleeve.

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Joseph Sandy has created a lovely 8′ x 10’ studio/shed built in Petaluma, CA using reclaimed redwood fencing.

http://www.josephsandy.com

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Lost Skills Depository, instructions for mending clothes

I started this project as I find mending well-loved clothes satisfying. I also like the idea that it’s a small but defiant act in the face of consumerism. I’d been thinking that now we have entered a recession, more people could be persuaded that mending their old clothes is a good idea, but as few people really know how to sew anymore it would be useful if they could access really simple instructions outlining basic techniques.

Available to buy in the CA&D shop during the show.

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On a side note unrelated to this post: Scott Hansen of iso50 recently participated in probably the best game of Layer Tennis ever against Jason Koxvold, go see it here.

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Gruber hit the nail square on the head, to quote
"What strikes me about these spots is that even Microsoft’s own ads use Helvetica rather than Arial."

Most people—well trained designers included—often have trouble telling the difference between the two. See if you can by taking a test here.

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grafa international poster 1936

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'roller coaster' by etay amir

under the supervision of alex padwa and david spectre, students at the shenkar academy of engineering and design were encouraged to look closely at the various daily coffee rituals and consumptions for their coffee culture project. here are a few images of the works they developed.

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Statement by Jack Schulze of Schulze and Webb, presented during Matt Web's Reboot talk.

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I don't know if I agree or not, but it's a valid point

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'early tools' bronze hammer

'hand wrench'

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These images are from the new My Freedamn! vol.8 presents a unique selection of 600 vintage cloths classified in 4 chapters.

- 290 pages, 36 x 27,2 cm
- language: english and japanese.

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Ted at Boogie Woogie Flu found this old record at an antiques store in Phoenicia, New York, and posted some of the cuts as MP3's.

I've never heard Weegee speak before. "...One of those accents you don't hear so much in New York anymore: part Austro-Hungarian immigrant by way of the Lower East Side," Ted writes, "and part Elmer Fudd. Peter Sellers based his accent in Dr. Strangelove on Weegee's voice after Weegee visited Kubrick's set one day."

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Description via Chase Jarvis

If you're a photographer, filmmaker, CD or AD and interested in advertising work, and/or if you've enjoyed Doug Pray's previous documentary films Hype!(about Seattle Grunge) or Scratch (about DJ Culture), you'll want to check out his new one, Art & Copy.

A synopsis:

Probably coming soon to a small theater or a DVD near you.

The great classic "Swinging on a Star" (written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Johnny Burke) as sung by Bing Crosby and the boy's chorus of the movie "Going My Way."

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vienna based artist and designer helmut palla transforms found furniture into unusual pieces of art. palla has been collecting various objects for many years, reconfiguring them in his studio. one of the main themes in his work is furniture and its functionality. while all his works use elements from furniture pieces, many do not function as such. in this light palla questions the functional role of these objects, showing us new possibilities that deconstruct the familiar. is a chair a chair if you can’t sit on it? is a chair a chair, even if it doesn’t conform to the archetypal form? these questions often come to mind when looking at palla’s transformed designs.

www.turniture.at

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I'm a complete sucker for this style of photography. (I guess it's the designer's version of kitten pictures)

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...many pages had been torn out and many pages had letters cut from them. (it was mr rand's practice to cut letters and use them in his compositions. in a later post I will show you one such example.) he would also tear swatches from covers of art catalogs, books, whatever he fancied to use as a color reference for projects he was working on...

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Robot Johnny put together an IE6 denial page for Momentile. Notes and sketches on his blog.