I really gotta get out more
If anything will inspire you to get out of the country—or, at the very least, out of the house—it’s this. More info at wherethehellismatt.com.
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“Back to the Futura” and other gems
Posted by Eric on Monday, June 9th, 2008. Filed under Typography.
If there’s one thing I love, it’s a bad pun. Combine that with typographic references, and you’ve got geek gold. Esoteric? Sure, but it’s hard to say no to the awesomeness of “The Fellowserif of the Ring.” More here, if you dare…
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Time has unleashed its “Top 10 Everything” of 2007, among them the top television ads. The usual big Super Bowl spots are in there, along with the ubiquitous Coca-Cola acid trips and Tina Fey AMEX spot. But I was sorry not to find this subversive spot for All-Bran—one of those ads I can’t believe made [...]
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Okay. It’s already been covered here and here and here, but can I just say that one of the worst side effects of the Internet has to be the spread of super-beveled, drop-shadowed, gradient-laden, swooshy rebrandings? UPS was but one example of a classic going all glossy, and it seems Holiday Inn has followed suit. [...]
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New York Times article on Wal-Mart.com’s new “Customer Contact Reduction” program.
» Continue reading "We keep our prices low, by not talking to you."The Design Of Information
While design as a discipline is often written off as the ‘prettification’ of things, its real power lies in its ability to make abstract concepts easily understandable. It can put a fun spin on dry information like historical real estate values, or put a straight face on a snarky presentaion of the lifecycle of a [...]
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Ever wonder what Pulp Fiction would look like if Samuel L. Jackson and John Travolta were replaced by fonts? Me neither, but as the resident font nerd, I’d be remiss if I didn’t post this little item. (Note: Some language not suitable for younger audiences. It is from Pulp Fiction, after all.)
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