Iced Moais!

Just a quick post today in honor of the last gasp of summer in the Northern Hemisphere. I was fixing a glass of ice water today and I was preparing it using my favorite ice cubes, or rather ice Moai's....

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A Primer in Mid Century Modern

 Mid-Century modern is an architectural, interior and product design form that generally describes post-war developments in modern design from roughly 1945 to 1965. -from the video Eames Era (Mid Century Modern Design Today) The post war, Mid Century Modern era...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-18

Communication and Graphics Daily is out! http://t.co/g5ThYFx ? Top stories today via @premiermes @helorighetto @cajadesastre @aaronchiles # Nice set when you're too busy (or lazy) to doodle yourself RT @writer_sheri: Premium Brush Set: Sketched Doodles http://t.co/5csYkvY # Check this video out...

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Favorite Comment Spam of the Day

If you run any sort of blog you will get spam comments. Lots of spam comments! I was dumping spam that was caught up in my spam filter today and I found this little gem. It is by far my...

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10 Podcasts Worth Checking Out

I am an avid fan of podcasts and podcasting. I thought I'd post 10 podcasts that I listen to regularly. Depending on the show and my mood I've found that these  programs teach, entertain, enlighten and aggravate me. Each...

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Burn It Up!

Friday is really hot! A time to burn it up! But have you ever wondered what fire actually is? Okay, that's quite a stretch I know, but anything for a pun, right? The following is a fantastic animation from One...

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Steve Jobs on Paul Rand

I found this great interview on YouTube with Steve Jobs discussing designer Paul Rand (1914-1996). The interview focuses primarily on the Next Logo that Rand designed for Jobs' company in 1986. However for the designer there is a lot...

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Digital Ephemera for September 14, 2011

Another Wednes­day has rolled around, so here’s my weekly col­lec­tion of inter­est­ing dig­i­tal ephemera I’ve found pok­ing around the vast Inter­net waste­land. Think of me as your guide through the eclec­tic dig­i­tal desert… Art & Design Comic Books Stained Glass by Brandon Barker Check...

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Steve Heller on the Eclectic Age of Design

I stumbled on this great interview with design guru Steve Heller and had to share. In this eclectic interview, he covers many topics ranging from typography to tea packaging. It is very engaging and well worth checking out for...

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Great Design! EF: Live the Language

If you like good clean design and fantastic video work, check out the great campaign "Live the Language" for the company EF Inter­na­tional Lan­guage Cen­ters, which is, according to their website, ...is the world’s largest privately held education company that...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-09-11

6 Terrifying Sci-Fi Predictions (About the Year 1997) http://t.co/z9VNY0W # Good to know... Lessons of Scale at Facebook http://t.co/qQ8NxL5 via @ontwiik # Read Communication and Graphics Daily ? today's top stories via @michaelroseweb @dtoivola ? http://t.co/5JXNJmv # (more…)

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9/11, Icons and Printed Ephemera

On the 10th Anniversary of September 11th, it is a good time to reflect on the tragedy. There are those far more eloquent than I am who can discuss the political and sociological ramifications, so I'll pick up a...

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