The Alii Lounge

I while back I started another blog. The Alii Lounge. It's a tumblr blog about all things Polynesian Pop, Ultra-lounge, mid-century modern and tiki.  Alii is the Hawaiian for royalty, and if you visit my site you'll be treated...

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Friday Freebie: Barking up the Right Tree

It's Friday, so that means it's time for my Friday freebie. This week a small collection of bark textures and one photo of some imposing conifers. So naturally I call this "barking up the right tree." Corny I know,...

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Random Design Quote

A random quotes from famous graphic designers on design, culture and art. As a craft, typography shares a long common boundary and many common concerns with writing and editing on the one side and with graphic design on the other;...

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Three Amazing Animations

I stumbled upon these three great animations. It is amazing what dedicated and creative people can create. Enjoy! Address Is Approximate A Google Street View stop motion animation short made as a personal project by director Tom Jenkins. Mario enters the...

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-27

Photo: tiki by vontiki on Flickr. Spooky Mug! http://t.co/NpaJfph7 # A classic: Your business card is CRAP! http://t.co/0qWfrcqz # Free High Resolution Texture JPGs http://t.co/ZJST8Qio # (more…)

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How They Did It (Spray Paint Art Edition)

This week's installment of How They Did It will focus on artist who create paintings using spray paint and a few other objects, including newspaper, sticks, plates and their hands. It's a pretty cool example of how adding layers...

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Joel Bauer, Genius

Life is not about being liked it's about being effective. The entire objective is to get people's attention." - Joel Bauer This viral video is a classic! Joel Bauer discusses the best business card ever made, his naturally. It is funny...

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Random Design Quote

A random quote from famous graphic designers on design, culture and art. Good letterforms are designed to give a lively, even texture, but careless spacing of letters, lines and words can tear this fabric apart. -Robert Binghurst, The Elements of Typographic...

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