How excellent are his covers for 1984 and Animal Farm (2 of the most memorable books I read during my childhood)?
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Shepard Fairey nails it again
April 15, 2008
Real-time train data visualization! (in Switzerland)
January 21, 2008
Throughout our time at ITP, there were a variety of projects (SubAlerts, represent!) that seemed to long for access to real-time train information in order to give it back to users. Well the Swiss have launched a super cool alpha version of a train visualization interface thanks to Google Maps.
Live Swiss Train map (Thanks, Michael […]
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White Folks’ Guide to the NYC Subway System
January 14, 2008
Obama: A Logo for Every Occaision
January 9, 2008
To follow up on our post yesterday comparing the branding and logos of the various candidates, here’s a deeper dive into the robust visual identity of the Obama campaign.
Tags: design, obama, politics
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A design analysis: What’s in a candidate’s logo?
January 8, 2008
I had been looking around for a study on the way each of the candidates approach their brand + logo design and luckily I just found a bunch!
- Presidential Brand Blog - This is probably the most complete. Is it really that difficult to guess where Huckabee’s stars are coming from? (the graphic bleed treatment […]
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Usable Designs
September 21, 2007
A design blog I read posted about a sweet bag today. We’ve all seen picnic blankets that roll into bags, but this one actually looked like a bag you could tool around with all the while packing in drinks or your laptop without it screaming “I’m going on a picnic! I’m going on a picnic!”
So […]
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Little Face
May 9, 2007
TOAD: May 8th, 2007: This is a shot of one of the many exhibits from the Spring 2007 ITP show. Karen and I swung by for Opening Night and left satisfied and exhausted (in a good way!)
Check out a bunch of other photos form the show and if you didn’t go and are reading this, […]
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Derby Spoils
May 6, 2007
TOAD: May 5th, 2007: Saturday was Derby day and Karen and I continued our tradition of going to Floyd to watch the race. We got there about an hour before post time so I had plenty of time for my customary Mint Julep (SUPER sweet this year) and a slice of Derby Pie (a pecan, […]
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February is create-a-thing-a-day month!
January 31, 2007
Over the last few weeks the ITP Alumni list has been fluttering on about February being create-a-thing-a-day month. Apparently one of Ze Frank’s classes did it last year at this time and everyone was raving about what a great experience they had with the project.
So, I think I am going to give it a try. […]
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One of the coolest things I’ve seen in a while
November 1, 2006
Someone built a Minesweeper window entirely out of PixelBlocks. Totally surreal. (it took 38,240 blocks and stands over 6 feet tall)
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