tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43229422905071623612011-11-18T07:55:55.923-08:00These are the things that inspire me daily.Sarah Keanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14453350047475644177noreply@blogger.comBlogger821100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322942290507162361.post-4892396757199117662011-11-18T07:31:00.000-08:002011-11-18T07:54:46.875-08:00

7 years after its inception, Apolis has opened Apolis:Common Gallery, a space to host exhibitions, collection releases, film screenings, and any other means to promote their mission. And what an inspiring mission that is...Apolis is a platform for a network of global citizens who are empowering people through opportunity. Apolis co-creates products with manufacturers and we allow the market to

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I love Radiolab because it's "a show about curiosity" and as it happens, that's just what I'm about. After listening to a recent short titled Mapping Tic Tac Toe-dom, I decided to peruse through some of the older seasons and listen while I worked.I think The Good Show (Season 9, Episode 1) is particularly relevant to this blog AND it's an interesting seed of thought for anyone in the good-doing

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Seriously people, floating is the best. Personally, I love it because it feels like the closest we'll ever get to flying, naturally at least (our bodies are not yet built to sustain flight, though successful gravity modification could be in our future!) Anyways, animals like this little guy like to float too, even if it is on a manmade floating island. Looks pretty cozy to me. "What do you do

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I'm not a huge fan of Michele Bachmann (less of a fan of the Republican party at this moment and even less of a fan of the Tea Party ), but I respect her as an elected representative of my follow citizens. The last time I posted about Newsweek, the Stephen Colbert cover had me grinning from ear to ear. This time I'm a little sad to see an ambitious and dedicated woman portrayed in such a

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Mindlab is a design agency/government innovation unit. WHAT?! I was thrilled to find these two seemingly independent themes wrapped under one creative umbrella.Since its inception in 2002, Mindlab has evolved into a vehicle for bureaucratic reform."We work with the civil servants in our three parent ministries: the Ministry of Economic and Business Affairs, the Ministry of Taxation and the

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This weekend was heaven. I spent (literally) the entire day at the beach with my sister/best friend, had a perfect taco dinner with the whole family, rode in my dad's vintage firetruck – in a parade, enjoyed a refreshing mug (or 2) of birch beer at my favorite local festival, fired a shot gun (terrifying) AND spent another blissful day in the sun – in an inflatable lounge chair in a beautiful

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I don't want to taint this post with grumbles about how one of my favorite ideas was somehow realized by another party, but here goes. My hopes of inventing the world's first floating pool are dashed...(and not just because the clever people at Family and PlayLab have beaten me to the punch...it seems this idea has been around in some form since the early 19th century!) I am happy, though

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I think it's safe to say that designers love office supplies. Organizing is one of my favorite hobbies and now we can all feel a little better about the products we buy to rearrange our clutter. RECYCLED binders, composition books, covers, tabs, pockets, media storage, and labels!Each year, over 500 metric tons of toxic PVC ends up in landfills as the result of vinyl binders that people use.

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The second issue of Bracket features 16 visionaries who have pursued their hunger to create change in the world. “Emerson wrote that a man’s ambition is proportional to his abilities, that “the height of the pinnacle is determined by the breadth of his base.” These are the words of a hungry man. And if we follow their logic, then what we have in this issue are snapshots of sixteen

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The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cEmily Pillotonwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorFox NewsI had never heard of Project H until Dawn of Firebelly mentioned their work last year during camp. A few months ago, I ordered Design Revolution:100 Products that Empower People, only to find that it was authored by Project H founder, Emily Pilloton! The book is

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viaThey forgot to include the Ewoks. I give them an A+ for being the rolliest polliest, and consequently cuddliest, species to grace science fiction thus far.If you're wondering, Yub Nub means freedom in Ewokese. Need to brush up?–you can find an up-to-date dictionary of terms here.

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"American planes, full of holes and wounded men and corpses took off backwards from an airfield in England. Over France, a few German fighter plains flew at them backwards, sucked bullets and shell fragments from some of the planes and crewmen. They did the same for wrecked American bombers on the ground, and those planes flew up backwards to join the formation.The formation flew backwards over

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Oh my goodness! Look at all the baby wind turbines! You have to admit, they're working pretty hard over there in China. (Obama was right to address this particular issue in both his state of the union address and his remarks to the House Republican retreat on Friday.)Though I would love for America to raise the bar and start innovating in the realm of alternative energy, I will say that I am

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Upon reading today's news, I was relieved to find that the doomsday clock is now 6 whole minutes away from midnight, pushed back last night from 5 minutes. Bleak, but also, somehow, encouraging."The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, which maintains the clock and puts an illustration of it on its cover, attributed the move to efforts by world leaders to reduce their countries' nuclear arsenals and

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-stefan sagmeisterjust a little quote to live by.

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I finally received my first issue of GOOD Magazine this month after a mix-up with my subscription back in September. (sweet!) It's the Slow Issue, containing inside a number of great articles focused around the issue of our quickening lifestyles.There is a small interview with an inventor named Saul Griffith (He's the founder of Instructables!-and developed designs for energy-producing kites!)

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I haven't updated in a while. Things have been so hectic, and I think I started to lose sight of a lot of the things I really care about. After a minor breakdown yesterday, (My mom would probably argue that the term "minor" used in this situation is a bit of an understatement. She is awesome for helping me get through it; listening to me vent for almost an hour and encouraging me, as my parents

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I have been home from Camp Firebelly for a week now and I thought it would be appropriate to post some appreciation for all of the people in the image above (and the rest of the team at Firebelly Design of course).We did so many amazing things during camp (all of which are documented in the camp blog here). But, my fellow campers were incredible and I miss them. Trust me when I say that you can

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The Idealist.org: Handbook to Building a Better World.Dawn at Firebelly gave these out as a gift to each of the campers this year. Though I have not finished, I found this quote to be pretty inspiring..."One of my lifetime goals is to be as generous as I can be. I am not the most brilliant thinker in the world, so I am not going to push forward the frontiers of human knowledge. Nor am I

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"No, your eyes aren't deceiving you. You're reading Stephen Colbert. And for that I apologize. The last thing I want is to contribute to the corrosive influence of the print media. I prefer to yell my opinions at you in person. But I can't do that this week, because I am in Iraq. I've brought my hit TV broadcast over there to support our troops. I figure if I do this, I can finally take

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It's only right that I update with a few of the things I've been doing that have kept me from updating this thing. For now, I will just post some thank you cards I've been working on.I am very, very lucky and received lots of gifts and congratulations for graduating this past month. I felt like everyone who took the time to put a gift together for me deserved a special thank you card in return. I

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Just finished watching the Obama Cairo speech via the united states of jamerica.So many things said that I've always wanted but never thought I'd hear. If you haven't seen it already, take a gander!

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I'm sorry to have neglected you for a while. These past few weeks have been crazy. Things are finally starting to slow down a bit. I will be updating again soon, but for now I'm at home for the Coldplay concert at the amphitheater!

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"Design Den Haag 2010-2018 researches the relation between Design and Government in Europe within an international context, from cultural, economic and social viewpoints. Starting spring 2010, Design Den Haag will organize a total of five public events biennially in the field of design, architecture and visual communication, with exhibitions, publications, lectures and debates, workshops and

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Saw these SWEET vegan sandals designed by olsen Haus on inhabitat this morning. They are 100% Vegan and made of sustainable and cruelty-free materials. They are a little pricey, but they're beautiful and it would definitely feel good to know that the shoes you are wearing came from a company with this outstanding philosophy:"The philosophy of olsenHaus is anchored in the universal truth, respect

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just a little genius clip of paul rudd on sesame street. the episode will air on earth day (wednesday). i love the giant foam earth and i love paul rudd!

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something to think aboutvia noquedanblogs.com

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(Image credits:misterbisson via:villageofjoy.com)Found these images at Village of Joy. We're actually coming up on the 23rd anniversary (April 26th), so I thought I would post them here."It took three days before all permanent residents of Chernobyl and the Zone of alienation were evacuated due to unsafe levels of radioactivity. People from around the Soviet Union were forced to come and work

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This is part of Mr. Talion's "Buy my street art" photo series on Flickr. He found a pretty unique way to document street art around Berlin. I like the idea and I love all of the visual culture embedded in this image. You can find more here.

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Found this sweet user-generated art project/website, humus, this morning! Anyone can send in work to be posted to each issue (there are currently 12 issues) and everything is displayed within a moleskine-like sketchbook for everyone to see! There are some size specifications that you can find here, but other than that you are free to submit anything you wish.Humus is a territory where images,

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I just had to post this little guy because I love him. Sometimes it's hard for me to comprehend how incredibly cute animals can be. Check out this Small Cute Animals post from C77C blog.

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As graphic designers, we produce a lot of waste. (I LOVE paper, and I'm sure most of you do too.) Fortunately, most of us are very aware of that and do our best to conserve when it is possible. But, maybe we aren't doing enough. I read this article from the Nation today about some mischief in the paper industry and feel pretty disgusted."Thanks to an obscure tax provision, the United States

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Found this article on woostercollective. Hum using ethics as the starting point for his business strategy and comes up with some clever ways to distribute his designed tshirts."In the Fall of 2008 I was pondering a few things. First thing I was pondering was the question of how ethical is it to sell someone a "Designed" t-shirt for 25-20 dollars? I found myself and to this day find myself

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I finally scanned some pages from my Scotland sketchbooks. I thought maybe you guys would be interested. The one above is in the Philly Airport the day I left, the rest were done while I was there. They are mostly observations of the different environment I was living in. It's much easier to pretend you're living in a fairy tale when you're in an unfamiliar place. i should go to sleep.^dsarah

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Bestuniversities.com, a website that researches and discusses top online schools, recently published this list of 100 blogs which they consider to be the best 100 blogs for those who want to change the world.The world is full of visionaries and people who want to make a difference in the world, and many of those people share their knowledge online through their blogs. Whether you want to change

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I was a huge skeptic of Twitter until I started using it. Most of the people I speak to are still cynical, and I have to admit, I was really on the fence until reading this article from the New York Times."A crowd of more than 10,000 young Moldovans materialized seemingly out of nowhere on Tuesday to protest against Moldova’s Communist leadership, ransacking government buildings and clashing with

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We got our business cards back from the printer today! I struggled with an idea for so long, but finally came up with something I can be happy with. I wanted the card to help people/potential employers understand a lot about me in a very short time. People seem to react well to the different things I've chosen to present about myself, I hope that means it's an accurate portrayal.I also wanted to

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I am working on a magazine layout for Experimental Type and have chosen to use an article about the philosophical writings of Franz Kafka and Nagib Mahfuz."Franz Kafka and Nagib Mahfuz meet within the context of twentieth century existentialism. They attempt to analyze a man's existence. Because they are scrupulous in this attempt, cultural precedent is not admitted into their inquiries. They

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This is an outdoor campaign for The Zimbabwean, a newspaper (a voice for the voiceless) produced by a group of exiled Zimbabwean journalists.The effect of the Mugabe regime on the Zimbabwean economy was devastating and it has totally collapsed. Since then, money is worth nothing and the bank note pictured above (the Z$100 trillion dollar note) is not even worth enough to buy a loaf of bread.It

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Great poster about design ethics by Steve Haslip."This poster was made during my first semester class with the very wise Milton Glaser. The issue at hand was dealing with design ethics, and in an attempt to tackle the subject and further my point I drew the entire image by hand using a single line."I am always a fan of projects that integrate hands-on media with digital. I think these detailed

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Just found this Menswear Outpost, For the Greater Good. I will let them describe what they are about because it's way more poetic than I could ever be.For The Greater Good stands as a fusion of ideas and aesthetics with a concept hoping to send the retail experience on a new course. We plan to specialize in mixing the best in young designer labels and contemporary mens fashion brands; balancing

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Around this time last year, Synthetic Infatuation (of Chicago) printed the first issue of Morning, a zine showcasing the work of new artists and writers.Issue One of Morning features artists Keith Claunch, Billy Bartels, Amy Rabas, Mark Peterson, Aravind Kaimal, Danielle Moore, and a handful of other soon-to-be famous folks. The issue's theme is "Look what you made me do" and each featured artist

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My professor sent out an e-mail about the AIGA DC student competition and I wanted to let everyone else in on the opportunity. AIGA DC definitely has an idea of what it's like to be a design student because they have made it FREEEE to enter for AIGA student members and there is no limit on number of entries!!! Ellen Lupton and Jake Lefebure (of Design Army) will be judging, so it's a great chance

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If you are looking for Slaughterama 2009 photos, I've compiled a list of links to places I've found them around the internet. Enjoy!via kitty meets goat on Flickr-Click here for more!via thephotomonty on Flickr-Click here for more!via SOisYoUrFaCE on Flickr-Click here for more!via SMD'Eugenio on Flickr-Click here for more!via Vineet Gordhandas on Flickr- Click here for more!

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Today the weather was beautiful again and I could not stay inside. I decided to head down to Slaughterama for the day to relax and catch up with old friends. Best decision.Slaughterama is a bike event held in Richmond, VA annually by group of bike kids from the city, the Cutthroats. It's a 3-day event, but the main event is held Saturday in an open pavilion on Belle Isle. There are lots of very

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Morrissey Letterpress poster by Michael Sean O'neill.Tonight was the Opening for the VCU Graphic Design Juried show. I had planned on spending my day in 1509 W Main St (our building) doing work for my portfolio, but I ended up spending 4 hours helping to set up this show. It started at 5, which is very unfortunate because Oprah starts at 5 and I hate missing Oprah.My friends are incredibly

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i haven't updated in so long. to be honest, i've had absolutely no motivation to do so. fortunately, the nice weather around here is boosting my enthusiasm in all arenas. maybe you will see more posts from me in the near future. i certainly hope so.for today i just though i would scan some type experiments i've been working on in my experimental type class to show you. this class has definitely

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Today I found myself in a little predicament which required me to ride my bike two miles in the cold rain to the nearest post office. Two miles would be nothing on any other occasion, but today the car was definitely tempting.I survived the short trip (quite comfortably actually) with the help of two very well-designed accessories. One was a portable fender that my brother gave me as a gift last

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I found this comic at Virus Comix while stumbling this morning. A lot of text initially, so much I stumbled again before my curiosity got the better of me and I had to go back.I am not sure of the author's real name because he doesn't give it."WINSTON ROWNTREE (not his real name) likes to make comics for some reason. Virus Comix is the pretend company under which he makes his work known, and

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I was chatting with a classmate today about Scotland and recalled a drink that I found one day in Bagel Mania (this little bagel shop on Sauchiehall St that has THE most amazing Lemon Drizzle muffins I've ever tasted). It was called "this water" and when I saw it, I fell in love. The clever name and awesomely cute packaging was enough, nevermind the product (which was quite delicious).I did a

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This is a screenshot taken from Simon Hoegsberg's, We're all Gonna Die: 100 meters of existence. The 100-meter long photograph documents 20 days from the same spot on a railroad bridge on Warschauer Strasse in Berlin in the Summer of 2007. (I chose this particular shot because I love her dress and he totally looks like a 50's greaser.) I'm not quite sure how he created the final image, but it's

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I posted a few months ago about the package of MRE's my dad sent Katie and I. Tonight I am posting about another awesome parcel that my sister and I received in the mail today from my mom! The image to the left is the beautiful hand-stamped card that came inside for me. Below is an image of the entire package.The photo is a little blurry, but I want to point out the HANDMADE bookmarks and boxes.

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So, this is the product of the Jean-Benoit Levy Workshop. It ended today and in some ways it's a relief, but in most ways it isn't. This was the most fun I've had with design in the past year. Everything had to be turned around so quickly that there was no room for typical painstaking process. The idea happened, and we executed it, and that was it. JBL misinterpreted our concept from the

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This is a poster I did last semester for the Minus the Bear and Man Man shows at the National. It never got printed. Bummer. I turned it around in 2 days because I was told that it was needed IMMEDIATELY.Anyways, I've realized that I don't post about music enough. It's a pretty big part of my life, but it doesn't find its way into my posts very often. I will attempt to fix that.

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"They could be fascist anarchists. It still doesn't change the fact that I don't own a car."This post is totally random, as was the fact that my Stumbler brought me directly to the amazing image above this afternoon.I need a day off.

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The beautiful image above is a prototype for a building designed by Vincent Callebaut. It's pretty funky-looking from this angle. Funky is good.The cool thing about it is that it's an anti-smog building. Not only is it built using sustainable materials, it uses green technologies to actually clean the air around it! It's currently being built in Paris and is cover with 250 swuare meters of solar

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I am currently experiencing the worst kind of restlessness. Attempting to multi-task solely within your own brain is counterproductive. I should know. Its 3:31 AM and blogspot uses oldstyle typographic figures as default, nice touch blogspot. really.Today I felt very good about design and I'll tell you why. I have been working with some of my peers on the collateral for the VCU Fashion

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I made this agenda last week and finally got it bound yesterday. I chose the yellow cover after deciding that I wanted a blue bind. They were out of blue.This is one of the inside spreads. I didn't have time to make it extra fancy, but it works. I just needed something to keep me organized. I've decided that there is no point in purchasing designed objects like this one if I can design, print,

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Andy sent me this image earlier this morning. I'm posting it because it is perfect. Two of my favorite treats flawlessly combined. The image is Nick^D's and you can find more delightful cookie monster cupcake variations here.

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So, last semester, Leo Divendal came to VCU Graphic Design for our guest lecture series, Objects + Methods. The students in each section of letterpress were invited to do a week long workshop with him (awesome for them, bummer for me). 5 guest lecturers come each semester and a lot of the designers will do workshops with students. Anyways, next week Jean-Benoit Levy, noted experimental

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I was first introduced to the work of Ronan and Erwan Bouroullec last semester. I am drawn to their use of intricate patterns and elegant execution. Their work maintains a certain graphic quality that I relate to moreso than that of other interior designers. These are images of their new Clouds project.Clouds evolves as you add elements to it, producing a unique three-dimensional effect, coating

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I love cupcakes. I have been asking Andy to bake some for me, but the prospect of this actually happening is beyond grim. He sent me this cute stop-motion animation instead and I wanted to share. Had he actually baked me a cupcake, I would not want to share. It was created by Kirsten Lepore, it's long, but adorable.Speaking of cupcakes reminded me of this brilliant, hand blown cupcake platter by

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I am not addicted to polos, nor have I ever been moderately interested in their existence. I have, however, had this post on my mind for some time now.I read most of Naomi Klein's No Logo last semester (a surprisingly interesting read considering the lack of images and abundance of facts and figures). She talks about brands like Nike, Tommy Hilfiger, and Polo in hip-hop culture."Tommy Hilfiger,

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The inauguration is so close, and I can barely contain myself. I wish my thoughts communicated better with my words so that I could explain the incredible feeling I get every time I consider the possibilities for our country's future. I'm elated. The same hop I found in my step on November 5th finds its way back each time I recall our new president-elect, each time I recall the millions of others

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{IMAGE: www.mediamolecule.com}So, last month, I saw this commercial for a game titled LittleBigPlanet. The definition of cute, Sackboy (pictured) acts as the highly customizable mascot.This month, I received my last issue of Print (bummer). I was confused when I realized that LittleBigPlanet was a feature story. But, the nature of the game could mean new and exciting things for designers. The

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I'd like to start posting some of my own work for critique on here. I will be graduating in May and I want my portfolio to be in tip-top shape. I'll try to post more frequently about current events, design news, and my own stuff. I want this blog to be about design, but design is really about everything!Here is an identity system I designed for wee talk, a speech therapy center for children in

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Myself and a group of 6 other students started this website last semester in our design rebels class. A lot of revisions have been made since I left for break (I can't take credit for any of them, Mike Doughtery and Mark Luetke have been working really hard). It still needs a lot of work, design and content wise, so take a look and let me know what you think...design suggestions, content

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After browsing through bostom.com's first and somewhat depressing installment of "The year 2008 in Photographs," this book, written and illustrated by Dallas Clayton quickly lifted my spirits."There are places in the worldwhere people do not dream...of rocket-powered unicorns,and candy cane machines,of magical watermelon boats,and musical baboons..."You can find the side-scrolling internet

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Chrysler will shut down plants in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico for at least a month starting Friday. This is kind of crazy, you can read about it here at Reuters (my favorite news source).

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I've been trying really hard lately to see the positive side of advertising. Manipulating minds isn't always evil. I stumbled upon this awesome ad for the Lebanese Red Cross, designed by Leo Burnet.

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DeZeen recently displayed this UH-mazing bookcase by Rotterdam-based designer Reinier de Jong. The piece consists of five parts that can expand and contract as the user sees fit.“REK is a bookcase that grows with your book collection. The more books, the bigger the bookcase,” explains de Jong.Not only does this solve space problems for smaller apartments, but it eliminates the eyesore of a

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Found this beautiful font at smeltry.net. It's free, so download it!

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I must have this bookcase/staircase. Almost anyone in immediate relation to me knows this by now. I figured that an item so essential to my happiness should be mentioned here.I read about this brilliant idea on Apartment Therapy a little under a year ago. It resides in a London apartment, designed by Levitate Architects in response to a book storage problem.I will color code my books as well.

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I HAD to post about this home in Wales. I've always wanted a hobbit hole home and I think this is as close as anyone's ever been to achieving the true essence of hobbit living."In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends of worms and an oozy smell, nor yet a dry, bare, sandy hole with nothing in it to sit down on or to eat: it was a

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Here is a free typeface from Thatcher Ulrich. He has released it into the public domain, so go crazy! Send it to all of your friends! Merry Christmas Carissa!

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I spent all day Sunday stringing lights around the front porch and landscape. This job is generally left up to me each year, so I try to make things look fairly presentable. I'm not going to lie, they look pretty legit.Personally, I'm a huge fan of colored lights. Colored lights, if handled correctly, say gingerbread house/winter wonderland. They can say, "We're fun and entertaining, but

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Ok, I should be sleeping. Or doing homework. I just StumbledUpon this awesome street installation by Mark Jenkins. Meterpops. Oh, what a wonderful world it would be if every parking meter was actually a lollipop. I will dream about this tonight.

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Andy showed me this adorable ad for Fuse created by the Brooklyn Brothers. My heart. It's meltingI haven't had a chance to look through all of their other stuff, but they do have some pretty compelling ads for Reuters news source that everyone should check out. I must confess, I am quick to judge the motives implemented by the advertising industry as a whole. After reading up on the Brooklyn

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My dad is a hero. Literally. He recently spent 21 days on a FEMA mission in Texas searching homes for victims of Hurricane Ike. Two days after he returned, my sister and I returned to the apartment to find a parcel of decent size waiting for us. We, of course, hoped for food. Inside, we found two MREs, Meals Ready to Eat. Apparently, the team relied on these a lot when the power was out. My dad,

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So it's a lot harder to find the time to update this than I thought.  I would love to post some really in depth theory or step-by-step instructables, but at this point, that is out of the question.  I'm reading 'No Logo' by Naomi Klein for my Design Rebels class and I just started the chapter entitled "Reclaim the Streets." "Like adbusters, RTSers have transposed the language and tactics of

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This is from an exhibit by Dan Tague entitled "Cash Rules Everything Around Me." The series of folded dollar bills comments on American society and the perceived dishonesty present in the inner-workings of our current government."The appeal and power of money are the issues at the core of this series.  In a capitalist society cash rules everything.  Society teachers us that you can buy love,

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I've been planning to start this blog forever. I have a paper to write and I'm currently doing everything I can to convince myself that there are other, more important things that need to be taken care of first; this blog, for example.  I am not a writer, and am not particularly comfortable with anyone reading the words I write. Alas, I am eager to document the things I love and to share them

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