wildlife and mixtapes. what could be a better combo? illustrations by Helen Eady
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ALEATORY COMPOSITIONS BOOK by Hoagy Houghton
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U.K. based artist Jon Burgerman, best known for his great doodles, has created wallpaper for your home that you can color in or leave as is... We're getting some and inviting everyone over to help us out, as long as they color inside the lines!
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We owe him the twitterific logo. But David Lanham is more than that. Here's a look at his awesome work.
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Awesome new illustration work from pposti! This one is for Paste magazine
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new york based artist ebon heath makes typographic sculptures by cutting out paper letters and hangs them up on strings. unbelievable effort and great art.
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Retro 1971 cook book - Cucina con Amore - by Sophia Loren. Cooking aside, this is THE ultimate 1970's style inspiration.
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FEATUREDIncredible poster illustration/printing works of Jay Ryan and The Bird Machine Print Shop ~ i love all of his animal illustrations, especially this brand new HUM NYE poster set!
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A spectacular concrete house at the top of a hill in Brazil. A beam-like volume with crystal walls offers a panoramic view of the surroundings, with a lovely endless pool. By Humberto Hermeto.
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Baby Phat makes a corset out of Doc Martens to celebrate the brand's 50th anniversary.
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A clever and timely spin on the self promotional mailer by Brooklyn-based interactive studio FreshThrills.
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The Czech design firm ruckl has released a set of glassware with measurements and specs etched in at the factory.
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Designboom wishes all a happy new year with Fred Butlers amazing eyelash shot... wow.
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Rock-et Roll ~ by zo_loft! A foam rocket that attaches to your champagne cork with a streamer with your message attached!
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Andy Warhol Interviews Steven Spielberg.... on a hotel room bed with bianca jagger
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These baLens White Balance lens caps from BRNO provide an easy way that allows you to perfectly set the camera's white balance while the cap is still on.
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FEATUREDWelcoming in 2009 ~ here's a look at how three of us kick started our 2009 with a crazy wander through Topanga's state park ~ check out the amazing sunset, some bizarre finds, and silly night shots!
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FEATUREDNathan Jurevicius' Peleda Owl Wind Up Blind Box Toys by Toy Tokyo!!!! There is the pastel set, and the more vibrant urban outfitters exclusives ~ both are adorable and GORGEOUS packaging!!!
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Listening to your music too loud? Take two of these and call me in the morning! Magic pill earrings!
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The Photographic Dictionary - beautifully simple. “The Photographic Dictionary is dedicated to defining words through the literal, figurative, and personal meanings found in each photograph.” Currently open for submissions.
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To promote their new version of software, Adobe CS4, John Kelly was given free reign to create The Seed : an animated journey through the life of an apple seed.
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Salt to Sill ~ Sweden’s first floating hotel !!!
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Conceptual tattoos from surrealist tattoo artist Jean Francois Palumbo.
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Disney artist, Stef Kardos, is sketching with his iPhone. The miniature digital paintings were done using the Brushes iPhone app. I wasn’t convinced the iPhone would be a useful sketching tool until I saw these (see sketching video)
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the latest video from the super cool and completely lovely LADYHAWKE: she about to blow up everywhere.
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Le dd are designed, developed and made in Italy. The material is washable, treated and certified as anti-bacterial and anti-allergenic, highly elastic and hard-wearing.
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Latinotype is the first commercial chilean foundry. Offers new latino-american typefaces for a small price, with a high quality.
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These UnCut sheets of Smoke & Mirror Playing Cards designed by Si Scott were taken straight off the factory press of the United States Playing Card Company and are extremely limited. Each copy is signed by Dan and Dave.
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Limited edition print of 60 noses drawn from arrest photos by former NY forensic artist Shawn Feeney.
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Chef Jose Andres' new LA restaurant, Bazaar. THE BEST TAPAS, PERIOD. Along with gorgeous Philipe Stark interiors, a bakery, an art gallery and a gift shop, Bazaar is awesome!
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Eneloop Kairo Hand Warmer series is light, compact, simple, and still powerful enough to keep you warm for hours.
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Cocoon Dining Chair ~ Yeah, I really want one of these. From Dupoux Design.
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sametime715.com - A yearlong collaboration of photos at 7:15 from six different artists wrapped up on dec 28
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Fotoopa, flickr user from belgium, shot highspeed photography of water figures, captures water dropping and splashing in perfect frozen detail. vivid colors. action frozen in mid-splash.
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The Plastic Nature is a furniture concept by Dutch designer Alexander Pelikan which exemplifies the connection of the "plastic-world" and the world of wooden furniture.
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In Nufabric they find a way to use their skills and vision to create graphic work that no longer conforms of the purely commercial view of graphic design.
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everyone's been talking about steven meisel's shoot for vogue: but then there's the best of all... a limited edition puzzle art piece. 1000 signed works, find yours asap.
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Ken Anderson uses his talent as a photograph to make his imagination come alive. A great advertiser.
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Great web series from Montreal, Canada. It's kind of Woody Allen meets David Lynch. Watch the first two and you'll be hooked.
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An advent calendar for Obama's inauguration from a former columnist at the Chicago Sun-Times. Great idea and a good way to channel your excitement for this big day...
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A collection of colorful, creative, and beautiful self-portraits by Lucia Holm.
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DariusTwin just created a Light Painting tutorial for Carmine Magazine. Learn how to recreate this super simple and stunning effect.
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Installation by Chris Burden for the LACMA on Wilshire Blvd. in...LA. The effect of the 202 restored cast-iron street-lamps is magical.
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Amazing picture by Bruce Yates named Cheshire Cat Grin.
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Use this to spoon out a portion of fleur de sel. An instant reading gives its mass to the nearest tenth of a gram!
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Collect 'em all! Elfa-bits, Easy Elf, Yule Tide, Santa Flush ... The 2008 Winstanley Holiday cards are everything you need to keep your holiday house stocked.
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"A futuristic designer(code name:Z)infiltrates the mega-design corporation headed by Commander C. Z battles designer drone army. No-holds barred action thrill ride, explosions, decapitations, martial arts mayhem."
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Lake House by MOS Architects. A prefab structure that was towed across Lake Huron, floating on steel pontoons in order to adapt to constant water height changes. The cedar siding integrates the inside of the house with the lake.
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Beautiful series of prints by Pietari Posti. Giant animals roaming around in the city!
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Love this simple Grid Builder tool ~ beautifully simple UI too...
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Trendsetters of the Bearded Northwest - An illustrated history of bearded Cascadia by Thomas Cobb that includes Sasquatch, Sam Beam, Bill Walton and Rip Van Winkle amongst others.
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Color Lovers discusses the Munsell Color System
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creative agency marke23 has designed an amazing spot for the traditional german soccer club st. pauli.
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designer Thomas Forsyth explores the gap between the creative and the rule-bound with Drawing Tops ~ see the video!
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Oooooh Surface Tension's "contemporary arcade coffee tables" now come in a glossy lacquered black! And you can play games, listen to music, view movies/photos, and browse the internet on them!
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New Olympic Ski Jump in Garmisch-Partenkirchen by german architects terrain: loenhart&mayr. The new structure wrapped with translucent polycarbonate has an amazing view at night.
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E15 Kashan Sofa ~ very interesting/clean minimalist... possibly comfy with the right cushions?
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The Rivy Ng Keymaster ~ makes me think it's for the luxurious gym teacher in your life...
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David Lee Roth "Runnin' With the Devil" Soundboard.
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Kazu Kibuishi does have his own website! And there's quite a bit of awesome art there.
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VIDEO3 years and 1704 photos give you a glimpse into the life of a photographer and his circle of friends. Love the song.
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How about designing cool stuff for our Netdiver 10 year anniversary? On-going: 1 inch badge and 4x6 postcards.
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Awesome idea ~ magnetic lenses for the iPhone!
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Inspired by Italo Calvino's Invisible Cities, Nora Sturges' fantastical paintings of the travels and travails of a modern-day Marco Polo are simultaneously funny, disturbing, and exquisite.
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Richard Selesnick and Nicholas Kahn have been collaborating as Kahn/Selesnick since 1988 on a series of complex narrative photo-novellas and sculptural installations.
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michael oliveri's nano-scale landscape photography shows an amaizing look of our world
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Marion Peck and Mark Ryden's short video "Sweet Wishes" is exactly like their art: a little bit twisted and a big bit addicting.
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The 2009 Times Square New Year’s Eve Ball is s a 12 foot geodesic sphere, double the size of previous Balls, powered by 32,256 LEDS and capable of creating a palette of more than 16 million vibrant colors.
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Accident Report Cards by Crowded Teeth - at least SOMETHING will be pretty about that fender bender. Cheap, too!
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Just got two of these big glass measuring cup/beakers at IKEA ~ for only $2.95 each!!! Whether for measuring, giant mug, pens, flowers, or more... love it! and its microwave, dishwasher, and oven safe!
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Fantastic prints by Kazu Kibuishi. Very Miyazaki-esque, always a good thing! He really needs to setup his own website!
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Richard Prince and Wallace Berman ‘She’ Exhibition at the Michael Kohn Gallery in LA.
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Beautiful packaging for the Aqua Teen Hunger Force box set. Even more lovely on the inside.
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I'm not a radio too! Minu Tuner is a minute edition of Time tuner. Same style, same base of design but more colourful touch and more digitalized.
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Blogs, graphic design, art and its commercial vocation, Luke Williams gives us his opinion, in a mini interview. Take a look at his work.
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The old saying "Sex Sells" never gets old! Simple and creative video by Burak Kaynak.
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Arwey Functional Notebook Collection focuses on the unique plainness, functionality and aesthetics… Color options are great!
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Some nice projects in the portfolio of Rob Millington.
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Mantis project is recycling cigarette filters into textile fibers, which are used to knit cool garments. The new fabric,10% recycled filters and 90% natural fibers.
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New photography work by Annie Leibovitz featuring Cate Blanchett for Vanity Fair.
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Artist Aurel Schmidt's "Supernatural" print is now available in a 6 Foot Long version. The detail is amazing.
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A trip into 4500 still photographs, urban landscapes meet pastoral scenes, creating a whirlpool around the theme of the video: the subjectivity and urban life in stop motion.
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New York City will soon be updating its streetlamps with new super-efficient LED units that stand to reduce the city's power usage by 25-30 percent.
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Christmas shop window made with 100% recycled cardboard. By Remedios Vincent.
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Rainer Elstermann series "Old Masters", recreates classic art icons, but replaces the originals models with children.
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Marc Newson tableware for Qantas. The cups are a great example of simple but functional design.
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nArchitects villa for the ORDOS 100 project. An Inner House within an Outer House, that combines two distinct spatial and thermal conditions, through a layered system.
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FEATUREDNOTCOT Prompt of the NVIDIA contest! Win an Nvidia Quadro CX Accelerator and CS4 Master Collection (valued around $4,500!!!) ~ which makes your work lightning fast! Just snap a pic or video messing with scale... giant toys? tiny people?
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The Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre in Canada by HBBH Architects is a delicate piece of architecture, covers the British Columbia landscape, featuring the longest rammed earth wall on...earth.
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The 100 Most Popular Photoshop Tutorials 2008
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Noteboek, an animation by Evelien Lohbeck that recently won the prize for best NOFF-film 2008 a the Netherlands Film Festival.
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“Trippy bliss” indeed! Soothing, sensually intoxicating … look at Pipilotti Rist's hot, womanly transformation of the normally cerebral, rationally cool MoMA interior.
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ARTINFO's top 5 (actually, 6) stories from an exciting and turbulent year, including a photo gallery of some of the corresponding images like this one of Beijing's National Stadium.
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Artwork submitted to the 2008 No Comply skateboard artshow is now online. Fantastic work from 70+ artists.
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FEATUREDThe Steelcase Leap ~ no that's not it ~ but how awesome is it to see the models they used to test and fine tune the super ergonomic features? Also check out the closeups and hands on pics with my review ~ coolest box too!
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A pedestrian bridge in the chilean countryside, with an interesting shape that can be seen as a tipsy boat in the bay, a beauty queen tiara, or an archway to town... by Enrique Browne.
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The Seven Rules of Astronomy Poster by Jody Avirgan & Noah Rauch
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DPW ADK ~ the upcycled adirondack chair by Jeffery Gerlach and Andrew Stanley of Syracuse University Interaction Design
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How awesome is it that Dogfoose Illustration has taken illustrating materials for kids magazines to the next level by using SCANNED PRODUCE for textures??? See the broccoli?
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Strangely drawn to this "Peeling Impala" shirt by Das Monk ~ artwork by Tim Laing
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Manifest Hope!!! Huge art show Jan 17-19 in DC, and NOTCOT will be there covering it! Help by submitting your hope filled works now for a chance to be a part of the festivities! Quite the judging panel too...
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A dynamic shape for the Block 16 building on the Koetsierbaan waterfront is accented by the fish scale-like cladding.
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Gorgeous piece "Educacion publica" by Guillermo Jones
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Wow Kevin Stonge turned the old texas instruments' Speak & Spell from when we were kids into a flash game! Too bad he didn't use a real picture for the main image...
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For all those Xbox achievement lovers ~ "Achievement Unlocked" the flash game! With an adorable elephant...
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The crew of Coraline is sending out 50 secret suitcases filled with mystery to various bloggers... ASIFA - Hollywood Animation Archive is collecting up links and images of each one... only 22 found so far!
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Radio Flyer's Cloud 9 prototype is like the hi-tech concept car of pull wagons! Complete with seatbelts and cup holders!
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The anticipated Royal Mail British Design Classics stamps will be available January 13th. But, the Royal Mail has also announced that they will release a new stamp series every month of 2009, including a series on Post Boxes, Darwin, and Mythical Creatures.
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Serbian born, Brooklyn based photographer Boogie's
incredible documentary photo work.
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Spanish designers Luzinterruptus have completed a guerrilla lighting installation in a Madrid street. Lamp Shades!!!
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We just ordered the awesomest vintage Glögg bowl and cup set for our future batches of NOTGLÖGG! (or cider, or punch, or....) You can even put a tea light under to keep it warm!
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Roof Ray! This little web 2.0 widget helps you calculate and estimate how much sun/energy your house could potentially collect and save you! Nice mash up with google maps to let you outline your house and choose slant direction of your roof
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Crab Pulsar Wind Nebula Photo! Yesterday's NASA Astronomy Picture Of The Day
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Clever advertisement campaign from O&M Beijing for Motorola Ming8 GPS.
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Voice Stick is an advance optical character recognition scanner designed to make all books available to the visually impaired. By Sungwoo Park
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History of communication through the iconic television schedule grid.
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Howard Mcalpine's imagination has no limit. Great work from this british advertiser.
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Andrej Balco's latest photographic project looks at the relationships between the very rich of Rio de Janeiro and the domestic servants in their homes
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Creative posters and graphic designs by Marilyne from Graphicwand.
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the work of the artist tony regazzoni: sculptural and sex laced. the young artist projects dynamic sexual tensions and beauty in form from his pieces. he's a french based up-and-coming artist
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To promote two different vintages for Dom Pérignon champagne, Karl Lagerfeld teamed up with Claudia Schiffer in 2007 and Eva Herzigova in 2006 for some very sexy (albeit sexist) photo campaigns.
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Drybike makes a hands-free umbrella mount for your bicycle.
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Great room drawings by artist Christine Rusche.
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A great action short utilizing The World Of Warcraft!
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David Bowie curated this video art installation created by Alpay Kasal of blog.LitStudios.com as part of the Highline Festival in New York City
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Garrett Davis and Kirsten Lepore produced almost 40 lbs of drawings for their charming music video "Story from North America".
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VIDEOJoanna Peacock performs a guerilla fire street art show at the closing party of Mutate Britain.
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