Friday Likes 21
Serendipitously, today's Likes — coming in from New Zealand, Barcelona, and Middle Earth — all share a hand-crafted element to them. The Great Catering Company We've seen watercolor-y identities...
View ArticleWexler
If ever there was a departure in look from old to new, this is it. Here’s Wexler’s old logo. And the new. A distinctive look for a brave client. I hope it works. Designed by Depot WPF for Wexler (a...
View ArticleDaguerreotype View of Cincinnati
"Possibly the most important American photograph ever taken." The earliest surviving photo of any American city, the magnificent Cincinnati. Yowza.
View ArticleBrockhaus Encyclopedia
A series of graphics for Brockhaus Encyclopedia by Martin Oberhäuser. Lovely compositions of information presented clearly and dramatically.
View ArticleThe Most Wonderfully Ridiculous Movie Computers of All Time
The most wonderfully ridiculous movie computers of all time.
View ArticleMaking of ESB
Open Culture on a long-lost Dutch documentary on the making of Empire Strikes Back.
View ArticleCreative Market
Creative Market is a new online store for handcrafted, mousemade design content from independent creatives around the world. You can buy various templates ranging from websites to flyers, business...
View ArticleUndocumented Immigrant's Tough Choice
A heartbreaking interview with two best friends, one an undocumented immigrant, aired on WBEZ this morning.
View ArticleDave Thomas at Second City
Dave Thomas, of SCTV and Strange Brew fame, will be at Chicago's Second City on October 24-25th. He will be teaching two six hour workshops. He will also be a guest at a Writer's Salon on the 26th.
View ArticleThing Wine Rack
Love this stackable, modular wine rack by Thing. Makes me want to have a wine cellar in my basement.
View ArticleFamous logos in Comic Sans
Russian designer Oleg Tarasov recreated famous logos in the often maligned Comic Sans, just for fun. View more on Oleg’s Behance page. Via PSFK. It’s not a new transformation, though. Paris-based duo...
View ArticleI met Kevin Clash
“If everybody else your age is doing something very different than what you’re doing, there’s always going to be someone saying to you you might not succeed with it, you might not make any money with...
View ArticleWorld's Most Expensive Cocktail
London bartender makes the world's most expensive cocktail.
View ArticleFriday Link Pack
(I met Kevin Clash yesterday. For real.) - I love the South Brooklyn Curiosity Map by Makewell. You can find the printed map at The Invisible Dog or the Brooklyn Historial Society. Or you can download...
View ArticleStone and Spear
Walking the fine line between design, illustration and collage, is Stone and Spear, aka Simon Cook. His pairing bright colored shapes with simple allusions to photomontage, he creates intricate...
View ArticleJames Jarvis' 'Brodown'
"Brodown," a quick piece of MTV branding, animated by James Jarvis. Via Doobybrain.
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