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Toast Bird Feeder
I couldn’t help but chuckle when I saw this Toast Bird Feeder. Granted, I know nothing about birds. And some of you bird enthusiasts might tell me this totally doesn’t work, or might harm he birds. I...
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Camera Obscura
So you know. How to make your own room-sized camera obscura. Via Melissa Pierce.
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Abelardo Morell
Related to the last. "I made my first picture using camera obscura techniques in my darkened living room in 1991. In setting up a room to make this kind of photograph, I cover all windows with black...
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Designing Icons Around Privacy
The couple months ago a person contacted me to help them design a small icon system for an academic paper. The icons were needed to communicate different online privacy settings when sharing content or...
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List
Maybe you ought to get on the Field Notes mailing list. Maybe you ought to do it in the next hour or so. Just sayin'.
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Michael Jordan is a Jerk
In the second essay from the newly-launched ChicagoSide, a sports writing site from FotA Jonathan Eig, writer Ben Strauss comes to the realization that "Michael Jordan is a Jerk."
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Hello, Hello
This Lionel Ritchie "Hello" video composed of movie clips is all over the net today, but I prefer an oldie-but-goodie, "The Hello Experiment"
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Reading Ape ToB
Jeff O'Neal's commentary and handicapping for the 2012 Tournament of Books.
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Rio 2016 Paralympic Games logo
In 2016, the Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place for the first time in South America, in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The emblem was launched a while back, but I just watched the “brand video”...
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For Your Consideration Posters
"Best Original Song: You Sunk My Battleship. Lyrics by Liam Neeson. Music by U2." A collection of For Your Consideration ads that will likely never appear in the pages of Variety.
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Lurpak Spot
Combine Rutger Hauer's narration, some fun copy, and beautiful shooting by an all-time favorite music vid director, Dougal Wilson, and you get this great commercial for butter.
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Opening Title Sequence
Opening title sequences: type on acetate and accompanying music created with 80s toy synthesizer. Via Cranky Pressman.
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Speedball
17th Edition. Eight Pages in Color. Speedball Text Book. Lettering Poster Design for Pen or Brush, by Ross F. George. 1957. Via The Casual Optimist.
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