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Apparently Bostonians don't want people to just blindly follow orders, since they went out of their way to explain the reasoning behind the signage I encountered there... Bird sign found in Boston Common. Revolving door sign found on MIT Campus.
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In my ongoing quest to visit all of the 826 Stores I managed to stop by the Greater Boston Research Institute on the one day I had to explore Boston on a recent trip up there. Sadly it was a Sunday and the Institute was closed, but even from the outside it was very entertaining. For those of ...
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My December has unexpectedly filled up with travel related to my Skull-A-Day project. Since these are not really public events I've haven't promoted them, but in case you're interested here's what I'm up to: December 7th: speaking to design students at Syracuse University – Syracuse, NY ...
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Just a reminder that my Design Rebels students are presenting Project Winterfood , an event promoting local in-season food in Richmond, Virginia. The initial event on December 2nd will feature art, free food samples, live music, a raffle, and more to educate about and promote local, in-season ...
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For a while now I've been developing a science-fiction project about a group of anti-corporate space pirates called League of Space Pirates . The main enemy is a giant corporation that's basically taken over everything. A few years ago my friend Charlie Bonét, who is writing material for the ...
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Groundswell Collective is creating a brand new print publication and they're looking for essays for the first issue on "crisis folklore": How we imagine future stories that describe our current time period can give us an alternative glimpse of the cultures we are shaping in the here-and-now. ...
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My home state of Virginia has a program that allows small groups to create custom license plate designs. Several groups that I work with in Richmond decided to pool together to create one to celebrate and promote vegetarianism. The vegetarian license plates would be available in a year or so, ...
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The ad reads "Vegetables are all your body needs" Enough to make you quit the meat? Advertising Agency: JWT Kuwait Creative Directors: Alessandro Antonini, Mark Makhoul Photographer: Tommy Morris Retoucher: Nabil Kamara Published: August 2009 via .
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Once a year I teach Design Rebels , a course on socially conscious design that I created for Virginia Commonwealth University's Graphic Design department. As part of the class the students are required to create a real world group project, based on the themes of the class, that reaches into ...
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Art for Obama , edited by Jennifer Gross & the infamous Shepard Fairy (whose iconic Obama image is still the focus of a court battle ), is an excellent overview of some of the amazing art that was created in support of the Obama campaign for president. Say what you will about what's ...
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Ad Nauseam is a entertaining collection of classic articles and new material from Carrie McLaren and Jason Torchinsky, the main voices behind the brilliantly caustic Stay Free Magazine. I actually met Carrie in the mid-90's after falling in love with the magazine (emphasis on the "zine"), ...
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My friends at Purgatory Pie Press are at it again, Esther Smith has put out another beautiful book on DIY paper craft: Magic Books & Paper Toys . With everyone's eyes on the bottom line these days Magic Books is a perfect antidote to the consumption driven happiness that has been sold to ...
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In the era of major corporations suing kids and old ladies for illegally downloading content and governments using their power to shut down torrent sharing sites Matt Mason's The Pirates Dilemma is a argument for the support of the shadowy folks behind the DIY world of sampling, remixing, ...
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I recently found out that several of my recent pieces are included in the new book from Crescent Hill Books : The Big Book of Green Design. This is the latest in a terrific run of environmental/socially conscious themed books coming out for graphic designers in the past two years*, which is a ...
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I had a very brief trip to Louisville recently and sadly I didn't get to explore much of what seems like a really cool town. I did however walk around the block that my hotel was on and coming through the alley I spotted this small grouping of paper butterflies that appeared to be stuck on the ...
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I was walking by a gas station when I was in Los Angeles (yes, I realize the irony of that phrase) when I spotted a small video screen on the gas pump. I assume it was for advertising, and I'm not entirely surprised that it's gotten to that level, but I have to say they might need to screen ...
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I've made a point of checking out the 826 stores whenever I travel to a city that has one. Happily I had some time on my recent LA visit to check out the Echo Park Time Travel Mart . For those of you that aren't familiar with the 826 project it was created, in part by author Dave Eggars, to ...
