Food for thought‘[...] do not think that good design can make a poor product good, whether the product be a machine, a building, a promotional brochure or a business man. But [...] good design can materially help make a good product reach its full potential. In short, [...] good design is good business.’
Thomas J. Watson Jr., IBM CEO

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February 26, 2008, 1:49 PM

Beautiful. More photos with geiko from Kyoto.
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(thanks Alin for the tip)

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Design Books – Flickr Sets

, 2:24 AM

Flickr may be annoying many times (especially since you can’t post images larger than 1024px anymore – unless you go pro), but it sure holds a lot of great stuff. Insect54 (gotta love web2.0 nicknames :P) hosts a few gems, photo sets of some great design books, most of them about the insanely talented dutch designers.

Take a look:
Dutch Graphic Design set
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This page shows work by Tel Design from 1972:
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Wim Crouwell
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Modern Publicity
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Graphis collection
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Take your time, watch how things should be done. Learn if you can.
And as always, normal designers copy, great designers steal ;)

(via Ministry of Type)

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Typanimals

, 1:40 AM

This zebra typo is simply superb:
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Check out the rest of the “typanimals” by Jeremy Pettis.

(via Ministry of Type)

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Killer Bean Forever

, 12:51 AM

I can’t believe they’re making this :)) Killer bean was a short animation that everybody had and showed everybody some good years ago. It was pure fun, just like Doom or Duke Nuke’em was. Check out the site for more details.


Killer Bean Forever – Official Trailer – video powered by Metacafe

(via Animwatch)

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To ski or not to ski

February 25, 2008, 2:31 AM

These are so beautiful that I’d almost keep them only on my wall as paintings. Might sound like some Star Wars robot name, but 4FRNT have some killer skis, wonderfuly illustrated by Abe Kislevitz (check his site for awesome details and other models). I’d sure love to have a pair or two :)

These are the MSP, 2008 edition:
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and here’s a close-up:
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The true face of the universal man

February 24, 2008, 5:22 PM

This is the fearsome truth of what we are evolving into. Period. But whatta hell, at least we’ve got beer. Cheers! :))

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(via Jason Hong)

Later edit:
get your own Homer Universalis poster here :D

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Evil looming over Caraiman

, 2:00 AM

Just had a “ski-and-run” day in Predeal. Great day, in spite of the wetness of the snow. Drained me out though…

Evil cloud looming over Caraiman – brought the rain later in the evening :(

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And it all started innocently like this:

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Bigger pics on my flickr here and here.

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Escher's maddening illusions come to life

February 21, 2008, 4:09 PM

Echochrome is a new game by Sony for PS3 and PSP. Using Escher-like puzzles and environments, it seems to be “infinitely” fun. Made in Japan.


(thanks Arpi for the tip)

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Jew Jitsu – oldest trick in The Book?

February 20, 2008, 1:22 PM

Hilarious pun and photo. This must be a part from the forbidden chapters of the Old Testament. Asians would never see this coming :))

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(via Hai-Hui, thanks go to Gigi)

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Cats Let Nothing Darken Their Roar

, 1:47 AM

Superb title and neatly looking typo for this calendar. Noa Bembibre has some more nice works on her website. Check her out.

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(via FFFFound)

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