N O U N : A design blog by Oliver Oike

A short peek into the behind-the-scenes world of Pantone. Short interviews with John Maeda, Swiss Miss and more. More info at Creative Review.

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From Keiichi Matsuda. Thanks to Pomo Project for the link.

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I was first introduced to Evan Roth’s work at FITC 2005. He was just finishing up his Masters at Parsons, doing incredibly beautiful work with digitization of graffiti and pulling funny pranks at US Post Offices. He was also running a personal project to become the #1 listing on Google for a unique string of [...]

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My co-worker Kevin (@kevinguenther) introduced me to the Black Harbor this morning, a “collective exploration of Art & Design”, where he discovered the oh-so-lovely Leslie & The Badgers, as showcased above.  A nice way to start the day!
Leslie reminds me a little of another of my female singer-songwriter heart throbs, Jenny Lewis, seen here performing [...]

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Wait a sec — he didn’t ask! 
Despite the obvious theft of my oft-used online name — oo — I find this to be one of the sexier pieces of equipment I’ve seen in a while. Perhaps a test unit sent this way to make up for the oversight? 
via Engadget

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Tee hee. Thanks to Adrian for the link.

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An oldie, but goodie. Something light for the summer, playa:

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Eclectic Method – Long Live The King (Michael Jackson Mix) from Eclectic Method on Vimeo.

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Souvenirs (2008) Three short films which trace the shifting identities of a city called Winnipeg and the people who call it home.
* colour, black & white
* archival photos & sound
* 8 & 16mm film
* Hi-8 digital video, DigiBeta, Beta SP NTSC
* 4:3 letterboxed
* stereo
Created through the Winnipeg Arts Council’s Public Art Program during an artist [...]

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Two beautiful examples of typography in motion, both found via  design fckr.

Flickermood 2.0 from Sebastian Lange on Vimeo
And, this beautiful spot from Mercedes Benz:
http://motionographer.com/theater/mercedes-benz-bas-plus/

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via Motionographer
I feel like I’m watching an animated David Carson layout from 1996. And that’s not a bad thing, because Michael Stipe is great. We saw R.E.M. play in Vancouver in 1995 (with Sonic Youth) and then I had a chance to chat with him at my grad show in 2000.
Still waiting for that [...]

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