N O U N : A design blog by Oliver Oike

via Craig Rennie.

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Order here.

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Professor Philip Zimbardo conveys how our individual perspectives of time affect our work, health and well-being. Time influences who we are as a person, how we view relationships and how we act in the world.
Found via Caterina.net

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Nice evolution of interactive periodical UI design, jump-started by the iPad.
Joe Wilcox from BetaNews recently retracted his criticism of the iPad, and made specific mention of the oft-heard criticism that it’s “…the CD-ROM of 2010…”

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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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How did I miss this? The last show I saw before moving back to Winnipeg from Vancouver in 2003 was Blur, and it was one of the best shows I’ve ever been to: a mature band, at the tail end of their run, in perfect form, running through an extra-long set of their best, in [...]

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I have the good fortune of attending ICOGRADA’s Design Week 2010 in Vancouver at the end of April. The GDC is a Host Partner for the event, and a few good friends have been logging a ton of extra-curricular hours to ensure a world-class event. I’m really looking forward to it (not to mention the [...]

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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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Zoinks! This is amazing. Wish I could see it in person.

More here. And a video of it action:

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Where the Hell is Matt? (2008) from Matthew Harding on Vimeo.

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With a new school year hiding on the other side of this long weekend, and the official beginning of “clients start calling” season, I offer a last hurrah, a doozy from 1978: “September,” by Earth, Wind & Fire.
Do you remember the 21st night of September?
Love was changing the minds of pretenders
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Fun! I can’t decide who has the nicer letterforms.

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Ok, I guess I can’t ignore this any longer. Tay Zonday is clearly insane, but may be a genius (or at least smart enough to listen to the right people). The original video showed up in April, and caused a firestorm of disbelief and laughter as it spread across the web: was this for real? [...]

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