N O U N : A design blog by Oliver Oike

One of my most treasured albums, and a sure sign I’m older than I care to admit, I see that The Stone Roses are getting ready to re-issue a 20th anniversary edition of their classic,  monumental self-titled album from 1989, “The Stone Roses.”
To celebrate, I offer one of their best songs, on my Top 10 [...]

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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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Fun, fun, fun Japanese goods shop… sections include Art, Fashion, Interior & Toys.
“Tokyocube was founded in 2005, initially with the launch of the Tokyocube Magazine, which was designed to provide people throughout the world with a place to find features, articles and reviews on all the latest to come out of Japan, as well as [...]

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You can’t walk around Vancouver without being affected by Arthur Erickson’s work, and I was especially lucky to have had a chance to work in a studio in one of his buildings (the Evergreen Building on West Pender, now condos).
To me, Erickson’s buildings *are* Vancouver – they engage the geography and climate, the warm tints [...]

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Designer M.S. Corley is seeing a fair amount of success with his ongoing process of re-designing book covers in unexpected and fresh ways. Lots of great stuff to see here.

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Found this post full of  Japanese Type examples. Love it.

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T-shirts re-drawn from old photos of your favourite rock stars. Fun! Visit http://www.wornfree.com/ (Found via: http://nfgraphics.com)

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I missed the boat on this yesterday, but wanted to share a cool Manitoba-related resource called “This  Was Winnipeg.” It’s updated regularly was all kinds of interesting bits & pieces of useful information, photos and observations. Well worth a visit.

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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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I stumbled across this site while doing some typography research. At first I kinda chuckled (have you ever seen a lawyer’s handwriting?) but upon closer inspection, I found it to be a very clear, well-written piece of information. Very useful not only for lawyers, but for any professional not already familiar with typography and communication [...]

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