The Book Design Review lists their favorite book designs from 2008.
Couple weeks ago I purchased Foer's Everything is Illuminated mainly because I liked the cover.
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Clever, brainy ad for a chess tournament.
Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO Riyadh, KSA Creative Director / Art Director: Ahmad Beck Copywriter: Ziad Chehab
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My new t-shirt came with this tag attached to it:
Ah, this never gets old. I found this bug on Ashley Simko's blog:
These innovative chairs from aimed at making office scrums and meetings more efficient comes a 28 page booklet "Fleeting Seating: The Slightly Uncomfortable Chair Collection," an internal project by creative agency Sid Lee and spearheaded by their Montreal creative director Louis-Thomas Pelletier who "realised he was spending a lot of time in meetings."
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Using a wide and creative range of recyclable materials, Brooklyn based Virgil O. Stamps will print your business cards, invitations, and stationary that reflects who you are, and not that of 3M card stock #583B. I want my business card printed on the pages torn from old National Geographic magazines.
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Horrifyingly alluring. It's the stuff of shiny nightmares.
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Whimsical color-it-yourself wallpaper by Jon Burgerman which you can purchase here. It goes without saying, but I WANT THIS.
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By Robert Bolesta, Value Pack
Alphabet made of raw hamburger. Each character hand-shaped, packaged, and photographed individually.
Mmmm...beef font.
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Give the fly a chance with this fly swatter!
Idea: Denis Belenko, Alexandr Braszensiy - Model: Dmitriy Nkolaenko
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Guy walks into the Soho Paul Smith shop (one of my favorite brands if not wayy beyond my pauper budget) and spots one of his designs he posted on Flickr....on a $235 shirt in the store.
I don’t actually feel wronged. I do feel that some designer for the Paul Smith brand committed an embarrassing act of laziness. This should not be excused and I imagine they will be dealt with accordingly. I don’t get a ton of blog traffic but I would be surprised if this didn’t eventually get back to the Paul Smith organization. And Mr. Smith, if you are reading this, Lance and I have always wanted to spend a week in London. Oh, and I am a 42L.
I'd be pissed, but I too would forgive in exchange for a trip to London plus a suit.
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Update: It also reminds me of the album cover art for Wilco's Sky Blue Sky, which is very excellent. If you don't have it, I highly recommend you download it.
Titled "The Unfinished Swan," this tech demo of a puzzle game combined with a first person shooter created by Ian Dallas made my brain explode. Stunning and beautiful. Seriously, watch this. [vimeo 1807754]
This game is expected to arrive in March 2009 on the Xbox 360.
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