Mail, mail, slow, wonderful mail. Every once in a while you’ve got to utilize our socialized mailbox and delivery person system. And when that happens, you’ve got to go crazy! It’s important to bring the heat with heck-a creative energy. The one you see before you’s made by architect Nick Doermann and it’s got amazing folds and letters and symbols.
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If you have one wheel higher than the rest of the wheels on your lawn mower, you’ll have weird grass. That’s just a fact. Write that down if you’re smart. Then it’s time to look at this triad of posters made out of flyers / classifieds / bulletins. What a wild world we’d live in if everyone knew all about the kerning of the characters.
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Let me squeeze you for a moment on a subject that might vex all of those bloggers who’ve thought of it: time. Post time, original made on date… expiration? Can you post something if it’s old? Can you post something if it was made a long time ago but was never published online before? It’s September 14th, 2009 right now when I post this; consider these things as you look at this poster from 2007.
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In this post-manystuff* internet environment, it seems pertinent upon my person to make a list. A list of all the different ways that a modern graphic designer can hold a poster! When a poster is held correctly, it is done great justice! When a poster is held correctly, it is totally blogged all over the internets!
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As Emigre turns 25, FontFeed celebrates with a big huge post (you’ve gotta click that), and World Famous Design Junkies gets buckwild. I saw this fantastically red book cover that you see above* and said OH my goodness this is a good cover. The colors. The colors are so lovely I can scarcely believe it. This doesn’t happen just every 10 minutes, so I said to myself then that it was time, OMFG!

Time for the very first World Famous Design Junkies color retrospective!
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So I was hanging out on the Japan side of the internet and I happened upon a design team by the name of COMMUNE. They’ve got some lovely designs, some unique explosions of color, and these fabulous New Years cards / business cards. They’re pressure printed! On some book board, no less. That means they are thick. 2mm thick.
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First off, take a peek at this album artwork. It’s newly online, and it’s totally kewl. It’s designed and executed by designer Philip Kennedy for the band Funeral Suits. It’s collage work mostly, with some lovely typography on top. Just so nice!
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It’s “Nova Sans.” It’s by Brazilian Francisco Martins. Check him out on his portfolio site there, or check basically full details below. Hear his words: ” I make a free interpretation of a musical style in forms printing, translating the world of bossa nova, an original print that brings these concepts in their ways.”
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