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flip & tumble giveaway

Ninja April 12th, 2010

flip-tumble-giveaway

earth day_flip and tumble

Earth Day is just around the corner (April 22nd). To celebrate, the kind folks at flip & tumble are hosting a giveaway. 5 lucky winners will receive an assortment of flip & tumble’s nifty reusable bags. To enter, just send an email with your address information to contest@flipandtumble.com before April 22. Winners will be announced on Earth Day. Good luck!

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Popular TV Shows as posters

Ninja December 11th, 2009

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Art Director, Albert Exergian, presents his humorous view on television culture. Below are my personal favorites. You can view all 40 posters here.

true_blood

two and a half men

californication

dallas

dexter

knight rider

macgyver

mad_men

monk

nip_tuck

prison_break

scrubs

sexandthecity

six feet under

terminator

the_simpsons

Related link
+ Albert Exergian’s blog

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20 years of French Paper promotions

Ninja December 10th, 2009

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Check out this condensed video of 20 years of wonderful designs by the Charles S. Anderson Design Company for the French Paper Company. For more French promotions, visit the French Paper Sample Room here.

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Emigre sake cups

Ninja December 8th, 2009

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Emigre’s Zuzana Licko is offering up a brand new batch of handmade, one-of-a-kind sake cups. Each set is $20 and can be purchased from her online shop here.

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Emigre No. 70 the Look Back Issue

Ninja December 8th, 2009

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Weighing in at an impressive 5.1 pounds, the Emigre No. 70 the Look Back Issue features 512 pages of selected reprints, including interviews with The Designers Republic, Allen Hori, Rick Valicenti, Vaughan Oliver, Mr. Keedy, Ed Fella, and essays by Lorraine Wild, Anne Burdick, Zuzana Licko, Kenneth FitzGerald, Andrew Blauvelt, Kalle Lasn, Rick Poynor among others.

Bonus
+ 32-Page booklet of Letters to the Editor
+ CD-Rom with music and videos published by Emigre
+ 15 x 20 inch commemorative poster

Preview
Emigre Book 70_A

Emigre Book 70_B

Emigre Book 70_C

Emigre Book 70_D

Emigre Book 70_E

Emigre Book 70_F

Emigre Book 70_G

Emigre Book 70_H

Emigre Book 70_I

Purchasing link
+ Emigre No. 70 the Look Back Issue: Selections from Emigre Magazine 1-69. Celebrating 25 Years of Graphic Design, $32.97

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Wild Type Gear

Ninja December 7th, 2009

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Jos Buivenga of the exljbris font foundry has expanded his empire to include fun type tees! His online shop, Wild Type Gear, features some cool designs (as seen below). You can browse his tee selection here.

wild type gear 1

wild type gear 2

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Neutra Face : An Ode On A Typeface

Ninja December 7th, 2009

neutra-face-an-ode-on-a-typeface

Special thanks to Ophelia for showing me this hilarious Poker Face parody for typophiles. I love the “I’ll mock it up, show you what you I got” line!

You can download the song here.

Purchasing link
+ Purchase Neutraface from House Industries

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Super finds from Supermarket

Ninja December 1st, 2009

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I was browsing through Supermarket the other day, and here are some designer wearables that would be perfect for the upcoming holidays. Purchasing links and prices follow each photo.

give peace a chance necklace
+ Give Peace a Chance lariat, $34.00

Gilded lace necklace
+ Gilded Lace necklace, $34.00

Renaissance Diamond
+ Renaissance Diamond bone china pendant, $60.00

Serotonin necklace
+ Serotonin necklace, $70.00

Good Fortunes necklace
+ Good Fortunes necklace, $70.00

Kern ring set
+ Kern acrylic ring set, $11.00

Moustache ring
+ Just Under Your Nose ring, $45.00

Cicada ring
+ Grande Cicada ring, $50.00

Syline ring
+ NY skyline ring, $140.00

Petal bracelet
+ Shadow Petal bracelet, $35.00

Wave bracelet
+ Wave bracelet, $75.00

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Barbara Kruger: Paste Up

Ninja December 1st, 2009

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Barbara Kruger has an exhibition of her early assembled works at the Sprüth Magers London. These pre-digital pieces, aka ‘paste ups’ were influenced by her experience as a magazine editorial designer. Her pieces are composed of found images with overlaid slogans set in Futura Bold Oblique.

I work with pictures and words because they have the ability to determine who we are and who we aren’t.
–Barbara Kruger

When
Show runs until January 23, 2010
Tuesday – Saturday, 10 AM – 6pm

Where
Sprüth Magers London
7A Grafton Street
London, W1S 4EJ

Admission
Free

Preview
now you see us

best enemy

having fun

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Calculators not required

Ninja November 30th, 2009

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Brooklyn-based writer Craig Damrauer serves up little bits of New Math every Monday morning. His pony equation made my grouchy Monday morning mood vanish. ^_____^

pony

easter bunny

modern art

office coffee

pirate

realist

tv dinner

Purchasing links
+ New Math Modern Art shirt, $20.00
+ New Math Pirate shirt, $20.00
+ New Math: Equations for Living (book), $9.33

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