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Sometimes I wonder about things like, who’s going to know how to make a piano in twenty years? Which skills will go extinct when the last generations of craftsmen and artisans can’t pass on the legacy of their trade? Forbes recently reported that despite a stubbornly high unemployment rate, skilled trades top the list of [...]
If you have typography skills, obviously the next logical step is to just start illustrating designer label-dropping Hip Hop lyrics, right? Okay, so it’s a little random but a perfect excuse to ogle some beautiful typography on this fine morning by graphic designer Luke Skinner. His project “Luxury Rap” consists of his hand-drawn lettering in ink [...]
I‘m one of those people that says: “I’ll never get a tattoo“– mostly because I think I’ll always have something higher up on my ‘To Do’ list than having a needle prod my skin for a prolonged period of time, and also because the idea of ‘forever’ is a little too permanent for me, personally. [...]
When it comes to birthdays and other celebratory occasions, for most of us it’s pretty standard to give a greeting card. Even if it’s totally f**king lame and it’s a toss up between a stupid f**king cat with pink hair on the front or a drawing of a goddamn flower with some gold glittery sh*t [...]
Whatever you want to say about Hipsters, we all know their typography skills kick ass. A friend tipped me off about a new Tumblr experimenting with mainstream logos and giving them a new hipster identity. Check out the full series here at Hipster Branding. P.S. If you have tips [...]
Chacho Puebla is an Argentinian creative who works in advertising. He loves typography and his grandmother loves to help him out with his work. It is indeed Chacho’s own granny striking these very lovely modelesque poses for his latest project, Grandmother’s Tips. I think there’s something to be said about her style too (purple tinted glasses + cardigan [...]
The weather in Paris at present is pretty pants. I’m having a rather lacklustre week so far, staring out of the window more often than I should be and wishing I was on holiday already. It would also dandy if everyone immediately ceased posting their beach holiday snaps on Facebook until I have gone on [...]
Somewhere out there is an undiscovered doodling prodigy! A Reddit user recently walked into their
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Apparently Keira Knightley and her co-stars improvised their way through this thirteen minute
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Camping on Mars? Seaside fun with views of Saturn? French artist Djuno Tomsni imagines the perfect
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He was selling custom-made clothing to Hip Hop’s finest for thousands of dollars a piece,
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Every once in a while, a fashion brand does something that stays with you and swims around in your
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I‘m not an art buff. I just like what I like and save it as my desktop background image or,
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Sometimes I wonder about things like, who’s going to know how to make a piano in twenty
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If you have typography skills, obviously the next logical step is to just start illustrating
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Waiter! There’s a Britney Spears in my coffee! (I knew that was going to be terrible but I
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When was the last time you felt like complaining to your landlord? It seems there’s always
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Mixing Justin Bieber’s perfume and the scent of Jersey Shore’s Snookie with an Eau de
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Shabby chic; it’s a style you either love or hate, but once you get over the copious amounts
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So painstakingly detailed, you could easily mistake these photographs for real life-sized rooms
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What a rare treat it would be to receive something like this today. It certainly makes emailing
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Just look at her. “You know you want me”, is what she’s saying. And it could be
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