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August, 2012 Monthly archive

Bike like a New Yorker – a print campaign from Mother New York.

In order to stay ahead of the debate on the upcoming bike share program, BikeNYC, in partnership with Transportation Alternatives, has launched a campaign calling attention to cyclists in the city. Print ads and billboards will be posted throughout publications and city streets supporting the growing bike movement. The ads will also encourage people to visit BikeNYC.org which hopes to become an important destination for the city’s bikers, providing information on events and hundreds of options for social biking. Before long we’ll reclaim the streets, two wheels at a time.

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A nice infographic for a Friday.

(via Swissmiss)

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Michigan-based author and illustrator Mark Crilley has been working on a series of “realism challenges” on his YouTube channel. In his third installment he tackled the realistic drawing of a torn playing card.

(via Colossal)

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Berlin based Julian Charriere and Julius von Bismarck recently collaborated on an interesting and colourful project during the 2012 Venice Biennale. The duo, using a specially created booth and without harm, spray painted pigeons and dyed them a variety of colours. The accents of coloured pigeons permeate swarms of grey in an effort to change people perception of them. Not sure how i would feel about this if i was a pigeon.

(via Design Boom)

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Good advice from Austin Kleon.

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Great! Packaging designed by Williams-Sonoma Brand Packaging Dept.

As part of the new ‘pantry essentials’ line of products within the Williams-Sonoma stores, this package was meant to be a modern interpretation of simple and classic pasta packaging.  The intention was for it to feel high-end and artisanally crafted to highlight the single origin nature of the semolina flour used to made this hand-cut pasta.

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Great new logo designed by Irma Boom for the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, replacing the previous logo by Studio Dumbar, which had been in place for 32 years.

My starting point was the fact that the Rijksmuseum is a national museum with international appeal. The design is clear and powerful and anchors the museum in the present.

(via Creative Review)

 

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