Archive for April, 2008

King David - big in Europe

16th April

2008

The Hoff - loved by everyone, especially Europeans.

The Vespa isn’t Evel

15th April

2008

Dentsu Canada has created a fun new campaign for Vespa.

He likes big noses and hats

15th April

2008

London based artist Migy is a talented illustrator, animator and painter. His website boasts an abundance of niceness; there’s even a shop too.

Migy has done some great animation work, but it’s not particularly easy to find on his site. So, to save you the bother, dear reader, why not check out this, this and indeed this.

Bravo that man.

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Supermundane updates

14th April

2008

The Supermundane website has been updated with much niceness. It’s jolly nice - my digital niceometer is registering a solid 8.5. High fives to Anorak for the tip-off.

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The beautiful game in chrome

9th April

2008

GRO design and Tim model makers have collaborated to create 11, a futuristic table football table due to be unveiled at Milan Design Week 2008.
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Fonts of the year

8th April

2008

Better late than never - Typographica’s favourite typefaces of 2007, from such luminaries as David Berlow, Ellen Lupton and Erik Spiekermann.

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Barcode artwork

4th April

2008

Fully functional bar codes from Japan.

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Google says bye to 300 staff

4th April

2008

Following its acquisition of DoubleClick, Google is cutting 300 staff. More info from the Guardian.
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The Urbantine Project

3rd April

2008

The Urbantine Project competition offers unrecognised architects the opportunity to showcase their ideas three-dimensionally during London Design Week. The brief is to design a solution to the issue of rapid change in the 21st century workplace, with an emphasis on communication and technology.

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