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a post a day

it’s certainly been one of the blog trends this year ‘something everyday’ like the wonderful project thirty three which continues to turn up beautiful old vinyl sleeves… or the eclectic collection a day which is nearing it’s completion, like many blogs it will then turn full circle and become paper again in the form of a book next year…

another one i saw recently is US designer ‘john selman’ who is taking a news item from the BBC news website everyday and turning it into a poster…

m / 21-12-2010 09:08 - tags: , , ,  

ideas in a year

for the tenth consecutive december in a row, the ‘new york times magazine’ …has chosen to look back on the past year through a distinctive prism: ideas… and well worth a look it is too some really nice, silly, smart and odd ideas bundled together… as americans tend to say ‘that’s neat’

m / 17-12-2010 09:22 - tags: , , , ,  

emotional spell check

…have you ever sent an email in the heat of the moment that you later regretted? Have you ever received such an email?
(We have.) Imagine software that would auto-correct your messages to eliminate harsh words, smooth over rough language, and magically turn stormy to temperate…

it turns out that the software playfully depicted in this film (by michael beirut) is actually real, sounds handy i tend to do that several times a day, anger management in a box…

m / 17-12-2010 07:22 - tags: , ,  

judged

i really love this cut’n’paste book cover taken from a design project currently on show in london

m / 16-12-2010 13:57 - tags: , ,  

virtual setbuilding

an imaginary underground world hidden underneath every business, all created in cgi

m / 15-12-2010 13:56 - tags: , ,