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note to self: remember to check back here more often

my good friend andrĂ© thijssen has updated his ‘fringe phenomenon’ with some wonderful new imagery including this almost DNA-like ‘slept in’ bed series… plus these ‘frayed’ object details, typical ‘andrĂ©’…

m / 29-11-2012 08:41 - tags: ,  

the birth of a poster

plenty of ‘distressed look’ illustrator tricks on this one

(link via ‘shortlife’)

m / 29-11-2012 08:38 - tags: , , ,  

and… action!

following on from this recent post about album cover locations here is a similar idea from christopher moloney only this time featuring famous movie locations, he prints an image of the scene in question and makes a picture of the print on location, the site is being regularly updated as new sets are discovered… nice

(via the big ‘d’ strijdbosch)

m / 28-11-2012 17:58 - tags: , ,  

private parts

two nice print ideas from a canadian ad agency i hadn’t heard of before: cossette
cervical cancer ads that work particularly well when viewed as thumbnails (which is how i discovered them online) and some clever image cropping to turn a daily newspaper into a burritos wrap for junk food retailer McDonald’s

m / 27-11-2012 08:56 - tags: , , ,  

ordinary things in a new way

some amusing ‘idea doodles’ from art-director david brock, the guy who also created the ‘make something cool every day’ series back in 2009

(link via mister ‘mart boudestein’)

m / 27-11-2012 08:50 - tags: , , , ,