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I Can Read Movies

I Can Read Movies

These 1960s-style paperback covers actually show off contemporary movies including Shaun of the Dead and Big; made by Mitch Ansara, they’re a funky blend of cinema and literature.

389 Years Ago Poster

389 Years Ago Poster
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Death and Taxes poster creator Jess Bachman is back, this time with 389 Year Ago; it’s a slick typographical homage to the Obama presidency and African American history.

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Video: Lightwriting

Video: Lightwriting

Created by the wizards over at LICHTFAKTOR for a cinema ad, this lightwriting video is some of the slickest light art we’ve seen; look for the cool “bicycle” at about 40 seconds.

Art: Zombie Playground

Art: Zombie Playground
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Thanks to popular demand, artist Jason Chan’s Zombie Playground is now available as a print; we’ll bet on a gang of rabid third graders over the undead hordes any day.

Art: Loworks Pair

Art: Loworks Pair
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Made by the Loworks creative agency, Pair is a canvas-wrapped print mounted on wood panels with archival quality pigment inks; it’s limited to 20 and signed/numbered by Haruki.

Art: Tomas Schneider

Art: Tomas Schneider

A twisted take on the famous duck/rabbit optical illusion, Tomas Schneider’s Business As Usual is a mixed media piece about warmongers with ceramic bronze, brass, wood and sand.

Milky Way Transit Map

Milky Way Transit Map

Created by Harvard’s Samuel Arbesman, this Milky Way Transit Authority map was inspired by a reading of Carl Sagan’s Contact and applies subway mapping on a galactic scale.

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Shoot the Baddies

Shoot the Baddies

Finally, some targets geeks will appreciate: Olly Moss’ has a sweet “Shoot the Baddies” graphic that features our favorite movie and game villains. Note: vote for it at Threadless.

Origamu by Mu Pan

Origamu by Mu Pan

Mu Pan’s Origamu paper sculptures make our paper cranes look positively lame; these intricately crafted pieces have a grace and fluidity that improves on traditional origami.

3.5 Inch Floppies Poster

3.5 Inch Floppies Poster
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Our days of swapping floppies are long over, but Antrepo takes us back with these posters; it shows how many 3.5″ floppies it’d take to install modern apps like iTunes and Photoshop.

Private Moon

Private Moon

Next time you promise your lady the moon, do it for real with this portable Private Moon by Russian artists Leonid Tishkov and Boris Bendikov; it’s essentially a lightbox made out of pine.

eBoy Peecol Toy Poster

eBoy Peecol Toy Poster
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Our favorite artist of insane details is as it again: eBoy’s Peecol Toy Poster is droolworthy, with nearly 100 characters ranging from space aliens and robots to Playboy Bunnies.

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Wandering Off Into Space

Wandering Off Into Space
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Easily one of the most prolific artists around, Chuck Anderson has released Wandering Off Into Space, a gorgeous 64-page book filled with his art; it’s limited to 2k pieces.

Godzilla 3-D Poster Art

Godzilla 3-D Poster Art
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Few monster films are as revered as 1954’s Godzilla, and this innovative 3-D Poster (part of the Real Artwork Series) brings the venerable kaiju film to life; it measures 11.5″ tall.

Web Stencil Kit

Web Stencil Kit

A perfect gift for web and UI designers, Design Commission’s Web Stencil Kit includes a stencil, mechanical pencil and browser chrome sketchpad (W3C compliant, no doubt).

Zeroperzero Railway Maps

Zeroperzero Railway Maps
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A pair of information design artists, zeroperzero takes railway maps from Seoul, NYC, Tokyo and other metros and turns them into awesome-looking (yet functional) wall posters.

Robocop Poster

Robocop Poster
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If you liked the Robocop baddies portrait, this Robocop Poster by Tyler Stout will knock your ED-209’s off: it’s printed on real sheet metal. Click here to get the paper version.

Cartoon Particles

Cartoon Particles

Deconstructing Disney characters may seem disconcerting, but M. Hofko’s Cartoon Particles are a quirky 3d look at the basic building blocks of our favorite ducks, dogs and mice.

Glow in the Dark Graffiti

Glow in the Dark Graffiti
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Kids, vandalism is BAD, but this Glow in the Dark Graffiti available at Generate makes for intriguing “artistic” endeavors; it comes with a bright LED light near the nozzle to charge the paint.

Interview: The Lost Thing

Interview: The Lost Thing

Known for his fantastic illustrated children’s books, immensely creative artist Shaun Tan gives us a glimpse into his life in this interview for his animated film, The Lost Thing.

Lunch Bag Art

Lunch Bag Art

What a devoted (and creative) dad: Lunch Bag Art is the work of a talented father who creates a new lunch bag every day for his kids; send him some Twitter love here. Thanks, Jimmy!

TwoFour Shadowboxes

TwoFour Shadowboxes
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Armed with little more than an X-Acto knife and mad screenprinting skills, Kenn of TwoFour’s three dimensional shadowboxes of skulls make for some awesome bachelor pad art.

Unity T-shirt

Unity T-shirt
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Despite an all-seeing eye with Illuminati overtones, Anthony Aguero’s Unity t-shirt has only good intentions: the sharp graphics perfectly match its “Unity Through Art” message.

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