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The Look of Jazz Albums

The Look of Jazz Albums

Vox video producer Estell Caswell digs into the design language of album art from Blue Note Records, and how one graphic designer, Reid Miles, working with the photography of Francis Wolff – was responsible for many of the most iconic jazz album covers of all time.

SNL: Papyrus

SNL: Papyrus

Ryan Gosling stars in a hilarious sketch that will be most appreciated by graphic designers, as he portrays a man who just can’t seem to get over the fact that James Cameron’s blockbuster Avatar used the Papyrus font for its subtitles and logo.

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Graphic Means (Trailer)

Graphic Means (Trailer)

Briar Levit’s Graphic Means is an upcoming documentary that will explore the history of graphic design production and desktop publishing, starting from the meticulous analog processes of the ’50s to the instant gratification and one man operations we have today.

Graphic Design Before Photoshop

Graphic Design Before Photoshop

With the increasingly digital world of image creation, Sean Adams of Lynda.com revisits just what it took to create layouts before tools like Photoshop, Illustrator, and Quark Express existed. Who remembers Letraset rub-ons?

IKEA Men

IKEA Men

Designer Sedki Alimam took the iconic IKEA assembly manual guy and transformed him into various pop culture characters. We like the idea of an army of IKEA minions to help assemble our furniture. Show your appreciation on Behance.

The Art of the Side Hustle

The Art of the Side Hustle

(NSFW: Language) Jared Eberhardt’s two-part profile of the jaunty graphic designer and entrepreneur Aaron Draplin, co-founder of Draplin Design Co. and Field Notes. Your Pinterest board’s got nothing on his piles of junk.

Asura Playing Cards

Asura Playing Cards
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The mythical Chinese and Hindu origin of the war between the Gods and the Asuras is beautifully portrayed in this 2500-deck limited edition design of Bicycle playing cards from Card Experiment. Uncut sheets here.

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Game of Thrones Sports Logos

Game of Thrones Sports Logos
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Society6 seller Vanadium made sporty logos out of the houses of Game of Thrones. For some reason they’re also available as t-shirts and hoodies, but not as jerseys or uniforms. Go figure.

Magnificient Map of Rap Names

Magnificient Map of Rap Names
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Pop Chart Lab took their ballin’ Grand Taxonomy of Rap Names to the next level and freshened it up with bling. The 39″x27″ Magnificent Map of Rap Names contains a whopping 636 rapper names.

Constitutions of Classic Cocktails

Constitutions of Classic Cocktails
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68 cocktails with corresponding diagrams, mappings of spirits, garnishes, and more adorn this clever signed and numbered, limited edition guide to classic cocktails poster from the Pop Chart Lab.

Kid Identifies Brand Logos

Kid Identifies Brand Logos

Graphic designer Adam Ladd had his 5-year-old daughter look at popular brand logos and say what she thinks they are. Guess which of the four logos above she was able to name.

Brand Memory Game

Brand Memory Game
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Equal parts game, social commentary and homage to iconic logos, the Brand Memory Game has players identifying matching cards based on the colors, style and typography of famous brand logos.

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Movie Poster Templates

Movie Poster Templates

Movie posters have to convey a lot in a small space, so designers rely on certain themes, layouts or designs. Here are a few tried and tested ones, collected by Christophe Courtois.

2012 Time Traveler’s Calendar

2012 Time Traveler’s Calendar
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True time travelers don’t just have the present in mind. Cop the 2011 calendar, or better yet pre-order the 2012 edition. It has 155 references from 95 movies, TV shows, games and comics.

Jamie Oliver Packaging

Jamie Oliver Packaging

We love the eclectic collection of fonts and simple yet playful style that Pearlfisher has used to completely revamp the packaging for Jamie Oliver’s in store food and houseware lines.

Noa Bembibre Calendar

Noa Bembibre Calendar
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We love the bold typography and nonsensical sayings that Noa Bembibre’s calendar has to offer. Sold in an edition of 700, it’s printed in four colors on and finished with black ribbon binding,

Utility Card

Utility Card
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An all-occasion greeting card that works exactly like the Universal Wrapping Paper. Contains over a hundred well wishes, and even comes with a cheat sheet for the extraordinarily lazy.

Duracell Promo Packaging

Duracell Promo Packaging

Spencer Bigum’s concept packaging for Duracell batteries is brilliant in its simplicity. The geeky covers should be a hit with consumers looking to power their game controllers and remote controls.

Glow in the Dark Star Map

Glow in the Dark Star Map
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Scott Benson’s beautiful illustrated constellation map of the northern hemisphere is also a glow in the dark screenprint. It was inspired by the Nat Geo star chart he had in his bedroom as a child.

Fauxgo

Fauxgo

A new blog dedicated to the logos of fictional entities from movies, literature, video games and other media. Created by Tymn Armstrong, who is an accomplished logo designer himself.

Alcoholic Milk Cartons

Alcoholic Milk Cartons

While these aren’t actual containers for booze, it might be fun to show up at your next party taking a swig of Jagermeister, Jack or Absolut from a milk carton, as envisioned by artist Jørn.

USA Map, NY Style

USA Map, NY Style

Dan Abramson’s very amusing map of the USA as interpreted by New Yorkers, who apparently have no sense of geography, seems pretty fair, considering the world revolves around Gotham.

Tutverse

Tutverse

(Shameless Plug) Awesomer founder Sion Lee is back with his latest site, tutverse, with over 8500 hand-picked tutorials, tips and resources for digital artists, easily browsed by application or purpose.

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