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Vintage Swissair Poster signed W Janoswski 59 by colormagickid on Flickr.
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30 of the Best Alternatives to Helvetica
Helvetica is a tried and true typeface. It’s a testament to Swiss design culture, with its clarity, flexibility and outright perfection. This famous typeface is loved for countless reasons, including its ability to take on any feeling, emotion or imagery, which it can do simply because it has no personality of its own.
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Here’s Chris Ware being interviewed on a short arts program called Fear No Art. There are a few moments of awkwardness between the chipper host and the less-than-chipper cartoonist, but we get some great shots of Chris Ware’s studio and get to watch him ink a drawing.
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i love how the water “stains” from the watercolor paint create storm clouds…very powerful cover.
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i’ve always loved the “erased” style of lettering on this poster…you can still figure out what its saying, which is pretty cool. Plus thats just an awkwardly creepy image.
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Because didn’t you ever wonder?
How a handful of famous brands got their names and logos. There! Now you are smarter.
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The X-ray Pinup Calendar.
Medical imaging firm EIZO wanted to come up with a catchy giveaway that highlighted their expertise in “high-precision displays for the examination and diagnosis of radiographs.” The result, dreamt up by German ad firm BUTTER: A pin-up calendar in which women, truly, truly bare all. As the promotion concept puts it, “Very popular among craftsmen but quite new for medics: Pin-up calendars. At last, one which shows absolutely every detail.”
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