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Inspiration in Adhesive Tape

Posted by Miss Cellania in Design, Video Clips on September 28, 2011 at 7:48 am

If you read the New York Times story we linked last week, The Secret to Success, you were probably impressed with the graphics that accompanied the story. They were created by Doyle Partners, and now you can watch how they created those illusions. Laughing Squid has another video showing how they put GRIT in the gymnasium -that one is more realistic. Link

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The Past and Future of Famous Logos

Posted by Miss Cellania in Design on September 21, 2011 at 9:23 am

We’ve brought you the stories of how some famous logos have *evolved, but what about the future? At Stock Logos, we see how some logos become simpler over time, and that trend is projected into the future. Of course, some of these companies are projected to encounter, um, “circumstances.” Link -via Boing Boing

*Previously: Tech, Car, Hollywood, Food, Beer, and Fast Food.

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The Google Doodle Quiz

Posted by Miss Cellania in Design on April 27, 2011 at 3:43 pm

How well do you remember -or decipher- the alterations that Google makes to their logo for special occasions? Test your knowledge with the Google Doodle quiz, from our own social networking expert David Israel. Hey, I scored 58% just by guessing. You will probably do much better! Link

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Fiction Word Clouds

Posted by Miss Cellania in Book & Literature on December 3, 2010 at 9:54 am

Mandy J. Watson took text from ten classic novels and generated word clouds in fonts and colors that portray the feeling of the novel. The results are pictures that are quite familiar to those who have read these works. In addition to The Wizard of Oz shown here, see Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea, The Time Machine, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Picture Of Dorian Gray, and others. Link

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