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Children In Need music video
Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation

Every year, the BBC airs a Children In Need charity fundraiser. This year they produced a stop motion music video which, for cartoon buffs in the UK, is a pretty big deal. It collects around 120 characters (approximately) from children’s shows from the last 30 (or more) years. It features classics like Paddington Bear, the [...]

11.21.09 / 4:30 AM

Two by Two (1966)
Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation

I got into a discussion with a friend last week about the horrible theatrical cartoons of the 1960s. I call them “drive-in cartoons” because I see no use for them except to be filler at drive-in theaters, allowing time for kids to get concessions or for teenagers to make-out before the main feature. Almost all [...]

11.21.09 / 1:05 AM

Eduardo Recife
BOOOOOOOM!

Drawings by Eduardo Recife. The folks over at Ok Great are gonna sit down and interview him and are looking for questions so send them your questions!

11.20.09 / 6:18 PM

Mona Kuhn / Native
BOOOOOOOM!

Steidl sent over Mona Kuhn’s beautiful new book, Native.

11.20.09 / 5:44 PM

Cafe Moomah Collage Builder
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Two weeks ago G, Ella and I checked out Cafe Moomah in Manhattan and we were impressed. It’s a beautifully designed space for children and their parents. It’s a cozy cafe and an art oasis for little ones. While G and I enjoyed yumme brunch with friends, Ella did a fun art project under the [...]

11.20.09 / 4:52 PM

Griffin + Threadless = one awesome case.
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Add original art from the Threadless community of designers to smooth, sleek shells designed by Griffin and you’ve got one-of-a-kind cases for your iPhone.

11.20.09 / 4:40 PM

Big Rabbit’s Bad Mood
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Here’s a Children’s Book I meant to write about for a few weeks now and I was just remembered of it while perusing StickersAndStuff. Big Rabbit’s Bad Mood is illustrated by Delphine Durand and written by Ramona Badescu. This Big Rabbit is putting a huge smile on my face! This will make it under our Christmas [...]

11.20.09 / 4:03 PM

Bus Tickets
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A blog post on Bus Tickets. Lovely.

11.20.09 / 3:56 PM

Typography by Ronnie Bruce
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Matias Corea shared this video with us at today’s CreativeMorning: Poem by Taylor Mali.

11.20.09 / 3:41 PM

EC: Patagonia Surf Fall '09
QBN - Design Industry News & Discussion

Surf fashion has been overblown for so long that people who don't surf dress more like surfers than we do.

11.20.09 / 3:35 PM

Super Epic Rainbow Cake
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How fabulous is this Super Epic Rainbow Cake? (thank you jessi)

11.20.09 / 2:56 PM

Hyper Island
FormFiftyFive - Design inspiration from around the world

I loved my time studying at Duncan of Jordanstone, but if I was to do it all over again it’d probably be at Scandinavia’s most high-profile creative institution, Sweden’s Hyper Island. I became aware of the course back in The Day while at art college, through one of …

11.20.09 / 2:34 PM

15 Uses for News-Print
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My talented studio-mate Jessica Hische is part of the beautiful “The Newsprint Project“. For $10, you can buy a newspaper full of art from 15 different Brooklyn illustrators.

11.20.09 / 2:23 PM

Bio-Diversity
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Christoph Niemann on Bio-Diversity. Brilliant. Made me laugh.

11.20.09 / 1:35 PM

Nairobi Coffee
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Designed by Mayday | Country: United Kingdom Isolating the ‘N’ from Nairobi not only reinforces the brand name, but it also makes for a nice sophisticated design element for this Japanese line of coffees.

11.20.09 / 1:32 PM

Charlotte Gainsbourg + Beck
BOOOOOOOM!

Charlotte Gainsbourg feat. Beck – Heaven Can Wait. Another brilliant video directed by Keith Schofield. A single frame cannot do this video justice, wow. Lots of William Hundley references, did he help out with it? *EDIT – I guess Schofield made this video without giving any recognition to Hundley which was disappointing to me. Then I [...]

11.20.09 / 1:09 PM

I heart stripes
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How awesome is this Stripy Hoodie currently on sale at Oeuf?

11.20.09 / 1:03 PM

happy friday + feeling like going for a bike ride...
Oh Joy!

...down the Italian countryside! My new bike arrives any day now and thinking of all the fun ways I can accessorize for my outdoorsy adventures. Whether to the market, along the beach, or to a friend's house, a chic helmet...

12.31.69 / 6:00 PM

Pantone Potato Chips
TheDieline.com: Package Design

A great concept every designer can appreciate! Via Thoughtful

12.31.69 / 6:00 PM

If I could have any domain name, it would be…
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Below are some of the answers on today’s ConversationStarter Tags at CreativeMorning. I asked the question: “If I could have any domain name, it would be…” See all of the answers in this flickr set. And here are images of today’s CreativeMorning with Matias at the ADC. (In case you noticed that awesome #fail necklace, [...]

11.20.09 / 12:15 PM