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A state normally known for liberal politics, perhaps the boldest statement is the 252-foot billboard by Lansdowne Street overlooking the Mass. Pike.

For the past 13 years, activist John Rosenthal has decorated the edifice with a series of direct, bold advertisements for gun control.

The newest billboard features a satirical gun show advertisement.

STOP HANDGUN VIOLENCE is a non-profit organization committed to the prevention of gun violence through education, public awareness, effective law enforcement and common sense gun laws. With 83 gun deaths in the U.S. everyday—more than Columbine and Virginia Tech combined—it's time we start putting lives before politics. We are not calling for restrictions to our Constitutional Rights, but just common sense legislation that will help save lives. View Site.

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Dutch designer Iris van Herpen takes inspiration from industrial smoke in her latest collection.


Dazed Digital: What was the inspiration for your collection SS09 collection 'Refinery Smoke'?
Iris Van Herpen: I have been passing refineries many times in my life, the grey, tragic look of it inspires me, especially the beautiful fluently crawling smoke, which is so beautiful when looking at it, but you get this stange feeling because it should not be there. I tried to capture the look of the industrial smoke together with the contradiction of the refinery. I also wonder if we will always be wearing clothes/fabrics, or would it be possible in future to wear other substances like smoke?

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Iris Van Herpen S/S 09 'Refinery Smoke' backstage photography by Joost Vandebrug

Many years ago... right..... now! I was born in a little town somewhere in the UK.

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More work from the US based studio MK12 - don't you just love it....

History Of America Trailer #2


MK12 - The Kite Runner Opening Titles


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Square Eyes!

Helvetica - a documentary film by Gary Hustwit is a feature-length independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type. Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.


Interviewees in Helvetica include some of the most illustrious and innovative names in the design world, including Erik Spiekermann, Matthew Carter, Massimo Vignelli, Wim Crouwel, Hermann Zapf, Neville Brody, Stefan Sagmeister, Michael Bierut, David Carson, Paula Scher, Jonathan Hoefler, Tobias Frere-Jones, Experimental Jetset, Michael C. Place, Norm, Alfred Hoffmann, Mike Parker, Bruno Steinert, Otmar Hoefer, Leslie Savan, Rick Poynor, Lars Muller, and many more.

Helvetica is now available as a digital download for USA iTunes users.
For more information about the movie, visit www.helveticafilm.com

R27 have been updating Fitstuffs communications for a while now ranging from direct mail to ads. We're currently working on their new xml-based website, new customer bags which will be seen all over Surrey very soon and running shirts will which be available to buy in-store in the near future.


The website (above) is work in progress, while their marketing comms are in circulation now.



Fitstuff | Guildfords Running & Fitness Specialists | 25 Chapel Street | Guildford | Surrey | GU1 3UL | T: 01483 533133 | E: info@fitstuff.net

We've just completed the design and production of The Trade Parts Specialist Incentive Programme website and launch collateral. The scheme was designed for all Trade Parts staff employed within Volkswagen, Seat, Skoda and Audi

Website: Login Page


Membership Card


Launch Booklet

Let the Lab upload your corporate brochures, magazines and documents so your customers can view them instantly. To view an existing demo of the Flipping Pages simply click here [+]



Flipping Pages | R27 Creativelab

The Tandberg See: green Campaign is now running. R27 were brought in to support and create numerous animated banners and electronic direct mails (EDMs) which will be translated in numerous languages.

Incentive Programme website and launch collateral. Design by R27 following the groups corporate guidelines.

Website: Login Page


A5 Launch Book and Membership Card


Launch Enverlope

A few more samples of illustration work created by the Lab.

Title: Dreamscape

Title: Save the last dance

Title: Form + function

Go to the main site to view the portfolio to date.

The global design firm touts its first site overhaul in seven years.

IDEO project lead Valerie Casey and her team have revamped their company's website to provide an all-encompassing view of its culture, one she herself describes as "transparent, messy and highly creative."

In doing so, Casey & crew have bathed IDEO.com in tiles of assorted, pink-coated web pages that are tethered to three specific sections of the site. Each of the three sections is highlighted in black on the landing page and cover in-depth everything from IDEO thinking, its creative culture and featured work to news, R+D innovations and its various services.

As a little shortcut, by mousing over any of the three black tiles, you’ll highlight a specific group of pink pages that you can directly access without having to scour through each section.

Go to the Web site


Client: IDEO
Design: IDEO
Project Lead: Valerie Casey
Lead Designer: Jeffrey Nebolini
Content Manager: Liz Armistead
Co-Development: Solspace
Developer: Mitchell Kimbrough

Friday is Matrix day



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A scene in Pulp Fiction represented with Typography and you can probably guess which scene, it would've been rude not to...



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The Devil's Advocate - Al Pacino's speech on GOD all in typography



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A famous scene from the classic film, Full Metal Jacket, typography is used to illustrate a heated dialogue between a Sergeant and a Soldier in a station bumper for AMC, American Movie Classics.



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From Monday to Friday we'll be showcasing typographic treatments to movie dialogues from various designers starting with Ocean's Eleven



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Typolution: Film d'animation typographique minimaliste à saveur environnementale, rythmé par la chanson «Nostrand» du groupe Ratatat réalisé par Olivier Beaudoin, designer graphique;

Time: 08:00 PM | Date: 08.08.08
It has begun... click here

Ads from an advertising campaign "Sony walkman mp3 player (Subway map)"




Credits:
Client: Sony
Agency: Saatchi & Saatchi, Sydney
Creative Director: Steve Back
Art Director: Eron Broughton
Copywriter: Steve May
Retouching: Electric Art
Print Production: Jeremy Devilliers

Reference: A History of the London Tube Maps

Melissa | Zaha Hadid - Zaha Hadid has designed a pair of sleek red wedges for Melissa in her signature fluid style and using the brand's patented injection moulding technique.



Zaha Hadid, a notable architect which is recently famed for her Chanel Mobile Art collaboration linked up with Brazilian eco-footwear brand Melissa to create a shoe. The melissa + Zaha Hadid shoe will be available in eight colorways and sold exclusively at Dover Street Market come September with a kick-off party at London Fashion Week. Zaha Hadid's blog can be found here.


If the shoe fits...