Deeper That Water, a beautiful stop-motion animation about Earth’s water economy for Columbia University’s Columbia Water Center by production studio Hornet Inc. via Explore.
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Jon Mar 29 Taking the complex and making it beautiful (and compelling)
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Jon Mar 26 Calligrafitti
At JAG, we’ve got a deep appreciation for good typography. Hand-drawn typography, even better. Typography hand-created with a bucket of water and broom on concrete?… brilliant. Street artist Shoe got skills, for sure.
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Jon Mar 21 Birds of a Feather
At SXSWi this year, I felt right at home. Oh, I had never before been to SXSW, and had only visited Austin once before, but it was clear, almost form the start, that this was exactly where I needed to be. For the unfamiliar, SXSW began years ago as a music event in Austin, an [...]
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Jon Feb 21 Just the right amount of wrong
Las Vegas has long been marketed as a caricature of itself. Those marketing Vegas have flirted with the margins of taste and cultural boundaries, re-invigorating it’s “Sin City” moniker and appealing to the oft-unmentionable and alluring parts of humanity. The Cosmopolitan Hotel pokes a little fun at this identity, with a spot first aired during [...]
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Jon Feb 16 Can a font help a city make a comeback?
Good.is recently posted an article, “Can a Font Help a City Make a Comeback?” and is a great example of typography making a real difference. The article links to the Chatype.com site with a clever video telling the whole story. Typographers among you will appreciate the beginning of the video where people are asked what [...]
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Jon Jan 28 Great design: From obscurity to icon
In 1958, Polaroid hired graphic designer Paul Giambarba to re-design their brand. In so doing, their company was forever transformed, becoming an enduring icon in American culture. I stumbled across this brief and wonderful insight at AisleOne, which leads to Paul Giambarba’s fascinating and detailed story of how he went about this branding process. I [...]