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‘The video was fourteen months in production. Seven months in notes, research, photography, pre-production, art work and direction. It was then all sent to Philip James Cheaney with full trust and faith and he knocked it out of the park with seven more months of motion work and additional art and direction elements. It wouldn’t work without him. We’re working together under the title of Mur Mur Man Productions’ -DJG

Introducing: The first music video directed (and designed) by my friend, Danny J. Gibson. And animated by Philip James Cheaney.

Video for David Seume’s Will Ya Be My Friend, download the debut single here. From the album It Is What It Is.

Danny’s been working with David Seume since November 2008. Images of DJG’s production art can be found on Flickr. And pre-motion art can be found here.

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‘Guilloché machines (also known as geometric lathes) have been used since the 17th century by watchmakers and goldsmiths, such as Fabergè, for ornamentation.’

Subblue’s Guilloché Pattern Generator.

Found via Nina Stössinger

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‘My currency work originated in California, while I was studying at UC Davis. I was very interested in camouflage at the time. This interest led me to create my first paintings on dollar bills, between 1992-94, in which I camouflaged/painted images onto and into bills. A death in the family led me to the east coast, and faced with the costs of living in New York City on an artist’s budget, I continued to paint on money.’ -HvG

Hanna von Goeler’s My Money, My Currency series. Details (and more work) here.

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Mo money! Richard Smiths’ Dollar ReDe$ign Project. See more here.

Click on images to jump/for design details.

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Gallery of experimental redesigns of US money, here.

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These days, I get really depressed when I look the design of US money.

At least the one dollar bill is going to stay the same (not worth counterfeiting), but gads; new money we have: so ugggly. Tiny gold 20s floating everywhere. Horrid layouts, random mismatched Helvetica number on the back. Bleeeh.

The Art of Money author David Standish picks the ‘top 10 most beautiful bills’ from around the world – check out the slideshow here.

And
Here’s a look at the color – and current, um, design – of US money at COLOURlovers.

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The Words of Barack Obama, designed by Hyperakt.

Click to view larger/jump.

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‘Ten steps to becoming the designer you want to be’

Thinking about being a designer?

Here’s a great article at the GOOD site by Laura Seargeant Richardson – go here and read up. There’ll be a quiz later.

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Typographic furniture by Calagary-based Pallette Industries. Details here.

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‘Although clothing, electronics, furniture, office supplies and books and magazines sell more often online, overall the majority of U.S. purchases still take place in brick-and-mortar stores’

Details here.

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‘The lettering was based both on Mayan hieroglyphics for their shape and grid-like structure and the hand painted lettering found on signs all over Mexico’

Designer Mike Abbink and Paul van der Lann’s Deuno Sans, designed for El Banco Deuno (One’s Bank) in Mexico. Details here.

Unfortunately, Deuno is not available for licensing.

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