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From the most recent SNL. Rahm Emanuel. Trajan. Yeah.

Found via Jeanne Mehallo

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Over the years, I’ve done many variations of each of these.

Found via James Saturnio

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‘Please design a logo for me. With pie charts. For free.’

Here’s another snarky client/designer email exchange, this time between Simon Edhouse and David Thorne.

Read here.

Pie charts included.

Found via Justin Nelson

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‘This is without a doubt the nuttiest, most epic email exchange I’ve ever had with a prospective ‘client’, made more so by the fact I only responded to the guy once and he kept going.’

This isn’t my story, I found it at the Clients From Hell blog.

But  . . .  I’ve had similar experiences. One just a few years ago. Wonder if it was the same guy.

Just read thru the posts. Start here.

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Find out here.

Found via Twitter.com/FontSiteDiva

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Video for N.A.S.A.’s A Volta, featuring Sizzla, Amanda Blank and Lovefoxxx. Directed by Logan, with art by The Date Farmers. From the album The Spirit of Apollo.

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Click on the images to explore/make bigger/jump.

Interactive edition here.

Art by Sean McNaughton, National Geographic Staff; Samuel Velasco, 5W Infographics

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NASA STS-1, April 12, 1981

In 1981, I woke up in the middle of the night to watch the launch of the first space shuttle.

And then they scrubbed the mission.

Had to wake up a second night to see the actual launch (above). I recorded the whole thing on a cassette tape (my first VCR was still a year away). Frank Reynolds of ABC did the blow by blow. It was the Columbia. Got the mission patch when visiting NASA in Mountain View. Star Wars-like lettering for the name (below).

We all thought the shuttle launch would look like what they did in Moonraker (1979). It was a bit different.

Tonight, I just finished watching the launch of Endeavour (below). This is the last year of shuttles for NASA. More stuff on NASA TV here.

NASA STS-130, February 8, 2010

Thx to Shandi Pierzina for telling me about tonite’s launch

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Process imagery, click for larger version/jump

Here’s an excerpt from Tim Brown’s new book, Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation.

More about the book here. Order here.

Tim Brown is president and CEO of IDEO

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Seven rules for understanding design and designers.

Found via sfgirlbybay

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‘Vintage Ads Reveal Fashions And Trends In Type And Commercial Lettering’

Check out Vintage Ad Browser.

And
Great article about how to typographically mimic these looks at The Font Feed.

Found via The Font Feed

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