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Interview with calligrapher Julien Breton (in French, above); Virtual calligraphy v.0.1. performed in real time with the Digital Slaves (below).

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IKEA Heights from DaveAOK on Vimeo

‘A Melodrama Secretly Shot Inside the Burbank IKEA.’ More episodes here.

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Jonathan Keifer is a writer. He once reviewed a design exhibition I was involved in by saying, ‘Roughly a shitload of images  . . .  Get there.’

‘Documentary-Watcher Man’ (above) is Jonathan’s take on documentary cinema.

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‘Charting the intersection of Rural America and Contemporary Graphic Design’

The film about the Hamilton Woodtype Museum is making the rounds.

Official site here. Pictured: promo prints for the documentary.

Found via “JE NE SUIS QU’UNE PAUVRE PLUME…”

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The Juan MacLean, Give Me Every Little Thing music video

Found via Jason Malmberg

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‘Their accent is virtually undetectable.’

Typically later in the show, SNL does the odd stuff. I like the odd stuff.

Tonite’s show also featured some really great stuff from Lady Gaga (love those rings!)

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Japanese trailer for the 1967 French TV ‘comedie musicale’ Anna
Starring Anna Karina and Marianne Faithfull

Found via David Gauthier

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Typembrya by Oded Ezer on Vimeo

Typembrya is a personal homage to Herb Lubalin’s famous Mother & Child logo (seen below). This is the third experimental project in the ‘Biotypography’ series by Israel-based designer Oded Ezer. For more info, please visit his site here.

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Tom Waits’ Eggs and Sausage animated by Jackie Lay on Vimeo

Found via Drawn

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Trailer for Doug Pray’s Art & Copy

Premiered at Sundance. Coming to a place near you. Details.

And here’s the review from Entertainment Weekly  . . .

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Google conspiracy theory animation by Ozan Halici & Jürgen Mayer. Bachelors’ Thesis at the University of Applied Sciences, Ulm, Germany.

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