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BBC News title design 1

I look at swirling American television news graphics – which include CNN’s uncanny ability to use the wrong apostrophe – with Trajan, voice overs from Michael Douglas, James Earl Jones and Morgan Freeman. Music by legendary movie composers John Williams, James Horner. Dramatic excess.

Amongst all this, the graphics for BBC News are a breath of fresh air.

Here’s a bunch of constructs by designer Michael Wood. Simple, cool intros . . . not quite the real thing (I’ll feature those in part 2), but smoooth.

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Fonte des Meltdèles

Images by Petra Cortright.

Blog here. Interview here. MySpace here. Plus, check out her sparkling videos here.

Very basic tools, intriguing results.

Found via today and tomorrow

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Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Part 1

George Stone, Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton went on to create 1980s icon Max Headroom – performed by (oft underrated actor/comedian) Matt Frewer.

This is the original British-made cyberpunk television movie, Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future (1985). In a world dominated by corporate-run television empires, reporter Edison Carter develops a digital alter-ego.

Wow, I sounded just like TV Guide.

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

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Alphamen and Alphabet

‘Two sets of 27 silkscreen prints based on the A-Z reproduced from photographs taken by Inez Van Lamswwerde and Vinoodh Matadin’

Here’s the Alphamen [male]. And here’s the Alphabet [female].

Designed by Paris-based studio, m/m.

Found via HelloTypo

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Web design that makes the charts

Need web design inspiration? Go here.

Found via I’m Just Creative

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Sunday in Fresno

I hadn’t been in Fresno for at least 10 years. The big commercial strip in town is Blackstone Avenue. This main drag was once plagued with zoning problems and mismanagement – it became known for creating some of the worst overgrown sprawl in the state.

Blackstone was partial inspiration for my Greater Suburban Strip illustration, which is a composite of a few strips in California; including El Camino Real, Stevens Creek in San Jose and most of Los Angeles.

Today, Blackstone is a mix of abandoned big boxes and oddly clever, repurposed businesses. New tenants are making new out of what is gone. Newest: Furniture City. I ate lunch in a combination Kabob House/Used Car Lot. Snapped some shots on the way out.

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Tiger Tea

It’s the Year of the Tiger!

Chinese New Year started this weekend, today’s the 6th day of celebration.

Limited edition Year of the Tiger tea packaging – only 50 made – by Aesthetic Apparatus.

Found via My Modern Met

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‘Nymphomaniacs in Clogs’

The world of graphic designer Laurie Rosenworld.

Illustration and fonts.

And here’s the Sweden/Nymphomaniac story.

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Ashley’s Ampersands

If you follow Ashley Simko’s blog, you’ll notice her content flows thru related themes. This is a collection of her ampersand posts.

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Call for entries: The Haiti Poster Project

‘The Haiti Poster Project seeks limited edition sets of posters from artists, designers and design firms from around the world. The donated posters will be sold online to raise money for Doctors Without Borders.’

Deadline is March 15, 2010. Details here. Some poster entries (below) are being shown on the Haiti Poster Project Facebook page.

Poster entry by the great Ivan Chermayeff

‘I wanted to create a series of these posters to spark peoples intrest in texting to donate to the relief fund. I only finished this brad pit one.’ –Matt Stallings