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‘I can kill catering with a thought’

Eddie Izzard‘s Death Star Canteen (from Circle) as interpreted thru Legos.

Found via Johnny Jnerebel

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‘Momento repetido, Intersticio impalpable, Formas sinuosas, Insignias a tus aventuras, Momento contemplativo.’

The work of Alexander Cano.

Flickr here, website here.

Depeche Mode: Precious

Found via beauty comma

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The work of Boz Schurr.

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A flock of wild, loose commas painted by Dan Waber.

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Unofficial video by Ori Toor for Animal Collective’s Lion in a Coma.

Found via Zachariah Moreno

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Leo the Lion in the restored MGM logo, 2008-present

Below, a visual history of MGM’s Leo the Lion.

Details here and here.

Around the lion’s head: ARS GRATIA ARTIS is a Latin translation of ‘art for art’s sake.’

Slats, the original ‘Leo the Lion’ at Goldwyn Pictures, 1916-24

Slats, in the first official MGM logo, 1924-28

Jackie, the second lion, 1928-56

Tanner, 1934-56

George the Lion, 1956-57

Leo the Lion, 1957-83

Modernist logo used only in two films, Grand Prix (1966) and 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

Leo the Lion in the MGM/UA Entertainment Co. logo, 1982-87

Leo the Lion, 1987-2008

Tom, 1963-67

Found via Big Fun

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I’m a dog person, not a cat person.

But cats seem to like me. The neighborhood cat – Eddie – fell in love with me, bringing me all sorts of dead things.

I’m also a bird person. And I’m not very happy about Eddie’s bird gifts. And in exchange, Eddie isn’t too keen about our two dogs.

Found via Aaron Bell

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‘yeah thats not what I was looking for at all.’

This is making its way around the interwebs. If you ask a designer for a ‘freebee,’ you never know what you’ll get. Read here.

Found via Laura Edmisten

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‘Tho all the maps of blood and flesh are posted on the door, theres no one who has told us yet what Boogie Street is for.’

Animation by cronogeo, featuring late 1920s woodcuts by ‘image novelist’ Franz Masareel (1889-1972).

Was recently reading about Masareel in David Berona’s beautiful edition, Wordless Books: The Original Graphic Novels.

Found via Oded Ezer, Belkind Scheps Osnat

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‘Do it for Frank’ -set in Cooper Black

The Black Keys’ Tighten Up, from the album Brothers.

Found via David Rosales

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Oswald Cooper’s most famous typeface gets a US postage stamp!

Well, sort of. But it is legal, usable US ‘Zazzle’ postage. Snag your’s here.

Designed by David M. Anderson.

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