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‘Dan Perjovschi is a visual artist mixing drawing, cartoon and graffiti in artistic pieces drawn directly on the walls of museums and contemporary at spaces all over the world. Lives and works in Bucharest.’

The work of Dan Perjovschi. Newspaper sources with drawings. Details.

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‘The installation consists of a paint-bucket and a reversed, continuous world map cut from polyester-coated aluminium.’

This piece by Jørgen Craig Lello and Tobias Arnell illustrate the disconnect. See more of their work here.

Aside from the breasts, ‘Reverse View’ is one of the main images used for The 28th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Slovenia.

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$2 off t-shirts, $4 off mugs. Input code: VTRNSDAYSALE.

Visit my store at Zazzle here – or just click the images.

More Zazzle Veterans Day Sale info here. (other stuff on sale too, not just my stuff)

Sale ends Thursday November 11, 2010 at 11:59 pm (PST).

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Conan’s back tonite.

Pictured, the work of designer Andy Mangold, student at Maryland Institute College of Art.

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‘The Biennial of Graphic Arts, which has been held without interruption since 1955, has a longer tradition than any other recurring exhibition in Slovenia and, in fact, is one of the oldest print biennials in the world.’

‘Oh, I get it, it’s a pun on ‘graphic,’ right?’ –Dabitch

This year they’ve decided to promote the Biennial with soapy breast billboards placed all over Ljubljana.

And I’d like to say it’s causing quite the outrage. But, no. It is Europe. It’s just turning a few heads.

But in the US, civilization would come to a stop as we know it. Banks would close, all media would crumble.

NBC would cancel another show.

Found via Metro

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‘Eric Daman’s career has seen many reincarnations, first as a model most notably shot by Steven Meisel, then as a noted editorial stylist, then a sought-after costume designer with credits that range from TV’s Sex and the City to a long list of film titles and now a published author.’

Gossip Girl went to Paris this season with costume designer Eric Daman tagging along.

Click the image to watch Vogue Italy’s interview/jump.

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‘The cathedral’s south transept houses an 18-metre astronomical clock, one of the largest in the world  . . .  The astronomical part is unusually accurate; it indicates leap years, equinoxes, and much more astronomical data. Thus it was already much more a complex calculating machine than a bare clock.’

Photography by Peter Rinblad. More about the clock here.

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It’s now an hour earlier. If you were observing Daylight Saving Time in the US. Shorter days ahead.

Pictured: Souvenir clock from The 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition. Photos by mehallo.

Fredy Jumbo et Son Ensemble: One O’Clock Jump

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‘A Quoi ça sert l’Amour – un Film de Louis Clichy’

Today was my wife’s b-day.

We had dinner at Stockton Joe’s, almost got hit in a crosswalk by a gang banger who yelled at us for being in his way, looked at expensive things we can’t afford at Dillard’s, sat in a lot of horrible traffic and later, ate pistachio gelato at Hot Italian in Sacramento.

We had fun.

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I think it’s time for a good old fashioned font giveaway.

Escoffier Capitaux is my tribute to culinary legend Auguste Escoffier – and is based on the 1920s lettering (done while in France) of commercial illustrator/fashion designer Ernst Dryden. The font also has some Herb Lubalin-like ligatures and a bit of Garamond thrown in.

Very French.

to enter
All you have to do is leave a comment on this post. To comment, just click the ‘comment’ link below (and please fill out all the fields).

I will randomly select one winner from the comments. The winner will receive a complete, licensed copy of my Escoffier Capitaux font, OpenType format, $19.23 USD value. For more about the font, go here.

(Just for the record, 1923 was the year my dad was born)

Contest ends 11 p.m. (pacific time) Wednesday, November 10, 2010.

update
A winner has been randomly picked: Derek Walker won a licensed copy of Escoffier Capitaux! Thanks to everyone who played along, and I loved the comments.

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