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June 30 (15) 08:33 am
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imaginative {c/y}
#TAG: illustration — interface layout
Legwork studio relaunches a new website using weird, provocative, quirky characters to ram in their points about their offerings.
How they see creativity!

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Even clients get scribbled over! Everything on the table – nothing (nobody?) is spared.




June 29 (15) 12:14 pm
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illustration {c/y}
#TAG: book — editorial design
Pete Gamlen uses well referenced comic-strip like retro style illustrations to convey punchy concepts. He works with a variety of high-end magazines. Love the series for Oyster Books.



June 29 (15) 12:01 pm
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imaginative {c/y}
#TAG: advertising — social media
Ello’s new Facebook ads are creepy and invasive — and that’s exactly the point by Jack Smith IV

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Read the Ello’s founder – Paul Budnitz – introduction of the campaign, and why it is launched.

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Suggested reading: How friendship became a tool of the powerful by The Guardian.
Corporations and governments have co-opted the idea of the ‘social’ for their own ends. Is there anything we can do about it?

June 24 (15) 15:13 pm
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upcoming events {c/y}
#TAG: creativity — design competition — typography
MEMODARIUM – a tear-off calendar with 365 typographic notes – call for entries.

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A project by Martha Luczak & Kathy Scheuring that collects 365 typographic statements.
The first edition is all about life – something that every one of us can relate to. The calendar features a selection of work from 365 international designers.
Deadline: June 30

June 18 (15) 09:44 am
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art — industry news — mobile {c/y}
#TAG: art — creativity — graphic design — mobile design — photography — privacy — social media — technology
It’s out! Ello iOS mobile app by Ello.

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I have been beta testing – and I can assure you – it’s a beautiful app. The minimalist interface makes visuals pop and since large format, .gifs are welcomed, video + music embedding – you can see (and hear) a stream of non-end eye candy.
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Check the Discovery panel to extend your network, either by inviting others to join or scrolling the suggested users.

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Choose how you want to read who you follow between single post feed (Friends) or grid feed (Noise).

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Notifications panel is where you can see who has interacted with your content. Hit a link or visual to comment.
Hit an avatar will take you to user profile.

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Some of the desktops functionalities will be ported soon – and it’s going to be even more awesome. If you are a creative or a geek – and would like to be part of an ad-free – no data collection platform (ever!!!)..
Ello is right for you!
There is no equivalent social platform for the conversations + interactions I have every day. People are nice. Really, really nice.
And brilliant as to depth of articles posted and comments passed.
And funny too.
Follow me @cgwarex. I also curate the @ellodesign community.
See ya there!

June 17 (15) 08:05 am
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art — illustration {c/y}
#TAG: art — creativity
Blue ink on paper series by Kevin Lucbert. The attention to details, such as textures, perspective, orientation of line art, is quite impressive.




June 16 (15) 08:21 am
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industry news {c/y}
#TAG: interactive design — technology
Google is developing an interaction sensor using radar technology that can track movement with accuracy. It´s the size of a small computer chip and can be inserted into everyday objects.
Discover Project Soli.

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