What Font Says ‘Change’?

Type designers decode the presidential candidates

Typography can subtly or boldly define a company, product, or person. Whether it is Best Buy’s big, bold, screaming signs or the sweet, elegant script on a wine label, the type talks to us, the reader. The logos of the presidential candidates are no exception.

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(via Swiss Miss)

Wind Power Then and Now

A Cool Tool

Here’s a helpful color wheel that lets you create palettes and
displays the CMYK and RGB values.

Amazing Green Roof Art School in Singapore

Amazing Green Roof Art School in Singapore
by Ali Kriscenski

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If art school was in our future we might opt to study under, or on top of, the amazing green roof at the School of Art, Design and Media at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. This 5 story facility sweeps a wooded corner of the campus with an organic, vegetated form that blends landscape and structure, nature and high-tech and symbolizes the creativity it houses.

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Sustainable Shoes

Want to go green with your shoes? Well Nike has come out with the Air Jordan XX3 – a “green” shoe. It’s made with sustainable materials. The Air Jordan has been completely redesigned in terms of patterns but still maintains the classic Air Jordan style. It’s set to come out in a limited edition style for $230 and then released world wide, for $185/pair. No news on whether manufacturing will be either ethical or Fair Trade.

(Via The Alternative Consumer)

Dharma Lounge

I love this chair by Palette Industries.

Text reads: Stand, Forget, Breathe, Acknowledge & Observe.

Floating Logos

Inspired by the proliferation of very tall signs in the American Mid-West, Floating Logos seeks to draw attention to this often overlooked form of advertising. Perched atop very tall poles or stanchions, these corporate beacons emit their message by looming over us in their glowing, plastic perfection. Elimination of the support structure in the photographs allows the signs to literally float above the earth. In some cases the ground is purposefully left out of the image to further emphasize the disconnect between the corporate symbols and terra firma.

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Vintage Blend

The 789 is an eye-catching amalgam of styling from Chevrolet’s 1957, 1958, and 1959 models. It can be ordered in 10,000 color combinations from custom automaker n2a Motors.