Sit! Roll Over! Lead a Rebellion!

"Obey the Pure Bred" creates canine and feline paraphernalia to showcase where most people's loyalties truly are.

Link: Obey the Purebreed! Dog Breed t-shirts, Gifts, poster art and more for Dog and Cat world domination

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Brand Tags

If you see the Target logo, what is the first word that pops into your mind? This is the basic premise for the site, "Brand Tags" which allows users to type into a database their first thoughts upon seeing a brand logo. That data is collected into a typographical cloud map where word increase in size by how often they were entered.

For example, I entered the word "cereal" for Kelloggs. "Cereal" is one of the most entered words, so it appears quite large. "Corporate" is not entered often, so it appears very small.

The site allows you to search brands without having to enter anything. And just for fun, you can view words users have entered and guess the brand.

Link: brand tags

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Newest Turner Duckling

Rebecca delivered her little one on Sunday and just sent these pics  to share!

http://gallery.mac.com/gary.rgb

Rebecca reports that she and Weston (and Gary) are doing great. Congratulations, Rebecca!! 

Before they were muscle cars ...

With Rebecca out for a little while, we've got a cuteness shortage on our hands !  With that in mind:

... A series of logos created for Matchbox's Minichamps, by advertising agency Dentsu in Brazil. 

Below are Ferrari, Jaguar, Lamborghini, and Maserati. 

Comparing Apples to Diamonds

One & Co in San Francisco and HTC in Taiwan have collaborated to create the HTC Touch Diamond Smart Phone. Hundreds of materials and finishes were explored for the final product: a handheld that broadens the discussion of what an iconic Smart Phone can be. This would be an interesting study for our clients on how to learn from Apple and then NOT be like them.

Link: Touch Diamond Smart Phone

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Jim Henson and Visual Thinking

Here's an interesting blog posting about visual thinking ;-)

-Marty

Jim Henson Explores the Process of Visual Thinking

posted by Scott Beale on Monday, May 5th, 2008

Over the years Jim Henson created great series of muppet sketches that explore the process of “visual thinking”. It started with an episode of “Sam & Friends”, Henson’s first television series, where Harry the Hipster gives a lesson in visual thinking to an early version of Kermit the Frog.

Jim Henson then did a remake in 1966 on The Ed Sullivan Show, transforming Kermit from square to hipster, where he gives Grump a lesson in visual thinking.

Henson did another lesson in visual thinking on Sesame Street in 1971, featuring muppets voiced Frank Oz playing the square and Northern Calloway as the hipster.

See Previously: Time Piece (1965), An Experimental Short Film by Jim Henson

via lonelysandwich

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"M" is for "Mutton Chop"

The "Beard Font" has been floating around a few sites without any designer attached to it. Regardless, this is will shave a minute or so off your fun Friday.

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