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a collection of art, thoughts, doodles, and ramblings about current happenings in the design world

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You don’t have to be Van Gogh to paint these beautiful masterpieces! 

With the Paint By Numbers Kit, you can create your own art in no time! Whether you are decorating your interiors or looking for a piece to show off to friends, each detailed painting kit is sure to impress. Each masterpiece is so detailed, your friends might even think it’s your own!

Inside each kit is an acrylic-based paint set, brushes, a pre-printed numbered canvas and the option of a wood frame and hanging kit.

Pick up one here!

*REBLOG & LIKE for a chance to win a $100 Paint By Numbers gift kit!

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From a galaxy far, far away, to ours.

Ever wonder how close our world’s science and technology is to the otherworldly tech of the Star Wars Universe? Star Wars teamed up with IBM Research and IBM Watson to help explain the science and technology behind the space fantasy. Expect a new episode every week for ten weeks. May the Force be with you! 

Check out the first episode now->

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SNICKERS® - “Wrestler” Video Game

Impact BBDO in Dubai just unwrapped “Pre-Video Videogames"—ads you can actually play that are also packed with loud, silly hunger scenarios.

Such a simple, awesome idea. Checkout the second version below:

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Give-A-Care

Advertising agency LG2 Toronto has help create a collection of helpful, high-quality products for Rethink Breast Cancer, a registered charity with over 15 years experience working with young women with breast cancer. It is the first line of products for young women with breast cancer, that actually understands young women with breast cancer. 

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Simple, clever, to the point.

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I know I’ve referenced this tumblr before, but think it’s really taken off since launching earlier this year. Some great custom content that’s inspirational as well as relatable. Check it out!

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Welcome to http://www.zulualphakilo.com/  A parody site for a real creative agency. In their own words “Let’s be honest. Every agency website sounds the same. So we thought we’d take the piss out of the industry. And ourselves.”

I’m in love. What do you think? Is this taking it a little too far, or is it just the right amount of kitsch to work?

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Happy March 1st everyone!

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Celebrating Cities | Uber

Uber began life as a black car service for 100 friends in San Francisco—everyone’s private driver. We’re now a transportation network spanning…

If you’ve used or followed Uber in the last few months, you’ll likely have noticed that they’ve been consistently shifting from a car service, to an all-inclusive, adaptable community. Now they’ve got the identity to match, including an expanding library of locally-customized looks for every location. It’s been getting a lot of flack in the design community, but I personally think it’s a bold and smart move to grow their brand. Thoughts?

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Ready?  Welcome to Skype on Tumblr!

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A pretty great tumblr from a pretty great brand. Excited to see where this goes!

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10+ Before And After Drawings Show Practice Makes Perfect

It's simple and easy to become skilled at something, it's just the consistent practice which is difficult. Nowhere is this more obvious than in drawing and illustration, where an understanding of proportions and proper technique can turn a crude circle with lines into a detailed face.

It’s sometimes easy to forget the difference practice and hard work can make, especially for creative endeavors. This is a really cool look at different artists’ skill levels over the years.

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Part socks. Part clever. | Make It by Netflix

Netflix socks automatically pause your show when you marathon-watch yourself to sleep. MakeIt.Netflix.com

Netflix has been revolutionizing the way we consume media since 1999, with new leaps of the imagination every few years or so. No surprise then that they’re helping everyone knit and engineer their way to a better viewing experience. Which pattern would you make?

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Seamless: How New York eats

Advertising Agency BBH, New York has created a beautiful campaign for Seamless using beautiful hand done typography.  

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Trivial Pursuit: Close but no

South African advertising agency Publicis Machine has a created a funny print campaign for Trivial Pursuit. The agency combined similar well known names together to form some of the most mixed up people. 

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Have you seen my cat?

Graphic designers Alice Murray and Jared McDowell side project Have you seen my cat? is aimed at helping cat lovers worldwide find their cats with beautifully designed posters. At a starting cost of $10 people can submit their missing cats info and have a poster designed within 12 hours to help for the search.

Missing your feline friend? Maybe they can help.

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Chinese web company Baidu has released these ads to spread the word about their online security software. Simple way to illustrate that there are hidden dangers online, but the idea isn’t new. 

In 2014 French child advocacy group Innocence en Danger also created an emoji inspired campaign asking “Who's really talking with your child on the Internet?”. 

Totally different messages, same execution. Which one is creepier? Or better yet, which one is more effective?

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How do you innovate using Instagram and drive social reach for your brand? Forever 21 and digital agency Breakfast think it’s by making a giant screen designed to show off specially tagged Instagram shots. The twist? The screen is made entirely of 1.5 inch-wide thread which moves accordingly to change color, as seen in their behind-the-scenes video. If you’d like to see a livestream of the screen in use, or learn more about the project you could always check out their site here. Or you can just go nuts with the #F21ThreadScreen hashtag on Instagram and watch your picture get turned into textile awesomeness.