MorBranding

Is where we share our work on creating and developing brands. It covers everything from designing logos, choosing colors and fonts, and writing slogans to planning how a brand looks and sounds.

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Here lies some free-to-use images curated for MorNeologisms, the word-alchemy division of the Moribund Institute.

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Quick update on the ongoing visual and structural identity of the Moribund Institute.

I recorded a short, chill video talking about why I am finally moving MorDictionary off the Hostinger Website Builder and rebuilding the main site in Laravel. Nothing dramatic, just me rambling about the limitations of the builder, the need for flexibility, and why the project deserves a real framework instead of a boxed-in template system.

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Here is a placeholder image for the Link Preview Image for the https://www.moribundmurdoch.com/ website.

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The Moribund Institute has recently updated the waifus used to represent various Dewey Decimal categories on their website:

Subjects | Moribund Institute

Discover the Moribund Institute’s projects and research organized by the Dewey Decimal System, connecting thinkers across art, language, and

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Here lies some free-to-use images that Moribund Murdoch, of the Moribund Institute, uses to brand his BearBlog.dev blog.

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From Invitation to Invocation: Rebranding the Moribund Institute's BearBlog.dev

Updated Bear Blog Description:

At the Moribund Institute, we accelerate the velocity of ideas by assembling seekers of knowledge from every moral corner of the cosmos. Whether you're decoding the stars for the good of all, breaking rules to glimpse forbidden truths, or hoarding trivia to dominate trivia night, we welcome you.

Here, chaotic mavericks, lawful scholars, and neutral philosophers alike pursue nerddom not as a hobby, but as a calling. We are finitude fighters, deeply aware of our mortal limits, yet defiant in the face of them. Memento mori is not our defeat; it is our ignition.

We don’t just resist Skinner boxes. We repurpose them. We exploit the very mechanisms designed to addict and distract, turning them into engines for intentional growth, memory, and mastery. Through passionate debate, obscure references, and relentless curiosity, we help each other unlock potential, transcend limits, and become our most intellectually dangerous selves.

Original Bear Blog Description:

At the Moribund Institute, we accelerate the velocity of ideas by gathering seekers of knowledge from every moral corner of the cosmos. Whether you're decoding the stars for the good of all, breaking rules to glimpse forbidden truths, or hoarding trivia to dominate trivia night, we welcome you.

Here, chaotic mavericks, lawful scholars, and neutral philosophers alike pursue nerddom not as a hobby—but as a calling. Through passionate debate, obscure references, and relentless curiosity, we help each other unlock potential, transcend limits, and become our most intellectually dangerous selves.

🔧 How It Was Improved

1. Thematic Depth and Identity

Added Concepts: The update introduces “finitude fighters,” “memento mori,” and the subversion of “Skinner boxes”—all reinforcing the Moribund Institute’s identity as a place where mortality-awareness fuels purpose.

Narrative Richness: The original framed intellectual pursuit as a calling; the update transforms it into a mission of existential defiance and transformation.

2. Psychological and Philosophical Resonance

Skinner Boxes: Rather than simply rejecting manipulative systems, the update boldly claims agency by repurposing them for intentional growth. This turns a critique into a strategy.

Memento Mori: The reminder of death is not merely sobering; it's used as ignition—implying urgency, clarity, and valor.

3. Stronger Call to Identity

Finitude Fighters: This self-designation gives members a clear, rallying label—framing the Institute as a movement, not just a club.

The tone shifts from invitation to invocation.

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Here lies: Free-to-use images that the Moribund Institute uses to brand 4th Tone | Mandarin’s Fall Guys, a blog dedicated to words using the fourth tone in Mandarin Chinese.

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Here lies some free-to-use imagery the Moribund Institute uses to brand the Screenshot Schoolhouse.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ScreenshotSchoolhouse

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Here lies a free-to-use image for the MorPhrasing Blogger blog by the Moribund Institute.

MorPhrasing explores striking, clever, and beautiful turns of phrase found in literature—unpacking their meanings, origins, and stylistic charm through curated, dictionary-style entries.

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Here lies a collection of free-to-use images the Moribund Institute employs to brand its 'MorLibertarianism' project.

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At the Moribund Institute, we’ve upgraded our MorLibertarianism profile image—from a public domain portrait of Frederick Douglass to a PC-98-style meme featuring Frederick Douglass and Ludwig von Mises as bros.

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Here are some free-to-use waifu images that the Moribund Institute uses to brand the Fubarism project.

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The Moribund Institute has upgraded the Fubarist logo from a white version to a pixelated version with a black background.

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The Moribund Institute is replacing its original waifu branding photo with one that is accented to match the hover color effect for links on the website.

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Here lies some free to use image that the Moribund Institute is using to brand their MorEconomics project.

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Here is some free to use images that the Moribund Institute uses for their political dictionary project called 'Lexicon of Power'.

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Here are some free-to-use images that the Moribund Institute is using for its MorWordParts project.