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Designer and web developer living in Portland, Oregon, USA.

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Another great poster from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s Collection:

On a black ground with elevated dots is a shiny black dish on top of which are various artist tools and materials

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Tan/cream poster with horizontal text in both English and Japanese at top. Below text, circular image composed of overlapping lines and dots in white, gold and bronze.

Another formal delight from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s collection.

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Another great one from Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s collection:

Poster features large black letters that read: BIRTH / OF / THE / COOL on what looks like a bright pink painted surface

I don’t speak German, but it appears to be a exhibition poster by Cornel Windlin for MoMA Zürich.

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Poster depicts design of Christo’s oil drum project: 500,000 drums in orange and blue stacked into shape of a mastaba on brown background.

Another great poster from the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s collection.

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Black and white photographic image showing a huge motorcycle wheel in left foreground, and a smaller image of a young boy running (seen from behind), in the lower right corner.

The Müller-Brockmann classic, presented by the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum’s collection.

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> Profile of man's face in multi-colored paint spatters. Text across top in dark blue reads: Waldemar Swierzy / Galeria Teatru Nowego / Warszawa / Marzec - Kwiecien '83.

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Every time I assume a talented person isn’t painfully aware of the flaws in their work, I am wrong.

Generosity of Perspective, Frank Chimero

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Looks like you’re two characters pulled straight out of The Road. Yikes.

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But with the British, French and American governments considering arms for the opposition on a scale not yet seen in the more than two-year-old conflict, the U.S. official’s allegation was a new acknowledgment that the Syrian conflict has become a regional war and a de facto U.S. proxy fight with Iran.

(via The Washington Post)

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The Internet Looking at Itself

This map shows the average Internet usage of the observed nodes over a 24-hour period. Look closely to see the traffic move with the daylight.

(via Motherboard)

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Reagan Ray:

Paravel had the great honor of working with Mark Simonson to redesign the site for his studio. The site currently features 28 fonts, so one of my main tasks was to develop a system of specimens that showcase the beauty of his catalog.

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Long-form home pages aim to provide the bulk of the site’s content in one place. This provides a pair of benefits: a) you can ensure the user will experience the content in a linear manner (starting at the top and scroll to the bottom), and b) most people want to finish a short story, and the scrollbar tells them there’s an end in sight. As long as your initial content is engaging enough for them to scroll, they’ll most likely stick it out for the ride. Don’t worry, people scroll—it’s the easiest interaction with any internet browsing device—both on mobile and desktop.

(via [Kyle Meyer](http://blog.kylemeyer.com/post/29653928420/why-the-build-home-page-is-so-damn-long).)

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Lickin’

[WEB LEAD!][source]: > Pregnant women do not lick something candy much everyday is a tablet and candy during a break or lunch > "I am candy to compensate for the vitamin folic acid and" I heard because they lick "and painful throat I've been licking candy lately" > folic acid I also surprised there is candy to make up shit. Well, it’s originally Japanese. Doesn’t mean you shouldn’t watch what you’re lickin’. (via a [Google Translate][google] version, of course.) [source]: http://web-read.com/?p=56 [google]: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=auto&tl=en&prev=_dd&u=http%3A%2F%2Fweb-read.com%2F%3Fp%3D56

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One of the biggest gripes of web apps in Mobile Safari comes to an end. In iOS 5 Beta 2, you are able to do this on an element with CSS:

overflow: scroll; -webkit-overflow-scrolling: touch;

Super useful.

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Via [Dash on Dribbble](http://drbl.in/gHvF): > Here is a cool little icon for an awesome app by [@drewwilson](http://www.dribbble.com/drewwilson/) > > Learn more about it here [http://footageapp.com/](http://footageapp.com/) _Nice._

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TeleGeography’s _[Submarine Cable Map 2013][link]_ is a map that shows the cables that connect countries and make the internet. From the [dedicated site][map-site]: > The Submarine Cable Map is a free resource from TeleGeography. Data contained in this map is drawn from Global Bandwidth Research Service and is updated on a regular basis. They’re selling [a _36" × 50"_ print][sale] for **$250**. (via [Adactio][source]) [link]: http://submarine-cable-map-2013.telegeography.com/ [map-site]: http://submarinecablemap.com/ [sale]: http://shop.telegeography.com/products/submarine-cable-map [source]: http://adactio.com/links/6020/

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Emir Ayouni posted these playful icons [on Dribbble](http://dribbble.com/shots/919265-Growcase-Website-Icons). They’re for the upcoming launch of Growcase: > Down to the last details now and here are some icons we made for the site. Going live in February, lawd willin'!