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Observed #16: 7 June 2015

Here for your enlightenment: a ridiculous, accurately scaled graph; a typeface that's equal parts Futura and Proxima Nova; a collection of plagiarised and inspired derivative works; a sting operation exposing bad science journalism; and my gushing about my favourite design book. Enjoy.

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tags: photography, cameras, khoi vinh, geomanist, copy anti-copy, marian bantjes, plagiarism, science, journalism, john bohannon, chocolate, frank chimero, the shape of design, design philosophy
categories: Data visualisation, Typography, Graphic design, Reading, Design
Sunday 06.07.15
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Observed #15: 15 March 2015

As I do every February, I spent a full three days recently observing interesting work at the Design Indaba conference. So I'm kicking things off again with a special Design Indaba-themed edition.

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tags: design indaba, ross cairns, tommaso lanza, the workers, after dark, where you are, visual editions, ambio, teresa van dongen, michael bierut, how to, pentagram, dominic wilcox, variations on normal, watch sculptures, yoni bloch, interactive, bob dylan, interlude
categories: Design, Graphic design, Video, Product design
Sunday 03.15.15
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Observed #12: 24 October 2014

Oops. October's been a whirlwind month. Between deadlines and a new team setup in the studio and lots and lots of days off for the Jewish festive season, my weekly link list has had to take a back seat. But here we are, back on the Observed wagon, with a bold type-driven identity, amazing wildlife photography, new music, old music origin tales, and Moby Dick as a Mole.

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tags: natural history museum, wildlife photographer of the year, wildlife, award, nature, typography, TGIF, pattern, two-colour, hong kong, john roderick, roderick on the line, systematic, brett terpstra, merlin mann, the long winters, alt-j, this is all yours, an awesome wave, china miéville, railsea, moby dick, moles, trains
categories: Audio, Design, Graphic design, Photography, Reading
Friday 10.24.14
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Observed #8: 25 August 2014

My observing this week has been curtailed by multiple deadlines, but I did come across a few noteworthy tidbits, from a graphic identity combining hand lettering with edge painted cards to designer crab homes, as well as my current favourite working soundtracks and two beautiful animated shorts.

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tags: Apartment One, Pulaski, hand lettering, aki Inomata, 3d printing, hermit crabs, Lettering, Andrew bird, Mikey please, Alex Griggs, Rdio, Identity, Hideyuki Hashimoto, Adlin inc, edge painting, logo
categories: Graphic design, Art, Animation, Music, Video
Monday 08.25.14
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Observed #5: 1 August 2014

Last week I was in the bush, observing lovely offline things. But this week I'm back, with a great new book, my new favourite podcast app, logo design advice and more.

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tags: wine, coffee, taste, subconscious, trade gothic, markus feder, alphabet, animation, generic logos, giovanni tondini, overdone, cliche, overcast, marco arment, atp, john siracusa, casey liss, smart speed, voice boost, podcast, federico viticci, macstories, ios, lauren beukes, broken monsters, zoo city, moxyland, the shining girls, fiction, 5fm, zombies
categories: Graphic design, Reading, Typography, Apps
Friday 08.01.14
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Observed #3: 11 July 2014

In this week's edition, generative design, big data, *Alice in Wonderland* and money vs wealth, as well as a couple of beautiful graphic design projects.

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tags: Patricia Tremblay, Laurence Pasteels, Mental Health, Paul Graham, Brain Pickings, wealth, do what you love, Flickr, Yahoo, dataset, Creative Commons, research, Creative Cloud, Mike Chambers, Adobe, generative art, Alice in Wonderland, Maria Popova, Salvador Dalí, Yayoi Kusama, Ralph Steadman, Lewis Carroll, Asketic, The Beginnings, food, packaging
categories: Illustration, Graphic design, Reading, Big data
Friday 07.11.14
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