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Observed #18: 1 May 2016

This edition, we have two Tel Aviv picks, vexillological infographics and a nifty tool for editing websites.

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tags: 99pi, tel aviv, israel story, jane bordeaux, uri lotan, ma'agalim, flags, ferdio, infographics, website editor, bookmarklet
categories: Audio, Data visualisation, Illustration, Tools, Video
Sunday 05.01.16
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Observed #17: 27 March 2016

In this edition, best enjoyed over a cup of your favourite freshly brewed coffee: a film of a book, a parking-free future, a stunning video for my current favourite song, Mortal Kombat with scientists, and L.A.'s ghost streets.

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tags: the martian, andy weir, ridley scott, self-driving cars, parking, clive thompson, the chemical brothers, wide open, beck, dom&nic, the mill, science kombat, diego sanches, los angeles, ghost streets, maps
categories: Video, Reading, Design, Music, Illustration
Sunday 03.27.16
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Observed #14: 14 November 2014

Observed this week, there's an(other) animated alphabet, skeletons all the way down, Weezer's comeback, and a new animated show. Enjoy!

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tags: louis mallart, animation, alphabet, markus feder, trade gothic, typography, infinite corpse, exquisite corpse, surrealists, corpsey, skeleton, web comic, comic strip, weezer, everything will be alright in the end, buddy holly, island in the sun, frederator, cartoon hangover, bee, puppycat
categories: Typography, Illustration, Video, Audio, Music
Friday 11.14.14
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Observed #11: 22 September 2014

A glimpse of the business of design with ways to screw up a client presentation and client feedback for God, then a scientific ABC, algorithms in action, and a beautiful poem about dying.

 

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tags: feedback, slate, diagrams, clients, mike lacher, science, mcsweeney's, mike monteiro, algomation, dying, new yorker, khyati trehan, data visualisation, poetry, history, archimedes, tesla, edison, programming, comic sans, clive james, breakthroughs, client presentations, poem, japanese maple
categories: Reading, Big data, Design, Illustration, Typography
Monday 09.22.14
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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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Observed #2: 4 July 2014

In this week's art-and-illustration-heavy edition, caffeine-addicted wildlife, rivers run through coffee tables, brainsploding paintings and more.

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tags: Wired, Sawdust, Lettering, Greg Klassen, River, furniture, Tim Easley, business cards, Cityville, monoline, Rogan Josh, coffee, animals
categories: Typography, Illustration, Product design, Art, Optical illusions
Friday 07.04.14
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Observed #1: 27 June 2014

The first edition of Observed, collecting interesting links and tidbits I come across during the week. First up: snake photos, a beautiful typeface, Stefan Sagmeister interviewed, Christoph Niemann's pre-World Cup trip to Brazil, and Simon Dingle's Awesome Newsletter.

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tags: Newsletter, Stefan Sagmeister, Andrew McGibbon, Simon Dingle, Reading, Illustration, David Jonathan Ross, photography, World Cup, Christoph Niemann, 10and5, The Great Discontent, Typography
categories: Reading, Typography, Photography, Illustration
Friday 06.27.14
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