A Political Statement Powered by Typography

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

“Tell the Truth” — a rap collaboration by Mos Def, Immortal Technique, and Eminem — is a passionate political statement slamming the Bush administration’s actions regarding 9/11 and his War of Terrorism. Watch with caution if you’re at work, or at least put the headphones on so you don’t get in trouble.


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25 of the best ’smart design’ tips in 3 minutes

Wednesday, July 30th, 2008

There are tons of articles written about the benefits of writing lean, semantic code, and designing with web standards in mind. The SEO Rapper has managed to compile all of these best practices into a concise, entertaining video that takes less time to watch than it takes to get through a single article. Who knows? Some brave soul might even attempt this at the next TechKaraoke Night. Enjoy!


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5 minute funny: a designer’s worst nightmare

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

Here’s a little something to make you laugh over the lunch hour - what if there were no stop signs, and a large corporation was tasked with inventing one? A scary true-to-life re-enactment of what really does happen with some projects and the clients who commission them.


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When good art direction is in bad taste

Monday, July 7th, 2008

Watch this:



The spot is very well executed, from an artistic and technical point-of-view. But from a moral viewpoint, I find it pretty reprehensible that a photo printing company would be as exploitive as to take advantage of the real pain that does go on in the world merely to sell some photo prints.

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