Security Patterns

Here is a great collection of high-res scans of security patterns found on envelopes. I find the idea of collecting something that is so diverse yet virtually ignored pretty great.

(via Douglas Wilson and Kunal Bhat)

Vintage Luggage Decals

I about had a full on designgasm when I saw this amazing collection of vintage luggage labels from Tom Schifanella. So very cool.

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Douglas Wilson

I have always been a lover of old maps. Just ask anyone who has ever received a gift from me and you will find that I use old National Geographic maps as wrapping paper. And it’s not because I am cheap. I love the look of the colorful lines as they wrap around the edges of packages. I also try to incorporate maps in my designs when I get the chance. They just add this randomness that I really like.

The other day I stumbled on this print by Missourian artist Douglas Wilson. Douglas is a multi-discipline graphic designer and university instructor who is also a self admitted letterpress addict. When I saw this print, I bought it immediately. I love that the uniqueness of the print not only comes from the tiny imperfections that are inherent in the nature of a letterpress print, but also by the fact that each print is created on a different map. It also makes the delivery of the print a total surprise. And it was. Mine is just like the one on the left but with a slightly different cropping. And it looks great. This print originally had a run of 90 but, because it sold out so quickly, he decided to do another unlimited run. (Thanks for that, Douglas!) The prints only cost $42 bucks which is a great deal for original art. It is always great when one can find original art that is affordable.

When my print came yesterday, I loved it so much I went and bought this one. And this one.

Here he is making his “Get Lost” print:

bomomo

bomomo – a browser based drawing scribbler time waster thingy. Won’t let you erase or undo but you can save your crap masterpiece. (Only works in Firefox, Safari, and Opera. That’s right. Up yours Internet Explorer. Go home. Nobody wants to play with you anyway.)

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The Art of the Modern Business Card

Here is something for the Frickin’ Creative department: an amazing collection of business cards on Flickr. These things make me drool. Most of these cards are for designers and artists because most regular folk wouldn’t want to spend the dough to get these things made with all the fancy die cuts and cards made out of metal and such. However, can you put a price on a first impression? Yeah, probably.

Gigposters.com

I just found out about this site. It is a gigantic library of music gig posters. And I mean Gi-frickin-gantic. I have yet to really search through it but on a quick glance, there are some real beauties in there. There is also a bunch of crap too.

You can search by band or by the designer. They also have a place to sell posters and other music merch. I did a quick search for Modest Mouse and came up with 145 posters. Some are super cool too:

And I have this Decemberists one designed by Mike King (reminder to self: go get it framed!):

If you find any cool posters, let me know in the comments!

RAINBOW DIVIDERS!!!!!!!……

Welcome to web .20. Don’t forget to refresh your browser as there seems to be an unlimited amount of these eyesores.

Why do I love this so much? I should envy the blind but…there you go.

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