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Posts from February, 2010

February 25th, 2010 · media ·

Power of the Dark Crystal

What! I love the Dark Crystal and now they are making a sequal!? I am keeping my fingers crossed that they do everything old school with puppets and zero CG.

This is making me so excited I want to go home and have a Jim Henson-athon.

February 25th, 2010 · every day ·

Tom Brokaw Explains Canada to Americans

Love it.

Edit: The video was pulled down by NBC, but if you search for ‘Tom Brokaw Explains Canada…’ on YouTube you should be able to see some version of it.

February 24th, 2010 · design, website tips ·

Dear Print Designers, This is How You Should Design for the Web

Compared to print — which is at least 1800 years old — web design is new. If you learned about design in school, you probably didn’t learn very much about web design. If you have been designing solely for print for the past x number of years, there are most likely assumptions being made or questions needing answers.

If we go over a few things that you already know, don’t fret or be offended. There is surely someone else who will read this that didn’t know it. Read more »

February 24th, 2010 · every day ·

Reknit

http://www.rekn.it/ is pretty darn cute. You pay $30 and send in an old sweater and http://haikavanian.com/‘s mom unravels the wool to knit you something new! They have a different item each month, the site is well designed and the idea is fantastic.

February 23rd, 2010 · art ·

Marcel Dzama

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You may recognize his style from the cover of Beck’s Guero album, or one of his hundreds of shows. This fellow Canadian’s illustrations are funny and deceptively simple.