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Setting poetry to music

For the cover of Faber’s landmark edition of The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin, designer Mark Swan played down the poet’s typically austere image by referencing his love of jazz. The result is a beautiful tribute to Larkin’s work.. For...

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DC may be its own Villain

Founded in 1934 (originally as National Allied Publications), DC Comics is one of the biggest publishers of comic books and is home to some of the most famed superheroes like Superman, Batman, Green Lantern, and the Flash. This past Summer, DC Comics...

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UVA designs new onedotzero ident

United Visual Artists have designed the 2011-12 logo for the onedotzero festival. United Visual Artists have designed the 2011-12 logo for the onedotzero festival. The ident will be used as a trailer and introductory film for onedotzero events, and...

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Book Review: Brand Thinking: And Other Noble Pursuits, by Debbie Millman

Having read Naomi Klein’s No Logo several years ago and been stirred by her central thesis, we were cautious about Debbie Millman’s Brand Thinking , but it didn’t take long before we realized that the subtitle “and Other Noble...

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The Guardian iPad App

The Guardian now has an iPad app . Previously if you wanted to read Guardian content on an iPad you could read the website , use the iPhone app or attempt the Digital Edition . I used to subscribe to the Digital Edition, a downloadable PDF of the paper...

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Brand New Conference, a Review by IDEO

Brand Authenticity: A New Story Branding for Impact by the IDEO Bay Area Communication Design group The 2011 Brand New Conference brought together designers from across the world, for a full day of inspiration and storytelling in San Francisco. The conference...

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Is that a Human in your Tree, or are you just Happy to see me?

Established in 1982 from the merger of Connecticut General Life Insurance Company (CG) and Insurance Company of North America (INA), Cigna (formerly all caps, CIGNA) is a Fortune 500, global health service company with 30,000 employees around the world...

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