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MIT Media Lab’s Infinitely Customizable Logo
Instead of creating one logo for the MIT Media Lab, design firm TheGreenEyl created a system that allows for thousands of unique but clearly related…
The History of Saint Patrick
Jeremiah Warren presents The History of Saint Patrick. Most of you probably imagine a Leprechaun or clovers when you hear of St. Patrick. Who is…
Color Photos of San Francisco Taken After 1906 Earthquake & Fire
Last week, the AP reported on a startling find from the Smithsonian Institution: the earliest known color photographs of San Francisco, which also may be…
F*ck Yeah Headlines, Literal Illustrations of New Story Headlines
Each weekday Eric Wedum chooses a story from a major news publication and creates an amusing, literal illustration based on the headline without actually reading…
Help Japan
James White created a “Help Japan” poster that he is selling, with all proceeds going to the disaster relief in Japan.
Jesse Heiman, The World’s Greatest Film and Television Extra
“World’s Greatest Extra” by Wilhelm Hempel is a tongue in cheek reel of the film and television work of actor Jesse Heiman. You may remember…
“Nuclear Boy” Explains Japan’s Nuclear Crisis to Children
Japanese media artist Kazuhiko Hachiya created “Nuclear Boy,” an cartoon that explains his country’s current nuclear reactor crisis to children. The troubled Fukushima plant is…
Captain Crunch Original Toucan Bay, A Premium Breakfast Cereal
Captain Crunch Original Toucan Bay by Timothy Lim via Super Punch
Fish by Mr. Scruff
Jim Entwistle created a charming stop-motion animated music video for “Fish” by Mr. Scruff. via Daily Animation
Infinite Solutions, A 1990’s Tutorial Show Parody
Infinite Solutions was a web series from 2006-2007 that brilliantly parodied 1990’s era tutorial videos. In each episode, host Mark Erickson would guide viewers through…