I LIKE NY

GRAPHIC DESIGN - Utpal Pande has given the iconic I Heart NY logo designed by Milton Glaser a reworking for the Facebook generation.

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MANYSTUFF #1: ONE POSSIBLE CATALYST

PUBLISHING - Graphic design blog Many Stuff have just unveiled their beautiful printed publication 'One Possible Catalyst'.

Many Stuff explain the publication as 'A graphic design publication with the objective to use the printed support, paper, to fix a laboratory of experiments and meditations released from formal and theoretical prejudices.'

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LACK OF HEALTH CARE VS TERRORISM

GRAPHIC DESIGN - According to Harvard Medical School, 45,000 Americans die a year due to lack of Universal Healthcare. That's 58 times the number of people who die yearly due to terrorism, at least according to the US Department of State [although we're not entirely sure what they class as 'terrorism'].

In this poster there are a total of 59 skulls to represent the 1:58 death ratio. The poster was designed by UK based Schuhle-Lewis.

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THE INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF ASTRONOMY 2009

GRAPHIC DESIGN - Simon Page is a self-taught graphic designer from the UK. He's really good and we like him a lot.

He's so good, in fact, that these posters were originally made up for purely self-promotional purposes that is was until the IYA themselves got in touch asking if they could use the series for their promotional work.

A limited print run are available through Simons website.

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HENDRICK'S ETIQUETTE FOR GENTLEMEN BY HERE DESIGN

GRAPHIC DESIGN - Here design are without a shadow of a doubt one of the best, if not the best graphic design studio in London. Their work spans all industry sectors, yet retains a sense of integrity few studios can maintain when undertaking such a broad range of work.

Here designed The Hendrick's book of manners, which is a facsimile of the original published around 1900 and is no larger than a credit card.

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FIRE & KNIVES

PUBLISHING - This new food mag, edited by The Guardian's Tim Hayward and designed by Supermundane looks good enough to eat...

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOUNGE BOHEMIA

GRAPHIC DESIGN - When the owner of my favourite bar in London, Lounge Bohemia, called to let me know about their second birthday party, I couldn't wait for the invite to follow.

Without doubt, Lounge Bohemia serves the best cocktails in London; they vary from the best Old Fashioned you could ever imagine passing your lips to molecular concoctions.

The invite arrived, delivered by hand, which was a great touch. Given the postal strikes most invites that we have been sent are arriving about two weeks late. It came in a Czechoslovakian urine sample tube. I'm not sure how this relates to the party... maybe I don't want to know.

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I THINK YOU'RE WONDERFUL

GRAPHIC DESIGN - The good things in life are not free, they actually cost £1 and are designed by Supermundane and if the postmen decide to do some work one might well drop through your letterbox (provided you are wonderful, obviously.)

The postcards are available at Present Joys - if you email them the details of your suitably fantastic recipient and the message you wish to communicate with them, they'll send the little beauty for you. Perfect for all those lazy buggers out there.

We wont take credit for finding this gem, Fever Zine gave us the heads up.

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IT'S NICE THAT ISSUE 2

PUBLISHING - Despite all the problems with the Royal Mail at present they delivered the new issue of It's Nice That's bi-annual on time yesterday. Perhaps they realised the brilliance that was enclosed in the thoughtfully stamped brown box?

A real treat for illustration fans with not only a beautiful Rob Ryan print slipped inside the front cover but also a cracking Tom Gauld postcard, complete with hand written thanks from the It's Nice That gents themselves.

The issue acts as a great reminder of the service that It's Nice That provides - similar to the Now That's What I Call Music albums during the early nineties - but all killer [design] without the filler.
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THEY DON'T MAKE THEM LIKE THEY USED TO...

NOSTALGIA - 'This poster was produced in 1943 to promote the Airgraph service. It shows how 10 times the amount of mail could be sent using the service, resulting in significant savings for the Post Office.'

Whilst browsing Flickr we stumbled upon the British Postal Museum & Archive's photostream. It has some real gems, one of our favorite sets is the Museum Collection Guide.

We wont give it all away, you have to take a look for yourself!

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LIFE IS JUST ACE

GRAPHIC DESIGN - During a recent clear-out at work I found this little gem in a box destined for the recycling bin. This beautiful piece of graphic design is a press release we received for the Ace Hotel in Portland, Oregon. I'm sure you'd all agree this is beautiful. 

Those of you who work in PR and read this blog, take note! This is the level of detail that you should be putting into every press release you send out. 

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IVO DANIELS

This project by Ivo Daniels is a selection of his work for 'Just Soft' magazine, the magazine is made up of 'award and weird quotes' which are all visually depicted via the use of McDonald's products. Ivo's blog is a fantastic showcase of this Dutch designers, work we highly recommend checking it out.

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AESTHETIC [VOL. XXIII]

Graphic design by Bastard Graphics.

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ANDY GILMORE

Andy Gilmore, graphic guru, has recently redesigned the Dazed Digital with devastating effect.

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