Monthly Archives: July 2009

iQ Font: the typeface designed by a car

July 22, 2009 @ 4:59 pm

Photo via theokguy on Flickr Two typographers, Pierre & Damien of please let me design, joined together with pro racecar driver Stef van Campenhoudt to create what I assume to be the first font ever created with a car. The … Continue reading →

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Amazon.com buys Zappos

July 22, 2009 @ 4:50 pm

News just broke from @zappos that the company has been sold to Amazon.com. All existing shareholders of Zappos stock will exchange their stock for Amazon.com stock. Zappos CEO, Tony Hsieh, insists that Zappos is merely a “wholly-owned subsidiary” of Amazon.com … Continue reading →

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Food advertisements are going the way of CGI

July 22, 2009 @ 4:37 pm

McDonald’s Versus from Bruce Branit on Vimeo. This is pretty darn realistic. I wonder if it’s cheaper to create food on the computer than to have a food stylist work hours to make it look perfect. I wonder which person … Continue reading →

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Kevin Spacey shows Twitter to David Letterman

July 22, 2009 @ 4:32 pm

This is pretty funny. Also, Kevin Spacey tweets on a BlackBerry Bold. Share this:EmailFacebookRedditDiggStumbleUpon

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Baidir

July 22, 2009 @ 11:39 am

BAIDIR from slimane aniss on Vimeo. Here’s a stunning teaser for the French film Baidir. The film is about a girl named Nayah who disappears during a game of hide-and-seek with her brother Baidir, and Baidir’s search for her in … Continue reading →

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