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funny posters for a Leo Burnett/Corbis sponsored Portfolio Night 7 (via ptFOLIO on flickr)
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A film adaptation of the 1978 children’s book classic, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs will hit theaters in Fall 2009.
Book Cover Design Made Easy by Tom Gauld
(discovered via casual optimist)
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A Designer’s Pledge by Jeff Matz from Lure Design
(via Sarah Blacksher)
The Simpsons redesigns their intro in HD to coincide with their update to a new widescreen format. Most of the main conventions for the intro were kept the same (i.e. bart and the chalkboard, power plant, couch gag, etc.), but many parts of the story have at least something new added/changed.
The debut episode in HD, entitled Take My Life, Please, will air Sunday, February 15th, 2009.
Watch below:
On first glance, we spotted at least 10 new additions, including Maggie’s unibrowed nemesis (Baby Gerald), and the “Mr. Sparkle” and “Tomacco” products in the Grocery scene.
Happy 200th birthday Charles Darwin!
It’s funny that the first thought that came to mind when I read about the 200th anniversary this morning was Lisa Simpson and the Creationism epsiode (aka The Monkey Suit).
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A lengthy article from NYMag about Comedy Central’s new show Important Things with Demetri Martin, includes an image slideshow of Demetri’s random sketchbook. Demetri is also on the cover of the printed magazine this week.
I’m looking forward to a new comedy show that incorporates simple illustrations, graphs, animations and hand-lettering throughout. I have high hopes for a comedy host with an eye for design and illustration. Demetri “occasionally likes to visit the design section at MoMA to stand and admire a lamp, or a chair, or even a doorstop in which, by removing the extraneous parts, the designer has revealed the essential object…” (read more at nymag) Back in 2005, Gothamist posted an interview with the comedian.
Also, the show will host a weekly Important Things Picture Contest.
this made me laugh, had to reblog it.
(via imkevin: inothernews: jonathan-deamer via New Pepsi logo )
if you hate going to work…
I thought the commercial for Career Builder Tips by Wieden + Kennedy was the funniest of the commercials shown during the Super Bowl (and the fact that it’s Sunday night is a nice added benefit).
There’s more fun on the website for the viral campaign via anonymoustipgiver.com where you can choose an animated virtual character and send messages to co-workers (not sure this is a good idea) and friends.
(I thought the Alec Baldwin and Huluwood commercial was quite humorous too)
