Now and then: Sex still sells in advertising

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After witnessing Calvin Klein's now infamous ‘orgy’ billboard in New York City, and the controversy surrounding it, contributing writer Josh Smith looks into the history of sex in advertising.

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Typographic diversity, our picks from FontShop's underused typefaces

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Last week FontShop asked Twitter users to name their favorite underused typeface. Collected into an evolvin...    more

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Dreaming architecture, a large-scale 3D motion graphics installation

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With 555 Kubik, Germany’s Urbanscreen explores the question: “How it would be, if a house was dreaming?”    more

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Know your type: Gotham

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Perhaps most well known from the successful Obama ’08 presidential campaign, Hoefler & Frere-Jones’ Gotham ...    more

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Terrible yellow eyes, illustration inspired by Where the Wild Things Are

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Leading up to this fall’s big screen adaptation, there is growing interest in Maurice Sendak’s classic book...    more

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Infographics for dinner: Eat Real, Eat Local

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Do you know where your food comes from? “It’s Time for Real” is an animated spot for a new campaign for Hel...    more

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The first italic typeface and other design facts

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Who drew the first italic typeface? Who designed the original Penguin Books logo? What does LMNV mean? Last...    more

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"Oh Yeah!" Kool-Aid Man is back

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After being unemployed for a decade, Kool-Aid Man is back on the job in a new ad campaign which promises to...    more

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Guerrilla typography, Cardon Copy adds some design to the neighborhood

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In neighborhoods around the globe, illegible handwritten flyers are pasted everywhere from bulletin boards ...    more

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Graphic Design Referenced, a hefty new design book from Under Consideration

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Branding, packaging, motion graphics, grid systems, letterpress, Saul Bass, Barack Obama, Coca-Cola, and (y...    more

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Helveticons, a icon set based on Helvetica Bold

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Helveticons is a new set of royalty-free icons, glyphs and symbols based on the Helvetica Bold typeface.    more

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