one more reason New York is awesome: this is our Mayor. http://bit.ly/IGx83 #

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For almost a year now, New Yorkers have been watching with baited breath (and pitchforks at the ready) to see if the cash-strapped MTA, the folks who operate our subways, buses, and some surface railroads, will implement the so-called “Doomsday Cuts” and massive fair hikes in an effort to close the budget gap which is [...]

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From now on, when I get down on myself for neglecting my blogs, I’ll think of this hard-working guy. Alfred Sirleaf is a blogger, except he doesn’t use a computer. Instead, he records the news on a chalkboard in the center of town. And people read it. Except some of this ‘readers’ can’t read, so [...]

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The Art Directors’ Club of New Jersey has selected my recent work for the New Day Rescue & Adoptions as a medal recipient in a category of Identity Design. I’m not sure which medal I’ve received, and that info will be revealed at a ceremony in May.

Being honoured and noted is always nice, but mainly [...]

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To promote my new blog about business cards, I saw it fit to use the very medium in question. So now when someone hands me a particular awful business card, I’ll hand them one back.
Your Business Card Sucks is a blog showcasing the best, and worst, of business card design. I haven’t talked about this [...]

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In a move that makes a whole lot of sense, a grad student named Andrew Millar has created packaging that doubles as a tray. Not only that, it’s biodegradable/renewable, and is naturally resistant to grease!
Inhabitat tells the story in greater detail.
In preparation for this school assignment, Millar frequented McD’s restaurants taking note of customer interaction [...]

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Movie poster are usually pretty lame. Repetitive ideas, groupthink and compromise, templates, and occasionally a Photoshop Disaster. But today, PSD TUTS has compiled a collection of 50 Brilliantly Photoshopped Movie Posters. Not that Photoshop is necessarily employed to retouch or otherwise hoodwink the audience, but these are generally pretty awesome in their artistic composition and/or [...]

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