"I was having a hard time getting Illustrator to do what I wanted it to this morning, and Jono was kind enough to put together these instructions for me. Worked like a charm." -Chris Arth, FarewellNovember.com
You can check out this and other Arthian witicisms at FarewellNovember.com.
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It is a condition of being modern that our double and triple identities look weird from the outside but are the only kinds that feel authentic from the inside. The passionately nationalist Québécois who listens exclusively to Metallica and AC/DC; the Muslim fundamentalist with the satellite dish—from outside, we wonder how they reconcile the contradictions. But they don’t have to reconcile the contradictions in order to cope with reality. The contradictions are themselves the form that a reconciliation with reality takes. –Adam Gopnik, (Quote is in reference to the of overlapping religious, ethnic, familial, vocational and nationalistic identities that citizens of a pluralistic nation-state must negotiate as exemplified in the person of Alfred Dreyfus.)
Thanks, Photoshop Disasters!
Packaging templates are, well fun. Make your friend or significant other the box as well as the gift when the occasion arises. Make the box the gift!
Check out this cache of templates here.
Design intimately intertwines with the culture and politics of everyday life. Grrrrr, racy! Now you can see the evidence of this truism writ large with a copy of “Iron Fists; Branding the 20th Century Totalitarian State.” For a mere ninety dollars you can check out the popular artwork of the totalitarian state in the comfort of your own home. Are you one of those naive souls who believes design can save the world? (Well, it can. That’s not the point here.) This book provides ample evidence that you, me and everyone else working in design are monkey-fisted, tools of the man!
Philosophic types maintain that there are three branches of inquiry not including your questions regarding your neighbor’s sexual orientation. (And that isn’t your business anyway.)
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Velveteen Rabbit Examples: (much, much worse)
