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    The simple joy of real people

    June 1, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

    Just loving the wonderful meme that’s brewing on the likes of eBay and Amazon at the moment. After coming across the now LEGENDARY 3 wolves and the moon T-shirt (only [...]

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    Doritos Japan – building a believable brand ;-?

    March 3, 2009by laurajb 1 Comment

    This spicy pack design from Doritos in Japan (courtesy of my good friend John-Patrick) is so wrong, and yet so right… Not sure what it says about them as a [...]

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    design, general brilliantness

    YouTube circa 1985

    January 2, 2009by laurajb Leave a comment

    Too funny – happy new year! I love that this really shows the uniqueness of digital, and how ludicrous the idea of YouTube is without it.

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    Sprint produces the Now Widget and Now Site…

    November 15, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    And creates one of the funniest pieces of work I’ve seen in a while. The kind of thing that can only be done entertainingly the first time, its made the [...]

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    advertising, general brilliantness, interweb

    Not a bad effort, that…

    September 22, 2008by laurajb 2 Comments

    Just got sent this link by a recent Kingston Uni graphic design grad, Paul Calway… Don’t know what it says about his graphic skills (though his portfolio is very nice) [...]

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    general brilliantness, great advertising
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    Marlboro Mummy – disturbing old advertising 101

    September 18, 2008by laurajb 1 Comment

    This from BoingBoing.

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    The martians are landing

    September 13, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    I’ve blogged about her before, but Beck Wheeler is just ace. Check out this great little comic strip…

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    art, Australia, general brilliantness, interweb, Uncategorized
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    Brilliant signage from Southampton

    August 24, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Something about these just tickled my fancy… From the same complex (with cinema/family restaurants and clubs all rolled into one – but no bowling).

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    life outside work, places i've been
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    What a great album title this is…

    August 21, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Wonder what it sounds like?

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    curiouser, general brilliantness, life outside work
    sowhatdoyoudo

    So, what do you do?

    August 16, 2008by laurajb Leave a comment

    Awesome graphic from Nicky at Monster Munch.

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    design, general brilliantness

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