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NotDOBA is a beautiful looking game inspired by the Saul Bass aesthetic, particularly from his title sequence for the Stephen Spielberg film credits for Catch Me If You Can. Via FastCoDesign: The legendary Saul Bass was one of the most influential graphic designers of the 20th century, lending his unique unique vision to everything from […]

Nike’s latest ad, ‘Last’, celebrates the last marathon runner in a race, the latest in their series of inspirational ads for everyday people, following their previous ‘The Jogger’ ad: ‘Last’ and ‘Jogger’ are both by Wieden+Kennedy, with director Lance Acord. Like ‘Jogger’, ‘Last’ even has a slow backward tracking shot, and is aspirational, though a […]

The Action Hero’s Guide to Saving Lives is a hilarious short film by Justin Lutsky, highlighting action film tropes. All of them. About the Director Based in the Orange County, award-winning director Justin Lutsky has had work screened in over 100 film festivals in the world. Via his vimeo page: Lutsky graduated from Chapman University’s […]

The New Zealand flag (may) be getting a redesign. Originally, four designs were shortlisted and were widely panned. Recently, the NZ government bowed to pressure and added a popular fifth design to its list – the Red Peak flag by Aaron Dustin: The Red Peak flag is not without its controversy – some have said […]

… with a second set of hilarious ads for Optus. In which Ricky Gervais questions the meaning of artistic integrity, and: the matter of effort. We love it. Optus previously used Ricky for their Netflix launch, to similar hilarious effect. Via Mumbrella: While the Netflix launch campaign only played across digital channels the next instalment […]

Seriously cool. A Solar System timelapse film by Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh, made to scale, created on a dry lakebed in Nevada. Here’s the behind the scenes video: From Scientific American: Overstreet, Gorosh and their friends used a drone to capture aerial footage of the project. “To Scale: The Solar System” also features stunning […]

Beautiful hand-drawn Honda ad by the illustrator PES. Wow! From Adweek: Conceptually, “Paper” is about as stripped down as you can get—every complex vehicle, after all, starts with a few sketches on paper. And the details pay off the lofty concept, as we move from the sepia-toned early scenes to modern graph paper by the […]

Illustrator Lehel Kovacs loved Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days as a boy, a book where the protagonist, Phileas Fogg, makes a ‎£20,000 bet that he could travel around the world in 80 days – from London to New York, across the US, then Asia and back. Now as an adult, whose work […]

From Ukraine with Love – ‘LOVE’ is a sculpture by Alexandr “Mel” Milov, the first Ukrainian art sculpture to be featured in the official program of the Burning Man 2015 Art Festival. From its description: It demonstrates a conflict between a man and a woman as well as the outer and inner expression of human […]

Here’s something cool to start off your Monday – NASA has released a free pdf of its 1976 graphics standard manual. Blast to the past! From the guide: “A driving force and the use of innovative techniques and ideas have brought NASA the image of a get-it-done agency, and the record backs up the reputation. […]