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Gawker reports that James Powderly, the experimental Brooklyn-based artist, technologist, and co-founder of the Graffiti Research Lab, was detained in Beijing early Tuesday morning before debuting a work of art protesting the Chinese government’s actions in Tibet. Read more about Olympics-themed graffiti and street art in Beijing in Erin O’Hara’s article, Graffiti Games.
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Mirko Ilic provides an extraordinary collection of images that use the "Beauty and the Beast" pose, "an
onslaught of imagery in graphic design wherein defenseless females are
carried away by some version of a 'beast': gorillas, robots, monsters
of the sea, Frankensteins, Draculas, and men from foreign lands and
cultures."
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Anthony Zinni at Positive Space blog brings us a substantial collection of documents he thinks every designer should have from a wide variety of sources. Among the more than 30 files are cheat sheets, tutorials, guides to time management and successful income, and a pattern library.
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Nerve.com brings us Dating Advice from Graphic Designers, who suggest getting patterned sheets to add some design to your sex life, warn not to “judge a person by their logo,” and offer some graphics-inspired pick-up lines. ("Hey baby, I like your Bézier curves.")
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BBC is taking a cue from Project Runway, and launching a television series called School of Design in search of Britain’s next great graphic designer. Ten designers will be chosen to work with Philippe Starck and compete for the grand prize of... continuing to work with Philippe Starck.
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