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Pantone Calendar 2011
To start the year in color, here is a super visual calendar designed by British graphic designer Derek Bowers, for the 2011 Pantone calendar. The color wheel contains a mosaic of 1440 graphic images with visual and cultural references.

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Wood Sculptures by Place
Argentinian creative studio Place works with ideas applied to design experiences. I really like ‘Wood Sculptures’: Five letters, five sculptures. One concept, one Place. An exploration from the beauty of ugly sculptures. See them all below.

· ART ,GRAPHIC DESIGN ·

Typographic Maps by Axis Maps
I love the concept of this superb mapping / art project. Typographic Maps composed of thousands of words (street names), designed in an artisanal way by designer Andy Woodruff and  Axis Maps in order to accurately reproduce the streets and the towns of Boston and Chicago. I wish there was NY & LA as well!

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Scent Stories by Ah&Oh Studio
How amazing are these perfume packages?! Inspired by dark literature and distinctive, strong characters, the Scent Stories by Polish Studio Ah&Oh is unfortunately only a concept, but definitely a great one! “Never judge a book by its cover” or “Never judge a perfume by its bottle”.

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Neil Kellerhouse Movie Posters
Profession: Graphic Designer, specialty: Movie posters. And he’s good at it! The talented Los Angeles based designer Neil Kellerhouse has been responsible for these crispy clean movie posters with moody desaturated imagery, especially the latest Social Network and I’m still here.

· FOOD ,GRAPHIC DESIGN ·

Gabbani Brand Identity
We love food branding & identity. For this post we are focusing on Gabbani, one of the most famous Italian Delicatessen. An old family business that survived and flourished until becoming the state-of-the-art reference in the food industry. The 2010 new identity was created by

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Marble Typeface by Tiana Vasilijev
Inspired by a visit to a museum in Southern Vietnam graphic designer Tiana Vasilijev created and photographed this beautifully handmade typeface using marbling ink, water and a tray. What is fantastic about the result of this project is that it maintains legibility while achieving just enough abstraction.
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