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Kick that holiday cheer with the undead.

Kick that holiday cheer with the undead.

I love zom­bie movies, or in some cases I take it that true hor­ror buffs wouldn’t con­sider some of them zom­bie films, but more of an epi­demic or ill­ness rather than being (un)dead. Nonethe­less, the films have just the right …

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Internation Year of Chemistry Posters by Simon Page

Internation Year of Chemistry Posters by Simon Page

Simon C Page is back with another series of prints ded­i­cated to a field of sci­ence. As usual, they are fan­tas­tic. Great col­ors, great type, great min­i­mal­ism. View them all here. See his other set of posters devoted to astronomy, …

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Brilliant Yaris Campaign

Brilliant Yaris Campaign

Yaris, it’s a CAR! is the bril­liant new cam­paign star­ring Michael Showal­ter, doing what he does best: wear a suit and say funny things. This is a light­hearted, state-the-obvious cam­paign that really works. No per­for­mance shots on a Euro­pean road, …

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The Work of Jonas Eriksson

The Work of Jonas Eriksson

Swedish designer/developer Jonas Eriksson’s work is amaz­ing. I first stum­bled on his work when scour­ing dribb­ble for some UI design inspi­ra­tion. There I found the most amaz­ing almost-iPad app called 76 Syn­the­sizer. This piece, for me, proves his bril­liance without …

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IBM Smarter Planet

IBM Smarter Planet

Being a huge fan of Herb Lubalin and pretty much every­thing that came out of that man’s brain, I love these posters that intel­li­gently incor­po­rate his ITC Lubalin Graph type­face. To me, this type­face speaks to all things techy with …

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Great collection of retro logos

Great collection of retro logos

Check out this incred­i­ble and inspir­ing Flickr col­lec­tion of retro logos, fit­tingly named Retro Logo Goodness.

Feltron 2010 Annual Report

Feltron 2010 Annual Report

The mas­ter of info­graph­ics has struck again. Nicholas Fel­ton has released his Fel­tron 2010 Annual Report. As usual, the annual report is packed with great typog­ra­phy, flaw­less lay­outs and killer charts, graphs and what-have-yous. This issue stuck out to me …

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Minimal Pan Am Posters

Minimal Pan Am Posters

You have to love these min­i­mally per­fect travel posters from 1971, designed by the leg­endary design firm Cher­may­eff & Geis­mar for Pan Am. I think my neigh­bors had some in their base­ment when I was younger, strung up on a …

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Olly Moss Does Star Wars

Olly Moss Does Star Wars

YEEESSSS! Holy shit these are incred­i­ble. Check out some of the best posters ever designed for the Star Wars tril­ogy, cour­tesy of Olly Moss.

Happy Holidays from Coolfire Media

Happy Holidays from Coolfire Media

The Hol­i­days are near and all of us at Coolfire Media would like to wish you the best with our fes­tive addi­tions to the web­site. Check out the fun fea­tures added in total CFM style!

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