Wow. Look what facebook did for their holiday gift to their top advertisers. A gorgeous embossed and foil stamped poster with a delicate, intricate and obsessive design that has the signature typographic and illustrative style of Ben Barry, a designer at Facebook. See more details and pictures here and become a fan on facebook of course.

Another outtake from the Taxi holiday card.

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Its not very often that you get the back story on projects and or pitches. I picked this little ditty up from my brother in NYC who does animation and motion graphics (guess it runs in the family). The article runs deep through the creative process from pitch to templated files. I’m digging the new look NBC. Too bad I never watch live tv to enjoy these.

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In 1943, five years after it was founded and during the height of World War II, Walt Disney Studios put out an organization chart to explain how the company functioned. What’s fascinating is how it differs from org charts issued by most corporations.

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Popeye, the spinach-gulping sailor, celebrates E.C. Segar on Google today.

A couple of years ago, a friend introduced me to the work of artist Betsy Walton via Flickr. She has since expanded her web empire to include Morning Craft and an online store. So I was very excited yesterday to see her work come to life in a webfilm entitled “Paper Airplane”, directed by Nando Costa.

Happy 15th anniversary Playstation and ummm your logo rocks! Be sure to check out the website too.

Beautiful paper-cut illustrations created by Kate Forrester for John Lewis this Christmas – currently adorning billboards, buses, underground stations and newspapers all over the UK until Christmas. Yes all done by hand, just amazing typography.

The online experience of the Diesel’s Japan new collection truly rocks!

Diesel’s Japan Site

Source : Adverblog