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Banksy rides the Rocky Mountain Railroad

Banksy set up a life-size sculpture of a Guantanamo Bay inmate at Disneyland which remained in place for an hour and a half before it was spotted.

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, September 12th, 2006

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Paris’s Album Improved

Banksy has doctored copies of Paris Hilton’s album in stores all through the UK. Personally, I think it is an improvement. Read about it at frederiksamuel.com

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

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Weeds Billboard

$420 reward for the stoner who ruined the Weeds billboard in Auckland.

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006

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Kindness and Humility

kindnessandhumility.com has possibly the smoothest and simplest navigation around, and not to mention, some great work!

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Thursday, August 17th, 2006

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Web 2.0 versions of famous logos

There is a great thread going on right now over at Yay Hooray: Redesign famous logos in web 2.0 format. UPDATE: Create your own 2.0 logo here.

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

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Graphic design as a strategic business tool

“Recognizing the importance of design is a corporation’s first step to creating great design. The second step is talking to good designers immediately.”

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, August 16th, 2006

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No One Wants to Play Sega with Harrison Ford

What is it about paintings of celebrities that are so funny? Maybe Christopher Walken really likes to build robots…

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, August 4th, 2006

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Iconfactory 2.0

Check out the animations over at Iconfactory while they are preparing to launch their new website tomorrow. Also, definitely check back tomorrow for some new icons and a matching theme from David Lanham.

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Monday, July 31st, 2006

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Perry Farrell Interviews Shepard Fairey

Perry Farrell Interviews Shepard Fairey on Banksy, street art, and how Andre the Giant came about. Part One + Part Two

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Wednesday, July 26th, 2006

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43 seconds

John Stossell gives you 43 seconds on graphic design.

Posted by: Steph Tekano on Tuesday, July 25th, 2006

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RT @bengarf: Bit old now so maybe you've seen, but Banksy is brilliant (Link)

RT @COURAGEOUSb: 'Branding is giving an idea not just to the customer but to the company itself, of who they are, a sense of themselves' ...

RT @MarkBusse: Doing design research for nutrition/fitness client looking for examples of brands with gritty/intensity + human/simplicit ...

Congrats to Porte Development for selling over 30% of the @OriginSFU units on Burnaby Mountain in the opening weekend. http://liveorigin.com

Slow motion will always be cool (love the ones using humans) (Link)

We recently launched a new brand identity and website for our client Gramercy Developments. Great job team! (Link)

Beautiful chocolate packaging (Link)

Nice to be recognized by @Icograda for the District South Main identity & campaign we designed for Amacon. (Link)

Industrial Brand is looking for the next senior member of their communication design team. (Link)

RT @interestingvan: Interesting Vancouver website is now live & tickets are now on sale. Buy yours today! http://interestingvancouver.com

Congrats to our client Porte Development for the official launch of Origin, their new project on Burnaby Mountain: http://liveorigin.com

RT @MarkBusse: @GuyKawasaki read article "Welcome to the Era of Creative Meritocracy" by Behance's Scott Belsky called (Link)

@markbusse & @bengarf talk about www.Foodists.ca w/ Randall Mark on CKNW's The World Today Weekend Sunday at 5:30 (Link)

Likemind Vancouver August event to be hosted by Kafka’s Coffee & Tea House at 2525 Main Street (at Broadway) (Link)

Great to see @ElysianCoffee (Broadway) listed on Living Social's website as the best neighbourhood coffeehouse. (Link)