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My Favorite Visual Designers

My favorite artists: Bansky (Street art) Chip Kidd (Book cover artist) Phil Hansen (Unique materials artist) Paula Scher (environmental artist) Paul Rand (“Don’t try to be original. Just try to be good.”) Saul Bass (Uh. Pretty much every great logo of the past 20 years.) Paul Renner (Futura anyone?) Eliot Noyes (Hired Paul Rand to work on IBM logo) Herb Lubalin (awesome style from the ’70s) Lester Beall (Posters anyone?)

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My Favorite Movies

I thought I’d put together a list of movies I like to watch. Ones I’d watch over and over.  If you don’t like my list then go make your own. 🙂 My Favorite Movies of All Time (in order) Raiders of the Lost Ark It’s a Wonderful Life Crazy, Stupid Love Drive Fight Club A Bug’s Life Oldboy (2003) Troll Hunters Star Wars Whiplash Aliens Donnie Darko Brick Rush Platoon Stand by Me Bridge on […]

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Music to Work By: Best of 2008

Although I’ve still been listening to some great albums from previous years, like The National, The Rocket Summer and Silversun Pickups, here is my favorite tracks from 2008: Head Rolls Off – Frightened Rabbit Crack the Shutters – Snow Patrol Paper Planes – M.I.A. - Most Creative You Appearing – M83– Most Nostalgic Oxford Comma – Vampire Weekend Hiphopapotamouse vs. Rhymenocerous – Flight of the Conchords - Funniest Why Do You Let Me Stay Here? – She […]

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