I mean, I have seen people leach off popular and successful design, but man, this is so blatant and public!

The colors, the fonts, the icons for donating and volunteering, the use of videos, and the social networking Facebook-type options — including Twitter, which hardly exists in Israel — all reflect a conscious effort by the Netanyahu campaign to learn from the Obama success.
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Those who created the Obama Web site, including Thomas Gensemer, managing partner of Blue State Digital, say the Netanyahu site is closer to Mr. Obama’s than any others they have seen.

The New York Times | Brand New

Tags: copy, design, obama, page, politics, web site
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Oooo! I’m so excited! Now I can show you what I’ve been up to for a month and why I’ve been neglecting the blog so much. Late, last night Jack and I finally opened our Etsy shop! Check it out at Orignauxmoose.etsy.com!

Jack has put up two great vintage prints and I posted my 3-part “Mark Makes Me Merry” mini-series (mentioned here). I’ll be posted more from the whole first, 15-part series, today. So, go on… *nudges*

Tags: art, design, Etsy, fashion, illustrations, marc jacobs, prints, shopping, store, vintage
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It’s rare that you get such a detailed and honest account of logo design and branding from the clients point of view. Cute story about the development of the MailChimp mascot over the years. (The final design was created by Jon Hicks, designer of the Firefox logo.)

Anyway, our beloved mascot has gone through a bunch of iterations over the years, each one slightly less clumsy than the preceding version, but I’ve never been happy with it.

Until now. That’s because this time, we went out and hired an expert.

Via Brand New

Tags: branding, creative, design, firefox, john hicks, logo, mailchimp, mascot
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Things may start to look a little odd here, while I play with the code and such, so please bear with me.

Thanks! <3

Tags: code, construction, design, pardon our dust, website
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The above business card made me smile so much. I think it’s such a smart idea for a painting company and a great re-use of materials!

Hope everyone is enjoying their loooong weekend!
Via FFFFOUND!

Tags: business, card, creative, design, idea, impressive
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Beautiful room, found on 2 or 3 things I know…! I love the whites and neutrals with that amazing pop of the red couch! Great pillows, too.

Tags: apartment, blog, creative, decorate, design, inspiration, interior, room
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Everyone catch your breath, nope, I’m not gettin’ married (and I’m, no, not dropping any hints, Jack). I just thought these bands, by STUDIObloomm, were the so elegant and if I were getting hitched tomorrow I would love to have these as mine. I’d be like giving “love pounds” all the time!

P.S. I would like to say congrats to Jessi and Monkey, who did just get married! I wish them the bestest of the best!
Via MoCo Loco

Tags: bands, creative, design, fashion, jewelry, rings, wedding
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I am so upset I missed this! Funny and creative, artist Chris Rubino really gets the oddities of this city.

‘The Center of Something’ was a solo exhibition and ‘limited tourist attraction’ located in the gallery’s times square space. The show’s theme was a critical examination of New York through an ironic set of prints, t-shirts and other assorted gifts and souvenirs. Samples from new york’s water ways or dirt from central park can be purchased in small vials. or if these aren’t your kind of souvenirs, why not get a ‘I miss new york” t-shirt playing off of Milton Glaser’s famous shirt/slogan.

Via Design Boom | Chris Rubino

Tags: art, creative, design, humor, New York, show, time square
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ISO50 posted a great, detailed step-by-step of his “Progress” poster, created for Obama’s fund-raising efforts. The guy is meticulous and talented with textures and color!

Tags: color, creative, design, ISO50, obama, poster, texture
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This is amazing to go through: an international index of hundreds of covers of H.G. Wells’ iconic book! I love seeing the various interpretations different artists have; some go purely typographic, some give small, subtle hints to the story and themes, while others basically make it so you get everything just from the cover.
Via Core 77

Tags: art, book, cover, design, h.g. wells, war of the worlds
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