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The New Ride

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So after 11 years of hoofing it around New York and 9 months San Diego shuffling in and out of every car that Enterprise’s More Than a Month Program had to offer, I bought my first new car last week. It was very nice to graduate from the Nissan Versa, Kia Rio, Chevy Silverado and last, but not least the very fuel efficient Hyundai Elantra and into my 2010 Audi A3.
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State of the Internet

Great design and animation by Jesse Thomas that was presented at AIGA – Baltimore in Feb 2010.

Milk & Cookies

Fantastic stop motion video from Lait Noir that has your mouth watering by the videos end. This along with another stop motion video from Sam3 are some of the best works I’ve seen recently.

Search On

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Google played to it’s largest audience last night during the 3rd quarter of Super Bowl XLIV and absolutely nailed it. Ironically, Parisian Love wasn’t originally intended to be an ad, but it received such a positive reaction on YouTube, that Google decided to share it with a wider audience.  To check out all the ads from last nights game head over to Hulu.

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Small Footprint, Big Space

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Very nice design by architects Britt Crepain & Stephan Spaens of CSD Architecten. Using a very small footprint (only 50 sqm. – 4×12.5 meters) they take full advantage of the space with this gorgeous split level house in the Center of Antwerp (Belgium). The house includes a basement, ground floor, 4 split-levels and a roof terrace. Courtesy of Archinect.

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1075 dias juntos

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Rocío Martinavarro takes a unique approach in illustrating the invitations for a wedding in Barcelona. The 1075 embossed dots signify the time between when the couple first met to their wedding day.

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Nail in the Coffin

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Ran across this today on LikeCool.  Brilliant package design from R.J. Reynolds.

Please Pass the Stuffing

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With Thanksgiving only a couple of days away I thought that the info graphic Weight of the World, a collaboration from Good and Always with Honor in association with Whole Foods, provides a relevant and interesting look at diet and its varying effect on obesity across the globe.

Mother Lover

Our flights are having an impact on the environment. While I appreciate the need for air travel this ad from Plane Stupid which was written and commissioned by Mother is very well done. Courtesy of likeCOOL.

IKEA is Genius

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With the help of rmarr, jmarr and a couple of Allen wrenches I got my unit at The Essex up and running in just a couple of hours. You can check out more photos of the apartment on flickr.