The first 100 days, on Facebook

by | Saturday, May 02, 2009

This is just absolutely brilliant!!

In particular check out the URL that Dick Cheney sends to Obama, approximately half-way down the page. (You will have to copy and past the url).

Topics related to this post: Creativity | Design | Fun | Good | Bad Design | Politics | Representation

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A sad day…

... for Mumbai, for India, and for the world!

Absolutely brilliant video

The Rethink Scholarship is an scholarship for aspiring art directors and designers to Langara College's Communication and Ideation Design program. This video is to publicize the program.

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