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A Kickstarter Campaign To Rebrand Chattanooga With A Custom Typeface
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A Kickstarter Campaign To Rebrand Chattanooga With A Custom Typeface

Four designers want make the Dynamo of Dixie the poster child for municipal branding in America, with a fresh typeface inspired by both the city’s industrial past and its arts-minded future.

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Linx: A Connector That Turns Drinking Straws Into An Infinite Building System

Linx: A Connector That Turns Drinking Straws Into An Infinite Building System

A Tinkertoy for the 21st Century.

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A Fractal A Day Offers 365 Snippet Of Infinity

A Fractal A Day Offers 365 Snippet Of Infinity

Mathematics meet abstract art.

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A Famous Inventor’s Forgotten Idea: A One-Handed Touch-Screen Keyboard

A Famous Inventor’s Forgotten Idea: A One-Handed Touch-Screen Keyboard

After a presentation that defined computer UI’s for 40 years, one idea got forgotten. A designer at Teague resuscitates it.

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A Chair Cover You Can Pull Off Like A Pantsuit, Thanks To Complex 3-D Knitting

A Chair Cover You Can Pull Off Like A Pantsuit, Thanks To Complex 3-D Knitting

By tweaking a standard 3-D knitting technique, German designers Läufer & Keichel created a chic, four-legged "pantsuit" for a chair.

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This Thermometer Lets You Actually Feel The Temp Outside

This Thermometer Lets You Actually Feel The Temp Outside

After decades of wearing the wrong coat, never again, I say!

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Lullaby Crocodile: An Adorable Tribute To The Objects All Around Us

Lullaby Crocodile: An Adorable Tribute To The Objects All Around Us

In this music video, a cassette tape snuggles a popsicle, and all of the things around us go to sleep.

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A 3-D Animated Human Created Without An Animator, Using Just Kinect And A Camera

A 3-D Animated Human Created Without An Animator, Using Just Kinect And A Camera

New 3-D video technologies could redefine everything from Skype chats to Hollywood movies.

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A 3-D Alphabet Illustrates The History Of Typography
B is for BodoniD is for DINE is for EngraversF is for Fraktur

A 3-D Alphabet Illustrates The History Of Typography

To highlight a university’s prototyping prowess, the London studio Johnson Banks designed a 3-D alphabet showcasing a century’s worth of typefaces.

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A Low-Tech Machine That Cranks Out Today’s Biggest Design Trend: Facets

A Low-Tech Machine That Cranks Out Today’s Biggest Design Trend: Facets

They may look machine-made, but the faceted objects in Phil Cuttance’s Faceture series are crafted by hand.

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