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I do not pay too much attention to movie posters, so it comes as no surprise that I have never noticed these clichés before. I guess that the movie advertising business is similar to other design-related fields in that they know what works, and/or are fresh out of original ideas. Between the legs: Black and white with colored flames: Lying in bed: Big heads in the sky over tiny people on the beach: Back to back: Large text over faces: Blue nature-themed: One big eye: From the back (often with weapons): The red dress: Yellow indie film poster: Reflection in sunglasses: On a bench: Go visit Le Sibère Carnet de Christophe Courtois (note: site in French) for more!...
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In her Venus project, Italian artist Anna Utopia Giordano asks the question "What would have happened if the aesthetic standard of our society had belonged to the collective unconscious of the great artists of the past?", digitally altering great classic works of art to better fit today's waif-like standards. I will be completely honest; some of the subjects of the paintings do look better after their waists have been tucked in and their breasts made fuller, like Richard Westall's The Power of Venus. However, others — like Boticelli's The Birth of Venus — just look plain wrong. What are your thoughts on Ms. Giordano's work? Via Flavorwire....
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A fanatical Hunger Games fan by the name of V. Arrow has thoughtfully and carefully put together a map of Panem's 13 districts, taking into account all historical accounts from the books, and merging what has been revealed about each district with the typography and natural resources of North America. Click on over to aimmyarrowshigh's LiveJournal, where she details the reasonings and processes that went into developing this magnificent map. She also has a small FAQ section which answers, "Why don't you leave big blank spaces of empty land between the Districts? What about the Wilderness?" and "Y U NO HAVE MORE OF CANADA AND MEXICO?" :-) Via Nerd Approved....
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A few years ago, J casually said to me, "You know, you should really make your blog more mobile device friendly." "But that might ruin the design! And you know how hard I worked on it. Besides, less than 1% of my visitors are using a mobile device when they browse on over." Did I mention that J is a software engineer and tester? That he not only once worked for the big G, he is always up-to-date (and most of the times, ahead of the curve) on the latest web trends and companies — e.g., signed up for Yelp and Twitter long before anyone else I knew even heard of them, correctly predicting that they would "blow up" — and is...
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