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Read this great article about User Experience and the art of Storytelling in Smashing Magazine. Though these two look rather unrelated, the article highlights the connection between the two using some interesting analogies. The author Francisco Inchauste reasons that “Great stories, though, don’t just happen randomly; they are designed. There is a pattern at work [...]

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Here is another post in Grain Edit featuring “The Catton house designed by Arthur Erickson and Geoffrey Massey in 1967″.
This is so amazing and the view is so stunning, I really wish I could live there.

More amazing work from the late great Arthur Erickson.
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Here are a few amazing print ads with creative typography. Going through these ads, the innovative use of types and font inspires one to not be dependent on the killer image or visuals. An ad with colorful and creatively laid out font can be as incredibly catchy as an ad with a stunning picture.
Here are [...]

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How people communicate their “I Quit” note depends on how they were treated in the organisation. Here is a note which tells a lot about how the sender was treated
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Another Coke bottle related story. No, I am not doing any research on the bottle. It’s just a coincident that these two stories in different medias caught my attention. I though both were interesting and worth noting.
Apparently Coca-Cole is going environment friendly with the material used in Coke plastic bottle which will be made of [...]

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A few of the Coke bottle designs. I just love the first one. Seems like a bottle for perfume.
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An interesting article by Dean Rieck

Ever heard of Charley Hill? He seemed like an average, ordinary guy.

He lived in a mid-sized town with his wife, two children, and a dog. He went to church on Sunday, coached Little League, and drove a pickup truck. He was friendly but quiet, the sort of guy you could walk [...]

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An interesting article in Wired magazine tells the story usage of color in corporate logos. Most of them predominantly use blue color. Different shades of blue but blue. I guess every brand wants to come across as strong, confident, powerful and authoritative, as these are the attributes that blue color symbolises.

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A very intriguing comparison on boingboing between rock music quality and US oil production from 1949 to 2007. The rock music refers to songs in Rolling Stone’s “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”. Except a few years, the graph has a similar pattern. Though Rolling Stone’s list does not really guarantee the quality of the [...]

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Here is a great post on Grain Edit showcasing some great vintage Russian posters from 70s. I really like the colorful lines that are hugely catchy.

Read the full post here
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