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Proximity

Adam — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:09:14 +0000

I’ve shown off some of Michael Freimuth’s work here before, but I recently rediscovered some design work he did for the Chicago art-journal Proximity while delving into the annals of a tumblr account from yesteryear. The logo itself is really sharp; it’s simple, geometric, and bold, which is a holy trinity as far as I’m concerned. Not to mention it’s vaguely reminiscent of the NFPA hazmat warning stickers that you see in science labs, which gives it extra geek appeal in my books.

The inside’s just as nice. But it’s these buttons that really do it for me. “Fuck Smart, Let’s Art.” Now that’s sentiment I can get behind.

Vintage Twitter

Adam — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 19:05:51 +0000

Kudos to the marketing guy (or girl!) that came up with this concept. Apparently, these vintage Twitter boxes were given away at a recent web development conference in Sweden. They contained 500 Post-It notes and a pencil, which is all you really need to get started. Now you can make inane, 140-character messages about what you’re having for lunch offline!

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General Motors Futurliner Bus

Ian — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:39:47 +0000

There may well be nothing more interesting than gazing at old attempts to reach into the new. So telling, so bold, so brutally dated. No matter what the era, something about retro-futuristic aesthetics make them seem almost bursting with the character, and especially the weaknesses, of the people from that time. Atoms on the hubcaps… it all seemed like such a good idea then. Fools!

So, while this Futurliner Bus probably misses the mark on most every aspect of quality and performance and safety that I’ve come to expect from a modern road vehicle, it’s nailing me on charm. Why is that? Well, cards on the the table, it’s reminding me of both the Nuka Cola truck from Fallout 3, and this tasty piece of concept art from project Van Buren, the Fallout 3 that never was.

At any rate, I’m pretty sure I’ve figured out what a Futurliner bus looks like while in robot-form.

Minimalist Back to the Future

Adam — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 20:08:08 +0000

Will we ever get tired of minimalist movie poster remakes? Not as long as people like Jamie Bolton continue to produce exceptional posters like these. Coming up with a simple but recognizable design for a poster is one thing, but to have it apply so elegantly to all three posters in the series is what really sets these apart.

The dots represent the various temporal destinations in the movies. From left to right we have 1885, 1955, 1985, and 2015, with the fifth, lower dot representing the alternate 1985 where Biff Tannen rules Hill Valley.

You can buy these posters and more via his online store.