April 15, 2008

Lasers, Orwell, and Mad Magazine

New illustrated biz:

• The NYT offers a great interactive presentation of Al Jaffee’s Mad Magazine fold-ins.
• "Putting the king back in stalking." Big ups to Barska binoculars for breaking some new ground with their ads. "I prefer to think of myself as a ‘stranger enthusiast’…" [Via]
• Art nerds who really want wedgies can opt for this laser-etched Moleskine unicorn notebook.  I wonder whether you can read it from inside the darkened locker where you’ve been stuffed.  [Via]
• Shout-outs to the Eastern Bloc:
  • Shepard Fairey does George Orwell, via covers for Nineteen Eighty Four and Animal Farm.
  • Peep some crisp label designs for Lovejoy Vodka [Via]
• Logos:
  • Toyota offers Scion users the ability to roll their own logos.
  • Apple vs. the Big Apple: Mom, Dad, don’t fight!
  • The logo for the Al Gore’s Alliance for Climate Protection is a crafty little ambigram.
  • I Could Tell You but Then You Would Have to Be Destroyed by Me: The NYT features a slideshow of the logos of secret US military programs, along with an accompanying article.  Trevor Paglen’s book of the logos is here.