Decapitated advertising

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File this one under guerilla anti-advertising.

If you’re squeamish about bloodied, headless, bus stop advertising, DO NOT CLICK THIS LINK -->> The Decapitator Flickr set.

(I clicked it—and thought it was great!)

All Signs Say Paul Rand

I was poking around online for some inspiration (always a fun way to circle a task), and I was led, breadcrumb by breadcrumb, to this site about Rand that is the work of Daniel Lewandowski of Atlanta.

Here's what Lewandowski has to say about Paul-Rand.com:

"This site is meant to honor and pay utmost respect to the life and work of Mr. Rand. When I first began this project, I discovered that there were no “single-source” references to Mr. Rand or his works anywhere on the internet. Thus sparked the idea to build this tribute/archive site. I am in no way a philosopher or critic of design but have a great respect for the history of our industry and the people who have shaped it. In the course of building the site, I’ve been able to more greatly appreciate their thoughts and theories on design and develop my own opinions on the subject."

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There's a dearth of images in the galleries as of yet, this looks like a work in progress, but I was drawn to this page of writings and video interviews that might be of general interest to us design types.

I particularly liked the interview with Steve Jobs about working with Rand for the NEXT logo (logotype?)

Learn to type and type faster

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What does typing (as in using a QWERTY keyboard) have to do with design? Well, since computers are both the main design and communication tool for graphic designers today and the keyboard is one of two primary ways to control computers… uh… that’s what typing has to do with design.

Anyway, if you don’t know how to touch-type or you’d like to type faster, check out Learn How to Type Faster With These 8 Sites at mashable.com.

And, Happy New Year!