I was poking around web designer Matthew Inman's portfolio when I came across a disturbing quiz called "What are your chances of surviving a zombie apocalypse?" Despite having read many, many books on the subject of surviving such an event, I only scored 37%. I really need to stock up on canned goods and guns.

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Check out web designer Cameron Adams's collection of type designers' handwriting.

There's great power in a typeface, but what's always interested me more than the typeface is the designer behind it – why did they create the typeface? Where did their inspiration come from? How did they start?

Lately, I've been asking just one question, though. Something which has always intrigued me: these people that help us communicate ... how do they themselves communicate? If we strip away the monitors, and the printing presses, and the typefaces ... how would William Caslon have written on a post-it note?

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Senior Packaging Desinger
YARD

YARD is a design-driven creative agency. A leading force behind many fashion, beauty and lifestyle brands. Our current clients include John Varvatos, Converse, LeSportsac, Method, Kenneth Cole, Frye Boots, Hickey Freeman and Shiseido.

The Senior Packaging Designer will report to the Creative Director and work alongside Account and Production teams. He or she will be responsible for brainstorming creative concepts with the project team and spearheading the development and execution of original concepts and designs.

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Zombie Haiku author Ryan Mecum is so into his new book, that he and his friends made a hilarious short film staring zombies who read their poetry beat style.

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Senior Product Designer
Frankford Candy & Chocolate Co.

The company is offering an opportunity for a highly creative team player to join a newly created Design and Development team. The candidate will work closely with the Marketing, Senior Management, Product Management Packaging Design teams, to turn inspired product ideas into innovative yet functional consumer products.

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Show your love of type right on your chest with this Ampersand T-shirt from House Industries.

A wise man once said that you're only as creative as the obscurity of your sources. In general social circles you don't get much more obscure than House Industries, and this obscurity is compounded by a House Industries shirt that doesn't say House Industries anywhere but on the label. So you'll be walking down the street with one of these shirts draped just right to hide your slightly flabenning middle, and this random hot designer chick will come up to you, grab the back of your collar to see who exactly made such a simple but elegant garment. What an icebreaker. We can't guarantee that this is going to happen and we can't assume that you even want it to happen, but it's a nice shirt nonetheless.

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I just came across Hello! You There! a website created by designer James West as way for people to offer anonymous constructive criticism to friends and neighbors.

I read once about the artist Sophie Calle regularly and anonymously posting items of clothing to an acquaintance as she felt he had the potential to dress more elegantly. There is something about little acts of constructive goodness that appeals to me. I wanted to provide a vehicle to let people do this for free – I like the fact that it can only have positive outcomes. People may be slightly offended at the advice they receive, but this will hopefully be overridden by the fact that somebody has taken the time send it in the first place. To know that somebody cares is important.

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Designer Douglas Wilson has been documenting hand-painted signs for the last six years but only recently uploaded the images to his Flickr page. Looking around his blog and website, after checking out the images, I feel like I want to be friends with Douglas Wilson. He has great taste in design inspiration and an exuberant obsession with letterpress printing.


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