I LOVE Cornify (“the #1 unicorn and rainbow service worldwide”) EVEN THOUGH the web-site uses an UNGODLY amount of Comic Sans. (I think it’s supposed to be part of the corn, but it’s still Comic Sans, a font I (unorginially) loath.) (more…)

Must say, I love the new whitehouse.gov web-site that launched today along w/Obama’s presidency. Worth taking a look around. A white house blog and everything!

Spelling Change just emailed me about their new project involving Obama-inspired letters, Obama supporters wearing letter T-shrits, and the fun way you can put them together. (The about page explains it best, actually.)

The site allows you to write Obama-related phrases (or anything you choose) using their fun politically-inspired alphabet (or make your own letters!), then you can embedd it on your webpage or purchase a T-shirt, sticker, poster, or postcard with the word you’ve created.

Fun!

My adventure-loving friend who joined me (or, er, I joined her) in Flushing and at Renegade, recently informed me that now you, too, can get your portrait painted like a Chinese propaganda poster at Maopost.com. The artwork is hand painted in oil on canvas by professional Chinese freelance artists.

You can choose from a variety of layouts and complete a solo or group portrait (maybe the whole family?!). They cost $180 to $270 (plus $35 for shipping) and are 24×15 inches to 32×21 inches.

This article from the New York Times really caught my eye, and I couldn’t resist sharing it with you, so just one more post to end the week and begin the weekend!

For those subway riders who get off before the last stop — almost everyone — the end is just a sign on the train. What’s there, anyway? It turns out there is often mystery, lonesomeness and beauty (NY Times).

This interactive “Going to the End of the Line” project includes photos, video, and audio from the “end of the line” (places most of us never see… unless we happen to live there) on NYC subways.

Some of my favorites from last week! (Links in the list below; right click to open in new window.)

• A book of a guy comparing his silhouettes to famous silhouettes (via SwissMiss).
• A hysterical inscription on The Book Inscriptions Project blog from a book entitled “Doktor Bey’s Suicide Guidebook.”
• I really just want to put my feet into these rugs from the Dolder Grand Hotel in Zurich (via Cool Hunter).
• I love, love, love Chris Benz’s colorful clothing lines, and his web-site is pretty cool, too! (via Oh Joy!)
• A pretty awesome chair, good for seat crunchers, via Smashing Magazine. (I’m not sure that you can buy this; it has made its way around the blogs, but I think it was originally part of a show.)
• An awesome flea market guide from Design*Sponge, listing all of the flea markets in a variety of my very favorite states (Connecticut, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Maine, and Massachussetts)!
• Cool photographs of naked Olympians! (via Crap We Like)
• Another cool Smashing Magazine find — a retro phone that you talk into instead of your cell phone.
• I love this ASL (American Sign Language) pattern (and the tank top, which isn’t availible for sale, unfortunately!) in a book which includes designs from Julia Rothman (from Julia’s book design blog, Book By Its Cover).

Click on the images above or the links below to see some of my favorite blog-finds this week! Remember to right click to open in a new window! Have a wonderful weekend!

1. I don’t know why, but I totally love this Oh Deer print from Print a Day. I would love to use this design as ironic wrapping paper!
2. A Binder Clip Typeface?! Creative & cute! (via Swiss Miss, via I Love Typography)
3. Hello! You There! is a web-page that allows you to send anonymous complaints and suggestions to whoever is out there bothering you in real-life. Totally cool project! I can think of a few notes I might want to send… (via Veer)
4. OMG! I am so excited about this movie, Gentlemen Broncos, about a sci-fi author who steals some kid’s writing camp piece for his novel. I’m excited not only because it stars a large-eyed Flight of the Conchords member, and not only because it’s directed by Jared Hess of Napoleon Dynamite, but because it has its own fake sci-fi web-page which copies the creepy / poor design of many sci-fi web-pages out there. (thanks again Veer!)
5. A texting pattern from illustrator John Coulter. So cute and doodley and fun!
6. Okay, so Veer struck gold this week and posted yet another cool thing — a free, online 3D drawing program. You can’t really make anything too detailed, and your need your own 3D glasses, but the idea just seems so cool to me!
7. After my Book Week post on book crafts, I was super-excited to see these cut-out books on Swiss Miss from designer Kelly Blair (who has tons of other cool and colorful things in her portfolio).
8. Love this letterpress print, Gravity’s Rainbow (a rainbow made of sharp objects) from I Am Still Alive posted today on +KN.
9. As I’ve mentioned, I studied ASL (American Sign Language) a few semesters, so I really love these “manual alphabet” necklaces from Lorena Barrezueta posted this week on Design*Sponge.

Since it’s book week and since this blog prides itself on finding creative things, I had to share the latest release from McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Hamlet (Facebook Newsfeed Edition). This just gets funnier and funnier as it goes. Read the whole thing here.

I recently discovered the new “got milk?” web-site while surfing NotCot.org. I love the white paper cut-out look, very milky. There are also lots of fun moving parts and colorful characters. An excellent example of corporate web-design (for those of us with fast enough connections to keep up with it).

My favorite part of the site? DIY projects for the crafty milk-drinker-recyclers among us. The downloadable pdf instructions are availible for both milk cartons and milk jugs. I know, it’s all a little kindergarten, but the youthful part of me can’t help but get excited.

So, a summer-fun post to end the week. As usual, I’m going to attempt a blogging break over the weekend. So, until Monday, enjoy the heat (especially you East Coasters like me)! Also, a reminder to subscribe to the Stickers & Donuts feed if you want (it’ll be fun, I promise)!

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We (royal? blogosphere?) were all very excited when Veer created its Very Secret Order of Creative Understanding which included secret booklets, secret widgets, and secret handshake wallpapers. Those of us who got pretty booklets in the mail were extra-excited.

This summer Veer has a new treat for creatives: the annual Veer Summer Fun Activity Book (with extra online goodies!). Though the book can be downloaded in pdf, it would definitely be more fun to get your hands on a hard copy.

And, if you can’t get a hard copy, there are enough free web-goodies, no printing required, to go around. These include wallpapers (very cute!), games, and the ability to create a doodled world full of doodled creatures (this is actually very cool). Look above to see the world I’m working on.

One of the funniest parts about the Veer’s summer fun extravaganza is the printable Kernie monster and the accompanying contest encouraging you to take pictures of the Kernie doing all kinds of human things — or just standing next to badly kerned signs. How adorably dorky!