Typophile Film Festival 5 Opening Titles
Following the theme of the five senses the video explores all kinds of 3D typography with a lot of stop motion. It's a visual treat!
The Future of HTML 5 - Bruce Lawson
As if you haven't got enough of HTML 5 yet! Here's another well presented intro by Bruce Lawson at this years FOWA London 2009. He covers canvas, webforms 2.0, local storage and geo-location in this 25 minute video.
Designing Obama
Whatever your political leaning the Obama campaign had outstanding creative direction and really inspired the world to follow suit. The people behind the original branding are now launching a new book. In the spirit of grass-roots they are looking to generate the publishing costs. For a minimum of $50 you get a book detailing a global brand phenomenon - bargain!
Cartoonists Respond to Obama's Nobel Prize
The political satirical cartoon is a peculiar form of illustration. Often involving caricature and always involving the news topic of the time. Crude or clever, here's an Obama Nobel prize winning compilation.
8-bit Trip
Stop-motion music video built with Lego bricks. Someone has too much time on their hands.
Retinart - Valuable Ideas TED
Retinart (Alexander Charchar) compiled back in May a nice round up of past TED talks that delve into themes of "graphic design, creativity and beauty". Checkout the rest of Retinart too - a great blog.
Typographica
Type Reviews, Books, Commentary. A great resource for fans of typography.
Jay Miletsky - on Marketing and Branding
May be peeking a bit some by adding this to the list but it shows potential. Jay Miletsky - CEO, author and speaker.
Agnieszka Czarnocka
Excellent wildlife photography and an equal amount of praise for the website design. An example of how good design can transcend language barriers. I'm guessing Polish in this instance.
Daily Book Graphics
A Flickr gallery from Montague Projects that is updated daily with book graphics. The collection is obviously massive and contains some great design that would otherwise have been long forgotten. A motivating project too - everyone should keep a daily blog of inspiration!