Hrag Vartanian

This via Swissmiss:
Andrew Romano of Newsweek’s Stumper blog interviews Michael Bierut about Barack Obama’s winning campaign graphics. “He’s the first candidate, actually, who’s had a coherent, top-to-bottom, 360-degree system at work,” says Bierut.
Expertinent: Why the Obama “Brand” Is Working
(via pentagram)
And I discovered this in the Chicago Tribune (it’s from June 2007), “Carefully crafting the Obama [...]

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Sorry for the graphic Abu Ghraib pic above but lest we forget that we’re still at war….here are some other links of interest:

YouTube for Balletomanes: the New York City Ballet has a well-designed YouTube page with some “behind the scenes” footage…I hope they start posting dance videos one day (maybe from practices?);
Free Advertising for Artists: [...]

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Gary Hustwit (of Helvetica film fame) enlightens us regarding the official Obama font: Gotham.
Designed by Hoefler & Frere-Jones, and originally a commission for GQ Magazine, Gotham was crafted to look “very fresh, yet very established, to have a credible voice to it.” {via Daring Fireball}
Also of interest:

A while ago Gothamist wrote about the font, and
the [...]

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