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Poster-A-Day: A Visual Vitamin

Ever wonder what a graphic designer does to wile away the idle hours. Johnny Selman spends every morning ritually checking headlines on the BBC. But that’s not all. In 2010 “I decided to create a poster a day for 20 days in reaction to a headline for each day,” he recently told me. This exercise triggered the idea for his Academy of Art University in San Francisco graduate school thesis, which he expanded into 365 days of posters and world news, he calls BBCx365. It is an obsessive tour de force.

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Microsoft tags

A student recently reminded me of these colorful tags using triangles instead of squares, that he noticed in USA Today and a few other publications. It reminded me that I had recently seen them, on a weekend trip, in the local travel guide.

The coolest part.....they can be created using your own images!

So what are they? Much like QR codes, they are called Microsoft tags. Also, like QR codes, they are easily generated and readers are available. I found a blog post that gives a far more detailed description than I can give, so check it out when you have time!

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