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Collator, designed by Vince Lo, is a bilingual typeface designed to achive greater harmony between Chinese and Latin type forms.

Astonishing and captivating photographs (all photographs by Alfred Eisenstaed) of Marilyn Monroe at home.

FedEx Brand Identity Quick Reference Guide is a nice little PDF covering the most basic of brand guideline advice for the FedEx range of logos.

Justin Halpern’s logos to be taken with a healthy dose of not-to-be-taken-seriously.

A look at how the original FedEx logo was translated to Arabic.

Know Your Onions: Graphic Design, written by Drew de Solo, looks great especially as it’s designed more like a notebook

Archive, a free font download by Slava Kirilenko, has some real interesting letter forms for you to play with

Could this ongoing and seemingly relentless Pantone-ify (term nabbed from CollabCubed) of consumer products possibly make the Pantone name bor-ing in the not-to-distant-future?

A lovely vintage 2-page spread entitled “A Quick Guide To Motor-Car Badges”

These business cards for Juan Madrigal are just special. That blue, that thickness, that edging… hmmmmm.

Enjoy watching Herb Lubalin discuss his PBS logo.

Can’t say I had ever looked at the Gmail logo that closely enough to notice the mix of the original serif font Catul for the G, and the sans-serif Myriad Pro for ail.

The 2012 Calenclock by Blow is a remarkably novel, and useful, idea for keeping track of the date and the time.

And another creative mash-up comes our way in the form of alcoholic beverages spiced up as various baby brands. PopBottles would be the work of Anna Utopia Giordano The teet’s are a smashing touch. ► Found on Thisisn’thappiness

Found these Coca-Cola advertisements by creative legend: Pete Hawley over on Fantasy Ink

What an incredibly delightful design from vintage Air Canada.