Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Atelier: Project Twins
Acersecomic
A person whose hair has never been cut.
Recumbentibus
A knockout punch, either verbal or physical.
Montivagant
Wandering over hills and mountains.
Fanfaronade
Swaggering; empty boasting; blustering manner
or behavior; ostentatious display.
Quockerwodger
A rare nineteenth-century word for a wooden toy
which briefly became a political insult.
Zugzwang
A position in which any decision or move
will result in problems.
Today I'm admiring these clever prints by Project Twins, elegantly simple images that interpret and/or represent strange, unusual and lost words. The full collection was exhibited at the MadArt Gallery Dublin during DesignWeek 2011. See more images and purchase prints here.(via brain pickings)
Labels:
art
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atelier
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books
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graphic design
,
illustration
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literature
,
poster design
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prints
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project twins
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