Daniel Mall

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The Philadelphia Museum of Art is currently featuring a Cézanne exhibit. To help promote it, they’ve hung a monstrous banner in front of the museum. They do similar treatments for every special exhibit. Sometimes, they’ll even go so far as to paint the steps—yep, those steps—with a portrait of the artist or her work.

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Pxfon: I swear Shaun isn’t human.
The Real Professor Langdon’s Puzzles: Congrats, John!
Submit a form without page refresh using jQuery: Came in really handy recently. Great tutorial.
Cover Stories: An NYT essay by Steven Heller on the relationship between authors and their book jacket designers.
25 of the Best Websites for Educational Institutions: Featuring MICA!
Space, the final font tier: Super-addicting iPhone game, centered around kerning.
Dear American Airlines: “I spent a couple hours redesigning your front page. This is what I settled on. It's just a small start. Imagine what you could do with a full, totally competent design team.”
PowerCursor: Smart ways to allow your interface to change the way people interact with it.
Dollar Redesign: A beautiful redesign of U.S. currency.
Lens: “A photojournalism blog that intends to present some of the most interesting visual and multimedia reporting: in photographs, videos, audio slide shows and any other medium that fits—our format.”
Data, Not Design, Is King in the Age of Google: Great article on the (unfortunate) eminence of data-driven design at Google.
Creative Collective: Round 2: How have I not seen these beautiful designs until now? Props to Beep and the entire Airbag crew.
Speaker Confessions: “A book of true tales from veteran public speakers.”
Flash Lite Case Studies: Great case studies on how Flash Lite is used creatively and effectively.
Ten Graphic Design Paradoxes: Rings so true.

From the Rolodex

Jason Santa Maria: I want to be Jason when I grow up. That is, assuming that I actually will grow up...
Bearskinrug: Don’t be fooled by the domain; Kevin Cornell’s skills are homegrown right here in the U.S. Man, this guy can draw.
Rob Weychert: I would love to be this good. How depressing. All hail the Supreme Overlord.
Afterglow Studio: Afterglow Studio is the home of Andy Schulman, lamp-maker and animator extraordinaire.
Mark Huot: I may start a contest for anyone who can stump Mark. It just can’t be done.
Jervis Thompson: Despite the face that he still uses Macromedia Director, I still learn something every time I talk to Jervis.
Chris Cashdollar: A fellow Drexeler and another designer whose work kills my self-esteem. Go Dragons!
Four24: A contemporary Christian band that I play keyboards (and design!) for.
John Langdon: The only man ever on the face of the planet to use Avant Garde better than Herb Lubalin himself.
Happy Cog: The best web design shop on earth.
Jeffrey Zeldman: There’s nothing bad I could ever say about Jeffrey. He’s one of the most humble, inspiring people I’ve ever met.
Unstoppable Robot Ninja: My brother from another mother.
Dave Thompson: The best animator I’ve ever met, hands down.
Justin Freiler: A designer with his own incredible style. Someone throw me a project that I can work on with Justin.