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The MoonKettle by BALMUDA Brings Tea Culture to the Home

Design Milk

Gen Terao founded BALMUDA in Tokyo in 2003, releasing the x-base in the hopes of creating the most beautiful products on the market. This light, crisp white accentuates the carefully wrought curves of the MoonKettle, inspired by generations of tea culture that came before it.

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Commercial Type releases visual journal Double Acts in Pop

Creative Boom

The double act in type design Barens and Schwartz have worked together since 2003, when they were paired up to draw a new set of typefaces for The Guardian. "We We knew each other a bit before but quickly bonded over shared interests, especially pop music," Schwartz reveals.

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Behold, the Ford logo we deserved (that got rejected)

Creative Bloq

Having not updated its logo since 2003, Ford is well overdue a new look, and while this sleek alternative design sadly never got to see the light of day, Id love to see it have its time to shine in the future.

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"You can't just be like, ‘we're going to change the world,'" Kwame Taylor-Hayford on how to create projects with social impact

Creative Bloq

I started in 2003/2004 and honestly, it felt like there was a lot of opportunity, a lot of disruption. How has the industry changed since you started working in it? And how do you see it changing over the next five to 10 years? When I started working in the industry, this was around the advent of the Internet. I come more from advertising.

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Austrian Artist Erich Sokol’s Illustrations Were A Highlight Of Hugh Hefner’s Magazine

Design You Trust

Erich Sokol (1933–2003) was a celebrated Austrian illustrator and satirist, best known for his contributions to *Playboy* magazine during its golden era. His work skillfully captured the humor and tension in the interactions between glamorous women and hapless, often desperate men.

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The 10 Trust Signals Your Website Is Missing Right Now

Inkbot Design

A Design That Doesn't Look Like It Was Made in 2003 Your website is your digital handshake. ” Ask, “Is this element genuinely reinforcing the idea that we are the real deal?” ” The 10 Signals Your Visitors Are Desperate to See 1. Before a visitor reads a single word, they judge you on your design.

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Banksy's print legacy finally gets its due

Creative Boom

Works like Pulp Fiction (2003), where he replaces pointing guns with bananas, or Golf Sale (2003), featuring the Tiananmen Square protester holding a sale sign, show his mastery of what Paul calls 'photomontage'. Banksy: The Prints arrives at a moment when creative professionals are increasingly questioning art world hierarchies.