Dave Caolo

Dog Stache is as awesome as it gets.

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Makes me want to screw up just so I can send one of these. Love it.

Two men restore the 1957 home of architect Arthur Witthoefft with stunning results.

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. Grosset & Dunlap, 1952. A Michael Mitchell dust jacket design. Gorgeous.

“Do knot forget: Bluetooth comes with every new Ford model.” Love it.

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Charming, feel-good videos. Love it.

Triple birthday score. Love it.

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Smashing Magazine wails on beer and alcohol sites, from the useless age verification screens (anyone capable of subtraction can get past one) to the outdated splash animations.

“To put it quite bluntly, the designers and developers in the beer and alcohol website industry should be ashamed of themselves for creating such horrendous user experiences.”

It goes on from there.

Creative Room is holding a modern gingerbread house design contest. Local architects have been asked to do their best. Proceeds will benefit Architecture for Humanity. My vote goes for the one above.

Google has re-designed their home page so that all elements other than the search box, logo and buttons are hidden until you mouse over the page. Most of the time you’ll simply enter your search term(s), hit return and browse the results while the unnecessary elements remained hidden. Nicely done, Google.

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