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Glossom seems to have hit on the right blend of providing inspiration and the opportunity for self-promotion. The appeal of it is the ability to create a portfolio of images or videos in such categories as Photography, Illustrations, Graphics&Design, Fashion and Arts, which is displayed in a visual wall composed of thumbnails. You can simply browse these collections of thumbnails or check out the curated selections that site staff create for the various categories, all available for viewing either on the site or via a just-launched iPhone and iPad app.

British freelance filmmaker, cinematographer and editor Danny Cooke recently created a short film about letterpress printing, shot with a digital SLR video camera. One can only hope that the dedication to craftmanship so evident in the work of the small letterpress workshop featured in the film will always be with us.

The Deeply Graphic Design Podcast is a fairly new show from The Deep End Design Studio.

Here is a quick interview I made with Wes McDowell, who leads the podcast.

CB: What prompted you to create this podcast?
I have always been a fan of the talk radio format, and over the last few years I have subscribed to a number of other design-themed podcasts that I really enjoyed. Over the past year, I have noticed that many of them have started going away. I don't know if its because they got too busy to keep putting them out, or if they just weren't getting enough listeners to justify spending the time doing it, but in either case, I thought that I could fill the void left by them. Also, I find myself giving design advice to others in person, or on forums, etc, so it seemed like a natural fit to start a podcast.

Here is a cool poster designed by Julian Hansen that helps you find the right typeface for your project. Click image for a high-res file.

Belgian multidisciplinary visual artist Ben Heine is known for his series of visual explorations, such as "Digital Circlism" and "Flesh and Acrylic," but perhaps most for the ongoing "Pencil versus Camera" series, which mixes drawing and photography. In these the hand of the artist is always visible, with the often unexpected contents of the black-and-white drawing providing contrast with the colors of the real-worldphoto. While this series was begun in 2010, Ben continues to add new images to it, so it's worth checking out the 80 or so on his site for the latest examples.

Landor Associates announced today the launch of a complete brand transformation for ITG, the independent research and execution broker. Currently celebrating its 25th anniversary, ITG has recently expanded its capabilities through acquisitions on the research side of its business.

Available free on the Mac App store, iBooks Author is an amazing new app that allows anyone to create beautiful Multi-Touch textbooks — and just about any other kind of book — for iPad. With galleries, video, interactive diagrams, 3D objects, and more, these books bring content to life in ways the printed page never could.

It's quite startling to arrive on the English version of Wikipedia and find just a single ominous image urging visitors to learn more about its opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act bills, currently active in the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

You can understand Wikipedia's concern since, if passed, SOPA would require Wikipedia to monitor every site they link to, with any link to an infringing site potentially forcing them offline. It's not surprising that Google, Reddit, Craigslist, WordPress.com and many other high-profile sites are making today a day of protest about the damaging impact these bills could have on a free and open internet. Where have you spotted the protest today?

You could laugh off this satirical infomercial by California-based filmmaker Jesse Rosten more easily if the before and after examples hadn't been taken from real life. He provides some background for its creation in this interview.