'Manmercial' - the sequel

Everyone knows the sequel is never as great as the original, and Barbara Lippert of Adweek agrees that this is indeed the case with Wieden + Kennedy's newest campaign for Old Spice, with Baltimore Raven's linebacker Ray Lewis. As Lippert said, Lewis' spots simply reinforces Mustafa's position that men want to be him.

More Bang on Your Buck

If you've travelled outside of the U.S. you've likely had to exchange your standard green bills for what looks like 'funny money', as most of the world's currency varies in color and size according to the denomination of the bill. In "The Buck Stops Here" Steven Heller posits that designers have questioned the aesthetics of U.S. currency, and points towards suggested redesigns created in "The Dollar ReDe$ign Project". If implemented, any of these could be a welcome change for tourists and the visually impaired.

Type Safari

"Go on a Type Safari" by James Felici takes you on a 'typographic trip' to countries all across the globe to view exotic specimen of the 'typographic kingdom' and seek out and enjoy an endangered species - hand-painted signage.