Archive for the ‘Headlines’ Category

May 12, 2010 0

Child is Lone Survivor in Libya Plane Crash

By Van in Design, Headlines

One 8-year-old boy survives, while the other 93 passengers and 11 crew members were killed in the tragic plane crash. Talk about miraculous. I suppose the word “miraculous” should be used if they all survived the crash. He’s a lucky boy nonetheless.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/africa/05/12/libya.planecrash/index.html

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May 12, 2010 0

Angel Takes To The Street…

By Van in Design, Headlines

Police in Switzerland have hired a man to dress up as an angel as part of a campaign to encourage drivers to slow down. I have no idea why I immediately pictured an 80’s metal, three-wolf moon inspired poster when I read the title. It’s not my usual, but it feels nice doing something different. [...]

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May 8, 2010 0

America’s Favorite Birth Control Method Turns 50

By Van in Design, Headlines

It’s interesting that we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the creation of the birth control pill on Mother’s Day this year. It’s not a subject I, or any other guy, would really keep up with. “Prevents pregnancies?” I think the discussion ends there. At most, it probably would extend to an exclamation of, “What?! I [...]

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May 3, 2010 0

Leslie Buck, Designer of Iconic Coffee Cup, Dies at 87

By Van in Design, Headlines

The other thing I really enjoy reading besides political news are obituaries. Please don’t judge, I’m tired of hearing how morbid or eerie it is. There is just something about it that gives me a sense of calm and gives me the perspective and insight that only a subject like death can provide. The ones [...]

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May 2, 2010 1

The Tricky Cleanup of a Deep-Water Oil Spill

By Van in Design, Headlines

It’s been so long since I’ve written. I’ve been extremely busy, but I do have a few old headline designs I wanted to share with you. I’ve learned a few things about this Headline project/exercise. Firstly, keeping up with current events is a bit of a time consuming process! It takes a significant amount of [...]

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