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Vintage Identification Badges

I love this Flickr set of old identification badges. Especially this one.

Via Old Glutton.

Rumplo: A Shirt Community

Browse and shop for cool shirts. Upload links to shirt designers you like. Leave comments on shirts submitted from around the world. Subscribe to your favorite designers, tags, or topics. Rumplo, which just launched a short time ago, promotes itself as "a t-shirt community where designers, t-shirt shops, and their fans can hang out together." They're dedicated to building the largest, most eclectic collection anywhere. An interesting concept and a fun new source for design inspiration.

Discovered via Twitter.

Most Wanted Painting

In honor of Presidents Day here in the United States, I offer up America's Most Wanted Painting. This painting was scientifically assembled in 1994 after asking 1,001 American adults what they most enjoy in a painting. The color blue, realistic landscapes, historical figures, wildlife, and happy families scored very high. Hey, you can't argue with poll numbers. Read more about this project from artists Komar and Melamid right here.

Sound of Color

Five musicians were each given a color. Each musician then wrote a track inspired by that color. Those tracks were then given to five directors. You can watch the resulting videos here.

Via Quipsologies.