Via Letter is a messaging service that lets you mail real letters to someone. You select the typeface & word, and then they do the rest.

http://www.vialetter.com/

N.Y. / Region
City Room: Liberal Pranksters Hand Out Times Spoof
By Sewell Chan
Published: November 12, 2008

Free copies of a spoof edition of The New York Times were being handed out at subway stations across the city, declaring the end of the Iraq war and the passage of progressive legislation on health care, climate change and taxation.

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/pranksters-spoof-the-times/

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_con...

The Detroit Urban Craft Fair is an alternative craft fair featuring 50+ independent, DIY artists and crafters. DUCF exists around a community market feel, encouraging the interaction of maker and buyer, while showcasing a wealth of handmade talent.

The 2008 DUCF is November 15 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at The Fillmore Detroit (formerly the State Theatre.)

http://detroiturbancraftfair.com/
http://handmadedetroit.com/

Objectified is a feature-length independent documentary about industrial design. It’s a look at the creativity at work behind everything from toothbrushes to tech gadgets. It’s about the people who re-examine, re-evaluate and re-invent our manufactured environment on a daily basis. It’s about personal expression, identity, consumerism, and sustainability. It’s about our relationship to mass-produced objects and, by extension, the people who design them.

http://www.objectifiedfilm.com/

I came across this while surfing, and I couldn't resist posting a screen shot. :)

http://www.instructables.com/id/Appl_O_Lantern/

Supermarket hq is an outlet to Buy/sell design goods. Similar to etsy, but with a concentration on design.

http://supermarkethq.com

A behind-the-scenes look at the assigning, writing, editing, and designing of a Wired feature. You can see more about the design process on Wired creative director Scott Dadich's SPD blog, The Process.

wired feature:
http://blog.wired.com/storyboard/

Scott Dadich's SPD Blog
http://www.spd.org/the-process/

Just as the graphic design world begins to recover from the London 2012 logo, Pepsi shows up with their new branding. See the Die line link for Mt. Dew & Sierra Mist treatments. It's not pretty. One has to wonder how many millions of dollars was/will be spent on this...

http://www.thedieline.com/blog/2008/10/what-is-pepsi-t.html

http://www.bevnet.com/news/2008/10-13-2008-pepsi_redesign.asp

http://www.underconsideration.com/brandnew/archives/pepsi_revealed_sort_...