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This is a seasonal decoration that only a designer could conceive (or create so flawlessly): Easter eggs that look like Pantone color swatches. The best part is that they're surprisingly simple to make - designer Jessica Jones includes DIY instructions on her blog. A new spring tradition.

Typogami is a font inspired by the Japanese art of origami and kirigami - the glyphs look like they're made from folded paper. Not only that, you can tweak everything from color and fold angles to angle of light and the intensity of shadows. Designer Calango has created an animated version and a static version. (via Co.DESIGN)

Inspired by the famous Penrose triangle illusion, Hungarian designer Martzi Hegedűs created Frustro, a highly unconventional sans serif whose characters literally don't line up. In fact, each letterform appears to be facing in two different directions. Whether the font delights you or drives you crazy, there's no denying it makes an eye-catching display face.

What began as a student project by designer Andrew Capener has, with the help of HASBRO and Winning Solutions, become a lovely, limited edition typographic Scrabble set. The "A-1 Scrabble designer edition" features solid walnut tiles, an assortment of fonts, six magnetized pieces of walnut that snap together to make the board, and a cork-lined storage drawer. In short, it's pretty fancy. It's available for pre-order, and each set is signed and numbered. Unfortunately, you still have to use the

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On the frozen lakes of Savoie, France, artist Simon Beck walks all day in raquettes (snowshoes) to make elaborate geometric patterns in the snow. He maps his creations using only a sighting compass and sometimes a length of string, and is always at the mercy of the weather -- he redesigns or discontinues patterns as new snow falls. According to Simon, his snow art began as a method of exercise, compelling him to walk for up to nine hours at a stretch.

It's about time we had a way to transform a beloved YouTube video into a classy, silent, black-and-white comedy drama worthy of Academy notice, no? The Artistifier does just that. Create captions and direct your own. It's so satisfying when high culture meets meme.

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The Communication Arts Typography Annual 2 honors, among other superb things, the best of the year in typeface design. We were excited to see some of our favorite type designers and foundries on the list, including Laura Worthington and Stephen Rapp, plus the Alphabet Soup Type Founders and Sudtipos Type. Some 1,723 entries were submitted for consideration, which makes grabbing the jurors' attention pretty extraordinary. Congratulations to all. Keep making typefaces.

The grand prize-winning font haiku is sports-themed, which is fitting, given the spirit of friendly competition that has infused this contest. Congratulations to @orinjuse, whose haiku for Fan Script came out on top - she wins a new iPad 2 for her poetic flair and typographic passion. This contest has been fun. We were pretty thrilled to receive so many entries, and even more impressed by their quality and originality. We knew fonts were inspiring, but it was nice to be reminded that creativity

From the first syllable to the last, all the font haiku contest entries have displayed a true affection for fonts (no surprise there, but still). We've been impressed each week by the quality of your wordsmithery and we're downright sad that the contest is now closed. All that remains is for us to pore over your poetry and name a monthly winner, not to mention a grand prize winner. Check in next week to find out who walks away with glory and an iPad 2. Meanwhile, enjoy this week's winning haikus

The font haiku contest is winding down, but there's still time to submit your entry and win. Tweet your haiku with the hashtag #veerfonts by noon MST on Thursday, and you could get a T-shirt, $250 in Veer merch, or even the grand prize: an iPad 2. See all the rules and regulations

A few weeks ago we told you about our Creative Catalyst competition, in which we challenged creatives to come up with a piece of artwork in support of a great cause. To say we were thrilled by the response would be such an understatement. It was wonderful.