Okay, not to oversell it, but Ji Lee really is an insanely awesome designer. He is currently the Creative Director of Google Labs at…uhm, Google, which you may have heard of. If not, I suggest visiting the Internets.
His freelance and independent projects, many which are topical, have captured a lot of buzz from his DIY street art “bubble thought” stickers a few years back to the apropos photorealistic image for Conde Nast Porfolio’s cover.
Most recently, he created this business card which seems so obvious that you wonder why you didn’t think of it first. Check out the other cards in his amusing calling card series.
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April 3rd, 2009 - 3:14 pm
This is cool. I might have to steal one of these ideas!
November 13th, 2009 - 5:23 pm
[...] Previously mentioned designer-extraordinaire Ji Lee tweeted this YouTube video of energetic South Korean high school students doing an insanely awesome synchronized cheer from the stands that give the illusion of a giant LCD screen. What’s even more impressive is that they don’t even use signs or cards, and instead use their jackets and shirts to accomplish their cheers. This makes the popular wave look like childs’ play. [...]