The Universal Declaration of Human Rights – Animated Typography

The General Assembly of the United Nations adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights on December 10, 1948.

The Human Rights Action Center recently commissioned graphic and motion designer, Seth Brau, to create an animated video to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the historic event.

Seth used a combination of After Effects and Illustrator to distill the 30 articles of the proclamation into a short, yet concise, work of animation.

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The Typographic Brilliance of the Dexter Print Ads Campaign

For those of you who don’t know already, Dexter is a highly controversial, Emmy award-winning TV series with a serial killer as its protagonist. The acclaimed series is broadcast by Showtime, a subscription based cable channel owned by CBS Corporation.

Dexter - Los Angeles Magazine To promote the third season of the series, the channel unleashed a series of print ads, which, interestingly enough,  resembled the covers of the popular magazines in which they ran. All the ads portray the boyishly handsome actor Michael C. Hall dressed to kill (ha, ha) in his Dexter Morgan avatar.

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