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Consider Design You Trust™ in Russia, NiceFuckingGraphics in Mexico, Etienne Mineur archives in France, the borderless ffffound, and a large constituency of U.S.-based blogs as well.

Together, these web sites paint a clearer and more current picture of the state of graphic design around the world than any magazine or single web site would ever hope. They are also highly reflective and representative of whatever trend may be sweeping the world, as it’s common to see the same project linked again and again in a variety of languages — a great .jpg or .gif knows no boundaries.

As my feed count increased it became increasingly clear that this year’s trend was a new typography: Devoid of counters, generous in girth, and joyous in application. As 2007 comes to a close, here is a partial, yet global, celebration of The New(er) Typography — plenty remains out there and unnoticed here, but you’ve probably seen it on your own.

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