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36 Days of Type
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36 Days of Type

36 Days of Type is an annual open call for artists and designers to design a creative interpretation of each letter of the Latin alphabet (plus standard Arabic numbers) for each day of the challenge. We decided to enter, designing the letters for our agency nickname, “BINK”.

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Here's to 2021 to Come
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Here's to 2021 to Come

Instead of looking back, this year we decided to look ahead. And after really digging into forecasts for 2021, we found no shortage of reasons to be hopeful.

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A New Year, a New Calendar
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A New Year, a New Calendar

Since 2020 has been such a slog for all of us, we wanted to launch the new year with something fresh and stylish. Rather than using familiar Hallmark-style imagery for our 2021 calendar, we tried to use depictions that were at once more personal, more diverse, and more specific to time & place.

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Here’s to 2019
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Here’s to 2019

For our 2019 edition, we were thrilled to once again partner with theSkimm. We collaborated closely with their team on the graphic's depiction list and editorial direction and then handed design duties over to the talented Michele Rosenthal

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Here’s to 2018
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Here’s to 2018

Beutler Ink and TheSkimm combined forces to compile the year’s most memorable political and pop culture moments into a single, sprawling illustration!

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Here’s to 2017
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Here’s to 2017

Beutler Ink once again mashed up the year's news, sports, and pop culture—including Donald Trump & Robert Mueller, Kevin Durant & Steph Curry, Rachel Lindsay & Bryan Abasolo, and Chris Christie & a beach chair—into one Where's Waldo?-inspired illustration.

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Here’s to 2016
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Here’s to 2016

The Best and Worst of 2016 in one giant illustration – You can click above to explore the giant graphic—but set some time aside before you dive in, because there's a whole lot of action to look at. You can click here to purchase a copy.

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