Incredible. Two very detailed and intricate LEGO representations of the inauguration of US president Barack Obama.

Design Highlights of 2008 as put together by Creativity Online.
Featured on the list, Flywire from Nike, the Helvetica film, (good to see Helv get a mention in some way) the iPhone (who could have guessed) and even (or should that be, of course) Barack Obama, who makes the cut for his “entire campaign, each and [...]

Michael Lind theorises that the election of Barack Obama marks the actual beginning of the fourth American republic, which interestingly enough, saw its birth in 2004, mid-way through George W Bush’s administration.
As I see it, to date there have been three American republics, each lasting 72 years (give or take a few years). The First [...]

A fantastic personal consideration of the outcome of the US presidential election at Ample Sanity:
I have seen, just lately, a renewed sense of responsibility, as well as an unprecedented demand for humanity. I am not African-American. I cannot, therefore, begin to understand what last night meant for those of you who are. To [...]

Australians For Obama : an election day forum created by Anthony Dever, giving Australians the opportunity to voice their support for US presidential candidate Barack Obama.

While the latest opinion polls show US presidential candidate Barack Obama heading for a runaway victory in the November 4 election, former NSW state Premier, turned student of American political history, Bob Carr writes that the race for the White House is far from won, in an unsettling SMH article:
At a time when Obama and [...]

Will opensource code win the 2008 US election?
Vishal Sharma makes a shrewd observation on the differences between the backend web technologies employed by US presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama.
Hmm…

Good, or should I say, excellent web and identity design, is the reason for the Obama is elitist barbs that are currently emanating (mainly from the Hillary Clinton camp) in the US, says Anthony Dever.
There was this thing I learned back in the day when I studied marketing that the design, ads, everything can be [...]

Obey Giant and Sticker Robot team up to give US Democrat presidential nominee Barack Obama the OBEY treatment with Obama Stickers.
Via Design is Kinky.

Is Obama a Mac and Clinton a PC?
Let’s look at the upcoming US Presidential elections from a design perspective, and turn it into a Mac verse PC debate to make it more interesting, since rhetoric and politicking can become a little dull after a time.
Reporters covering the candidates have already resorted to traditional analysis of [...]