What happens in this edition of Vegas-uploaded Quipsologies stays in this edition of Quipsologies.

~ ARMIN ~

“Whereas San Francisco is home to the greatest number of designers per capita in the United States”. Frisco celebrates its Mayor-sanctioned Design Week.

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“It’s a shame because when people come in from the outside world they think this is how German designers are and for me, it’s personally embarrassing. I want to go away and hide and pretend I’m a brain surgeon or something.” Erik Spiekermann on the design of the 2006 FIFA World Cup identity.

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Why should you care who Ray Tomlinson is? Because he is credited for you getting your e-mail @ wherever you please. Origins of the @ sign.

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I try not to quip every single video that tickles my inner dude, but this majestic slow motion montage of destruction is actually quite beautiful.

~ MARIAN BANTJES ~

Clothespins.

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Would Michelangelo be proud or horrified?

~ JASON A. TSELENTIS ~

Learn all about Public Enemy rapper Chuck D, who studied graphic design before becoming the leader of the world’s greatest and angriest rap ensemble.

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3D browsing. It can happen, but when?

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Some of your home improvements can actually devalue your home. The BBC tells all about it, and invites you to send pictures too.

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While we’re in the U.K. Check out the latest rendition of the Tory (Britain’s largest centre-right party) logos on the BBC.

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The Best of Slate has been available in print, and as of June 19, ranked 34,495 in Amazon’s books since its publication. Maybe they need to stick to the web, and try climbing above their competition.

~ RANDY J. HUNT ~

Hmm…Guy Kawasaki interviews youth culture expert Kathleen Gasperini. “In youth culture markets, a guy with khaki slacks and a blue button-down shirt and a clipboard simply scares off young people. Our field research teams are just as likely to have a tattoo as the person they’re talking to, but they tend to be older than the target market and many have journalistic capabilities.” Oh! So they have tattoos, how very clever. I hope they say “dope” and “rad” too.

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Ellen and Julia Lupton launch D.I.Y. Kids. I’m partial to Flik’s pet.

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Wednesday marks the 101st birthday of Jean-Paul Sartre. Sadly, the paper he co-founded in 1973, Liberation, is struggling with bankruptcy as well as the forced retirement of co-founder Serge July.

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As every designer knows, money can’t buy taste.

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Media critic, blogger, advertising executive, as well as a host of other gigs in broadcasting, cable and journalism: all bullshit jobs.

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Beware of Artist renderings.

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Point: “If you stand back and think about (brainstorming), it’s plainly inefficient,”

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Counterpoint: Brainstorming ain’t so bad.

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A great collection of covers of the “stupid and evil magazine” Hara-Kiri and its sister publication Charlie Hebdo.

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Besides spec work, beware of potential clients who want to bless your feet.

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So… think you’re a thorough note taker?

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On the mixing of music and art.

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The Maoist tendencies of Mountain Dew packaging.

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A short rant on mediocrity.

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Cartoonist/designer/artist/editor/etc. Joost Swarte’s sketches of a theatre/cultural center in Haarlem, the Netherlands have been realized.

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A discussion with genius playwright Richard Foreman covering his thoughts on anti-theater, language and surprise.

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