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by armin
Edoardo Flores’ extra large collection of “Do not Disturb” hotel signs, organized by country.
03.08.2016
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by josh berta
Still in development, BRIXO blocks are like LEGO, but they can build circuits to power lights and motors and stuff.
Reddit AMA here.
03.07.2016
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by ricardo cordoba
Robert Palladino has passed away. Palladino taught calligraphy at Reed College in Portland, Oregon, from 1969 to 1984. One of his many students was a young Steve Jobs, who later credited this one course with helping the Macintosh to be “the first computer with beautiful typography.”
(Photo by Liz Devine.)
03.07.2016
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by armin
I don’t mean to settle for lowbrow click-bait humor but this gallery of “People Who Accidentally Dressed Like Their Surroundings” is a visual feast.
03.07.2016
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by armin
So you know: How to restore antique books like a boss (or like Japanese craftsman Okano Nobuo). Full video at the link.
03.07.2016
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by armin
Great range of packaging props by production designer Mark Tildesley and graphic artists Michael Eaton and Felicity Hickson for High-Rise movie.
03.07.2016
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by james i bowie
Harvard Law School is abandoning its shield symbol because of its ties to the crest of a slave-owning family.
03.06.2016
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by armin
I think I will promise that I will not link to every issue of Flat File but if they are all this good, it will be hard to keep: Capital magazine by Karl Gerstner.
03.04.2016
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by armin
Craig Welsh is working on a revival of a font design by Alvin Lustig originally designed in the 1930s. Elaine Lustig Cohen is on board, helping bring this unique font to life via a wood font crafted by Hamilton Wood Type and a digital version by P22. Currently on Kickstarter.
03.04.2016
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