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by niki blaker
Featured in the Palace of Versailles Sciences & Curiosities exhibit, an intricate piano-playing android created in 1784 by two Germans and purchased by Marie-Antoinette to entertain her guests.
11.02.2010
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by james i bowie
The domain name “Logo.com” has been purchased for $500,000, and the site will be up early next year, offering—what else?—logo design services. Criticism of the Logo.com logo has commenced (see comments in link).
11.02.2010
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by armin
A collection of images showing the swastika in use by a bevy of businesses and products before it was adopted by the Nazis. Shown is Swastika Laundry in Dublin, 1912.
11.02.2010
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by armin
Quipsologies contributor Jason Dean presents The Woods. A limited edition of “hand-rubbed relief prints from basic commercial lumber. The individual relief prints were then scanned and used to create film for screen printing. The wood was then burned, meticulously ground and added to the ink mixture to literally impart wood into all aspects of every print.”
11.01.2010
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by jason dean
Fantastic short film giving us a rare behind-the-scenes look into the studio and process of MPLS letterpress printers Studio on Fire.
11.01.2010
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by armin
American Software, “a short film inspired by the towering giants behind the American software industry. That is, if Steve Jobs was a rebellious punk rectangle, with guitar in tow, taking on King Bill through a rock-off within some parallel counter-realist 8-bit geometric vision of our world.” Not really sure what exactly this is for or why it exists but it has a delightful aesthetic.
11.01.2010
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by armin
Quipsologies contributor Paul Soulellis pays a visit to a 1974 Massimo Vignelli New York City Subway poster at the 57th Street stop of the F line.
11.01.2010
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