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Flickr Collection of the Week: Blurry Fuzzy World

Sometimes images through a fog tell the clearest story.

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Branding the Presidents

A personal projec to brand each of the 44 Presidents of the United States of America.

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Unmixed Paint

A gallery of unmixed paint cans.

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Recent Books Received: 04.11.13

Various writer's Eye On A Century; I Used To Be A Design Student by Frank Philippin and Billy Kiosoglou; Work For Money, Design For Love by David Airey; See What I Mean : How to Use Comics to Communicate Ideas by Kevin Cheng; Content …

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Flickr Collection of the Week: Damaged Goods

“Damaged Goods” is a collection of photographs in which the scratches, stains and patina are critical components in the gestalt of the image.

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Czech Book Covers of the 1920's and 30's

The Smithsonian has an engaging collection of Czech avant-garde book cover designs from the 1920s and 30s.

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Welcoming Dr. Paul Polak

Welcoming Dr. Paul Polak as a Design Observer contributing writer.

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Rick Poynor: Writing with Pictures

Rick Poynor is increasingly preoccupied, as a photographer, with making images himself and will speak about it at a DCrit lecture April 9, 2013.

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Flickr Collection of the Week: The Library

The Library is a curated Flickr gallery of antique books.

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The Emergence of Advertising in America

The “Emergence of Advertising in America 1850-1920” collection at the Duke University Library has over 3,300 advertising items and publications dating from 1850 to 1920.

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The Enduring Allure of Vintage Snapshots

Collector’s Weekly has profiled John Foster about his love for, and his collection of, vernacular photography.

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Ann Weber Dumpster Dives in Rome

A film by Nick Heller about Ann Weber, a California-based artist who currently works primarily in cardboard.