Franciscan friar and mathematician Luca Pacioli wrote several books on mathematics and geometry. Among them, in 1497, Pacioli conceived De Divina … [Read more...]
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OASE is a journal for architecture, the content of which is mostly available online. In 1990 Dutch graphic designer Karel Martens took over the design … [Read more...]
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Four pages of an original copy of NASA’s identity guidelines, from when they re-branded to the ‘worm’ logo, dated January … [Read more...]
Just in Time, or A Short History of Production, by Xavier Antin
Four printers using differents technologies from 1880 to 1976. Each printer produces just one colour and is in chain with another one to get together … [Read more...]
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Iliad, one page.
All the Homer's Iliad, poster version, one page. Does this mean anything? I don't know, they say: "Once upon a time we asked ourselves a peculiar … [Read more...]
15 of the Most Iconic Newspaper Headlines Ever Printed
The world is saturated with media and we are bombarded with headlines each and every day, but some are more memorable. We've got 15 of the most … [Read more...]
Arial vs Helvetica
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Ni9e Factory Graffiti Taxonomy: AEIOU - Paris, 2009 - All characters taken from tags photographed in Paris, April 2009. Official poster for Fondation … [Read more...]