New Library in China is Incredibly Beautiful
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Sometimes you just have to stop and stare. That’s the reaction I had when looking at the pictures of the new Tianjin Binhai Library in China. At the center of the 34,000 square-foot structure sits a spherical auditorium, which has...
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Fox, Cat, Lovely and Free – This Week’s Friday Free Fonts
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As the world turns more artisanal by the day, this week’s free fonts just may find a good home in your toolkit. First up is Fox & Cat by Philippine artist Jo Aquilar. The linear, single-weight design has a casual...
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Can Fashion Magazines Really Make a Difference?
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Addressing issues like poverty, human rights violations and racism head-on, PETRIe is a fashion and photography magazine that knows its purpose. Can a fashion magazine take a serious stand on societal issues? They can, and they do, according to Grace...
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One Former IBM Scientist and Her Fanatical Support of the Paper Ballot
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Why this computer scientist believes there is only one safe voting technology. She’s been called a Luddite. She’s had microphones yanked out of her hand, and been called a crank by both the left and the right. And she remains...
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A New Way to Understand our Collective Information Disorder
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It’s hard to deny that we have a collective challenge with misinformation in our culture. Trust in the media is at an all-time low, and the charges of “fake news” from all corners are daily fodder on social platforms. Apple...
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Facebook Deals with Print
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The social media giant is cutting through the clutter to reach key European agencies in a surprisingly non-digital way. It’s no secret that we are not huge fans of Facebook around here. But I’ve got to give credit where it’s...
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IKEA Invents the World’s First Interactive Recipe
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We often find IKEA on the cutting edge of marketing innovation, what with their innovative use augmented reality in decor planning and their “most helpful catalog in the world.”Now, they’ve created what they are calling the “first interactive recipe.”“We had...
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Unapologetically Exquisite DuJour Magazine Turns Five
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“No one can deny or challenge that print is really where the majority of the ad revenue still comes from.”  There’s one thing that high-end brands clearly understand about print: It’s powerful – indeed some say effortless – platform on...
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Mattress Company Prints the Perfect Bedside Reading
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How this innovative mattress company plans to live on your nightstand, instead of on your smartphone.   Mattress company Casper, purveyors of the popular “bed in a box” design that is disrupting the traditional bedding market, has a mission that...
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Two Curve Balls for This Week’s Free Friday Fonts
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Add some movement to your design with these two fonts; they seriously know how to manage the rounded line. First up is NOOA, an all-caps display typeface with a contemporary, demi-serif design and crisp, sharp details. It does an amazing...
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