Beware of Stop Signs

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As Bob Dylan sang in Subterranean Homesick Blues: You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows. But you do need signs to warn of danger. And symbol signs are extraordinarily useful when written language is incomprehensible. This high voltage cautionary enamel is a case in point. If this does not say BEWARE, nothing can.

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And then there are signs like this.


Postcards From PRINTPRINT magazine, one of the world’s most revered graphic design publications, turned 75 in 2015. In celebration, Steven Heller curated a collection of 75 postcards, each featuring an iconic cover of PRINT magazine straight from the archives.

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