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The Oldest Store in NYC’s Chinatown Has Released a Zine All About Porcelain Motifs

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The Best-Known Type Specimen In The Univers(e)

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Why Did People Start Naming Typefaces After Themselves?

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Pulp Nonfiction: A Brief History of Celebrity Magazines

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Designology: How—and Why—Did Novelty Typography Emerge?

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Where Does the Term ‘Graphic Designer’ Come From?

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32 Beautiful/Bizarre Design Ads From the ’70s

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Punk for a Day: Graphic Design History and the Punk Aesthetic

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The Univers of Helvetica: A Tale of Two Typefaces

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What The Old Guard Said About The New Typography

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Andrew King: Carving Out A Place In Graphic Arts History

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Vintage Restaurant Menu Design: We’re Still Hungry

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Retro Graphic Design Takes Flight in the Golden Era of Airline Posters

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Happy Birthday, Jules Feiffer

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‘Good Design’ Comes Under Question

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The History of Graphic Design from Taschen Books

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African American Designers in Chicago

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McGuire’s Liquid Liquid

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Tribal Design Mardi Gras Style

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When the U.S. Army Banned a Comic Book About War

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The Three Plakateers

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Comic-Con’s Eisner Judging and the New “Comics & Design Awards”

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The Visual Art of Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti

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The Unexpected Art and Design of Famous Actors

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