The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “design”

Analog Infoviz: Handmade Visualization Toolkit
Analog Infoviz: Handmade Visualization Toolkit

What 99 red balloons have to do with the spam economy and Lady Gaga.

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7 Brilliant Book Trailers
7 Brilliant Book Trailers

How to connect haberdashery to Zach Galifianakis in under three minutes.

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Breaking In: Advice from 100 Advertising Rockstars
Breaking In: Advice from 100 Advertising Rockstars

Phoenix from the ashes of advertising, or what the big idea has to do with collaboration.

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Tony Orrico: The Human Spirograph
Tony Orrico: The Human Spirograph

Mock-mathematics, or how to turn the human body into a graceful precision instrument.

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Writer’s Block in Stop-Motion, Shakespeare-Style
Writer’s Block in Stop-Motion, Shakespeare-Style

What Romeo and Juliette have to do with William Shatner and modern justice.

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Arabic Graffiti: An Eastern Voice in the Global Street Art Dialogue
Arabic Graffiti: An Eastern Voice in the Global Street Art Dialogue

Diplomacy by way of street art, or what Gaza has to do with Banksy.

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David Clemesha’s Hand-Lettered Nursery Rhymes
David Clemesha’s Hand-Lettered Nursery Rhymes

Little lambs, little reds, little pigs, and a little hand-lettered typography.

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Animated Infographic: Unspilling the Gulf Oil
Animated Infographic: Unspilling the Gulf Oil

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Samuel Price’s Incredible Dog Portrait Collages
Samuel Price’s Incredible Dog Portrait Collages

What recycled magazines have to do with the essence of the canine soul.

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The Language of Graphic Design
The Language of Graphic Design

100 years of visual communication on a silver platter.

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