The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “design”

Famous Designers on Design: 5 Beautiful Book Covers
Famous Designers on Design: 5 Beautiful Book Covers

What the hate of Helvetica has to do with Nine Inch Nails and a three-legged lemon juicer.

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Illustration Showcase: 5 Artists to Watch
Illustration Showcase: 5 Artists to Watch

Shapes, colors, textures, and a whole lotta lovable monsters.

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A Library of Human Imagination
A Library of Human Imagination

Human imagination, cataloged and numbered, or what James Bond and King James have in common besides the James.

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The Real Beauty Industry
The Real Beauty Industry

Sight, sound, motion, and more beauty than your beholder eyes can handle.

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RSS Minimalism
RSS Minimalism

What Google, minimalism and the world’s most celebrated font have in common.

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Vintage Russian Ads
Vintage Russian Ads

What Dostoevsky has to do with sausage art and bicycles.

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Birth of an Idea: The Ride
Birth of an Idea: The Ride

Flying cars, exploding brains and how the creative process comes to life.

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Famous Logos Revised: Fortune 500 Sans Fortune
Famous Logos Revised: Fortune 500 Sans Fortune

Downward design, or what happens when the corporate glass is half-empty.

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Giving Design
Giving Design

Why design will save the world and a potent remedy for your quarterlife crisis.

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2008 in Album Art
2008 in Album Art

The year’s best cover art — from albums that actually didn’t suck.

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