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29th August 2002

EphemeraNow.com

“EphemeraNow.com is a Web site dedicated to the advertising and illustration art of mid-century America. In addition to offering images for your viewing pleasure, we sell high-quality scans of color illustrations in the public domain, for print, broadcast and Web use, as well as a limited selection of original ads snipped from vintage periodicals (Coke).”

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29th August 2002

Shinola Naming and Branding Awards

“The Shinola Awards are produced by A Hundred Monkeys, a naming and branding company in Sausalito, California.” Includes a very funny weblog.

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29th August 2002

postcardX.net

“postcardX is about exposing a part of yourself to a random person somewhere out there in the ether. you can send a postcard with your latest poem or life instance. send a dried flower you found on a walk the evening before. send a box full of trinkets found from your childhood. send that book you just finished. send a mix CD or tape of your music. send that painting that took you 40 hours to a stranger along with a packet of your favorite tea. send a secret.”

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29th August 2002

The New Rationalism

“Good article in Cre@te Online… It’s an interview with Bill Moggridge of IDEO — genuine design legend, and the man who coined the phrase ‘interaction design’ …Moggridge noted that the aesthetics recede as behaviour becomes more important — that behaviour is the aspect people actually engage with.”

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29th August 2002

Paper of Record

“Paper of Record is an historical archive of full-page newspaper images that you can search for unique coverage of past events. The archive is created from newspaper collections on microfilm, preserving the original format of the paper, but saving you hours, even days, of research time. Now, you don’t have to scroll manually through reel after reel of film to unfold history, page by page.”

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29th August 2002

EphemeraNow.com

“EphemeraNow.com is a Web site dedicated to the advertising and illustration art of mid-century America. In addition to offering images for your viewing pleasure, we sell high-quality scans of color illustrations in the public domain, for print, broadcast and Web use, as well as a limited selection of original ads snipped from vintage periodicals (Coke).”

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29th August 2002

The New Rationalism

“Good article in Cre@te Online… It’s an interview with Bill Moggridge of IDEO — genuine design legend, and the man who coined the phrase ‘interaction design’ …Moggridge noted that the aesthetics recede as behaviour becomes more important — that behaviour is the aspect people actually engage with.”

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29th August 2002

Paper of Record

“Paper of Record is an historical archive of full-page newspaper images that you can search for unique coverage of past events. The archive is created from newspaper collections on microfilm, preserving the original format of the paper, but saving you hours, even days, of research time. Now, you don’t have to scroll manually through reel after reel of film to unfold history, page by page.”

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29th August 2002

Domestic Mail Manual

“The Domestic Mail Manual (DMM), revised and published periodically, contains the standards of the U.S. Postal Service governing domestic mail services. This short overview will help you better understand the organization, numbering system, and design of the Domestic Mail Manual.”

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