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18th April 2003

Retail Alphabet Game

“It’s been noted as intriguing, addicting, and even a bit unnerving… The Retail Alphabet Game is one part puzzle, one part self assessment, and a pinch of postmodern art. When you select one of the editions to the left to play the Game, you will be presented with 26 alphabet letterforms, extracted from product and corporate logos within the United States. Your job is to figure out the source of each.”

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18th April 2003

Ideography: “But I can’t draw!”

“This paper originiated in some training sessions for volunteers who teach religious education classes in Britain… Because I can draw, I was also asked to help facilitate one of the workshop sessions on classroom activities. This led to a request for me to prepare some more organised notes about ‘how to draw better.’ ‘But I can’t draw!’ is the result — a 12-page paper with a score of illustrations, drawing heavily (if you’ll excuse the pun) on my own experiences as a self-taught illustrator…”

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18th April 2003

skateboardgraphics.com

“This website represents my attempt at cataloging every skateboard graphic ever made. As you will no doubt see, I could use some help in achieving this somewhat unrealistic goal, so any assistance would be appreciated.”

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18th April 2003

Font Bureau Newspapers

“Listening to the call of newspaper designers, we’ve created a place on our site where you can get information about our newspaper services and specimens anytime.”

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18th April 2003

Retail Alphabet Game

“It’s been noted as intriguing, addicting, and even a bit unnerving… The Retail Alphabet Game is one part puzzle, one part self assessment, and a pinch of postmodern art. When you select one of the editions to the left to play the Game, you will be presented with 26 alphabet letterforms, extracted from product and corporate logos within the United States. Your job is to figure out the source of each.”

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18th April 2003

Font Bureau Newspapers

“Listening to the call of newspaper designers, we’ve created a place on our site where you can get information about our newspaper services and specimens anytime.”

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18th April 2003

Ideography: “But I can’t draw!”

“This paper originiated in some training sessions for volunteers who teach religious education classes in Britain… Because I can draw, I was also asked to help facilitate one of the workshop sessions on classroom activities. This led to a request for me to prepare some more organised notes about ‘how to draw better.’ ‘But I can’t draw!’ is the result — a 12-page paper with a score of illustrations, drawing heavily (if you’ll excuse the pun) on my own experiences as a self-taught illustrator…”

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18th April 2003

Web Archive in Visual Anthropology

“WAVA is an archive resource for people interested in the anthropology of visual communication. It features out-of-print and unpublished materials useful for teaching and research. We have secured permission to place works on the web so that interested parties can download and use them.”

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18th April 2003

Site Navigation: Keeping It Under Control

“Navigation is the section of the page that controls what appears in this content area. The beauty of this is that the page content is malleable. The architecture is not, and should represent a strong, extensible foundation that will last at least ten years. It’s like building out floors in an office building. You can change the functionality of the floors as needed without changing the structure of the building.”

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