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Today’s collection is a grab bag of midcentury North American restaurant placemats. Most of these date from the late 1940s through the ’50s, when the…
Aug 11
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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July 2025
Full Spectrum
Today’s collection is a series of spreads from Sinclair Programs, a short-lived magazine published between 1982 and 1985 for users of Sinclair…
Jul 25
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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Understood the Assignat
This fall, I spent several afternoons exploring the archives of the Museum of Living History in the suburbs of Paris, searching for typographic…
Jul 9
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Polina Godz
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And Also With You
Today’s collection is a set of Christian propaganda posters printed and distributed across China from the late 1920s to the early 1950s.
Jul 1
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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February 2025
Tickets Please
Today’s guest issue is from New York based photographer and sculptor Blaise Hayward. A longtime commercial photographer, he has increasingly focused on…
Feb 4
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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January 2025
Itadakimasu
I’m a big fan of Letterform Archive in San Francisco, so when I saw their announcement about a newly donated collection of chopstick sleeves, I knew I…
Jan 22
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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December 2024
A Stitch in Time
Today’s collection is series of Works Progress Administration (WPA) posters showing global historic dress.
Dec 31, 2024
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
34
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September 2024
The Picture of Health
Today’s collection is a set of Belgian pharmaceutical labels.
Sep 30, 2024
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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An LP a Day Keeps the Doctor Away
About a year and a half ago, I purchased my first instructional vinyl box set at Academy Records on 18th St in Manhattan. Titled Night Moves: The…
Sep 6, 2024
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Rachel Cabitt
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August 2024
Like and Subscribe
Today’s collection is a series of magazine subscription cards from the 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Aug 13, 2024
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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July 2024
Having a Ball
Today we have a guest issue from Janet Delavan, a recent graduate of Parsons School of Design who specializes in book design and printed matter. Her…
Jul 16, 2024
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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June 2024
To Whom It May Concern
Today’s collection is a series of General Post Office “Greetings Telegrams” from the 1930s to 1960s in the UK. Before telephones were widespread…
Jun 20, 2024
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Elizabeth Goodspeed
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