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Archive for February 15th, 2007

 

Monocle

Monocle is Tyler Brûlé’s international news magazine which launches today, although it wasn’t available in Sainsbury’s or at the mundane newsagents of South Manchester. Maybe they’re only stocking it at the airport.
I like the cover layout. Black is a surprising choice and the decision to feature a cover photo uncluttered by stray type and a [...]

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Patience

Attempting to solve one problem with the WordPress theme has only succeeded in raising several others. For now commenting is possible but your comments will be rendered invisible for reasons I’ve yet to resolve. Your indulgence is requested. Thanks.
Update: So the moral of that episode was don’t try and fix anything that isn’t (too) broken. [...]

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Currency secrets

A 250 guilder note.
Robert Deodaat Emile Oxenaar, aka “Ootje”, was responsible for the design of the Netherlands’ guilders before they were swept aside by Euro blandness in 2002. In an interview with Creative Review he describes how he managed to hide secret references and little jokes in the designs, successfully evading the magnifying-glass scrutiny of [...]

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