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100 Objects #20: AA Sobriety Chip
Comedian, writer, and podcaster Jamie Loftus has always known about Alcoholics Anonymous. As a kid, she loved the album where her dad kept all his AA chips — that little piece of plastic that marks a day, a month, a year of sobriety. Now as an adult, Jamie wanted to understand where that little chip
99% Invisible · EN
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(Not Just) Another Brick in the Wall
Historically, Chicago common bricks were known as the ugliest bricks in the world. Made from glacial clay deposits that the city sits atop of, production of Chicago commons dramatically expanded after the Great Fire and helped the city rebuild with fire-resistant materials. Today you can spot Chicago commons all over the city but most often
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The Problem With Football Helmets
In 2024, James Daniels became likely the first NFL football player to wear a new kind of helmet during a game – an apparatus called the Guardian Cap. The new lid was a marked departure from what fans are used to. Guardian Caps offer an extra layer of padding, and make the player’s helmet more
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Tony Hawk’s Real-Life Willy Wonka
This week, we’re featuring a story from Death, Sex & Money about N.D. Austin, a man who makes a living creating experiences that are supposed to change you. His projects have included secret sewer speakeasies, coming-of-age rituals on deserted islands, funeral board games, and, for Tony Hawk, a homemade train ride through the desert designed
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Audio Guide of the Imperfections of a Perfect Masterpiece
This episode is sponsored by Acura. Even if you’ve never been to the Guggenheim Museum, you probably recognize it. From the outside, the building is a light gray spiral, and from the inside, the art is displayed on one long ramp that curves up towards a glass skylight in the ceiling. It’s a one-of-a-kind building
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100 Objects #21: Window from the House of D
In 1932, the Women’s House of Detention—New York City’s first women’s prison—opened in the heart of Greenwich Village. It was opened to make “wayward” women quiet, private, and properly feminine. And the building had one unique feature originally meant to be a sort of kindness—a special kind of window that the women inside could open.
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Doktoro Esperanto
Esperanto is what linguists call a “constructed language.” It isn’t attached to a nation or a region, and it didn’t evolve from another language over time. Instead, nearly 150 years ago, someone decided to sit down and design the whole thing from scratch. That someone was L. L. Zamenhof, also known as Doktoro Esperanto. Born
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100 Objects #22: AOL Disc
In 1998, the recording industry was thriving. But the company pressing more compact discs than anyone else in America wasn’t a record label…it was an internet company: America Online. The AOL Disc was a marketing coup—hugely successful. It’s not an overstatement to say that it’s the campaign that introduced America to the internet. Because of
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Brutal Types
Read the book, Typographic Firsts “Brutal” is such a nasty, albeit seductive, word. A quick visit to my desktop Oxford dictionary confirms that the adjective “brutal” is, etymologically speaking, derived from a corruption of the name Brutus, the Roman immortalized as Julius Caesar’s infamous assassin (tip of the hat to William Shakespeare). “Brutal” in current […] The post Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Brutal Types appeared first on I Love Typography Ltd .
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Loopy
Read the book, Typographic Firsts I once taught a research/writing class called “No Google” that lasted until it dawned on me that “Google” was indeed the research tool for the 21st century. The realization came when, for an article I was writing about water balloons — yes, you read that right, water balloons — and […] The post Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Loopy appeared first on I Love Typography Ltd .
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Zinkraft
Read the book, Typographic Firsts Massimo Vignelli was canonically adamant that a contemporary designer only requires a handful of typefaces and should “trash the rest.” He was talking about five to be exact: Helvetica, Bodoni, Futura, Century Expanded, and Times New Roman. He was right for his times, but styles and customs have changed, and […] The post Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Zinkraft appeared first on I Love Typography Ltd .
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Structure in Type Design
Read the book, Typographic Firsts The legendary type designer Adrian Frutiger once described an epiphany he had: “When I put my pen to a blank sheet, black isn’t added, but rather the white sheet is deprived of light. […] Thus, I also grasped that the empty spaces are the most important aspect of a typeface.” […] The post Structure in Type Design appeared first on I Love Typography Ltd .
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Ege Basalt
Read the book, Typographic Firsts I’ve forever fancied fat faces. And not just for the alliteration. And I’ve found the perfect weight in a comparatively new design with vintage flavor: the revival of Ege Basalt family featuring five fonts (Bold, ExtraBold, Heavy, Medium, and Regular) in a “Cubist Bold” art deco-inspired sans serif. Not only […] The post Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Ege Basalt appeared first on I Love Typography Ltd .
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Font Faces: Stefan Hattenbach
Read the book, Typographic Firsts Stefan Hattenbach was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1961. Although he’s moved around a lot, with longer stays in Budapest (1993–94) and San Francisco (2005–06), he’s been faithful and has always returned to Stockholm. At the age of eighteen, he graduated from high school determined to work in the advertising […] The post Font Faces: Stefan Hattenbach appeared first on I Love Typography Ltd .
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Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Dez Bollardian
Read the book, Typographic Firsts At long last, I’ve found a newly conceived typeface that allows me to be accessible and expressive all within the same family. This is a face that can be demonstrative and demure all at the same time. It is an all-purpose sans that can be used in large and small weights, sizes and cases – […] The post Steven Heller’s Font of the Month: Dez Bollardian appeared first on I Love Typography Ltd .
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Why Spending Money Feels Different When You Don’t See It Leave Your Hands
Cash, digital payments, and the surprising way technology shapes how we experience spending. It started with a post I came across about someone buying a watch worth ₹12,000. I found myself thinking about the purchase, so I brought it up with a friend. What began as an ordinary conversation about an expensive watch took an unexpected turn: my friend told me he had received a watch worth ₹30,000 as a gift. That made me think about something interesting. One person had spent ₹12,000 on a watch. Another had received a watch worth ₹30,000 without paying for it himself. The watches had monetary valu
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