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December 19, 2022
Cherry Bounce: A Delicious Mystery Solved?
The recipe finally revealed… or so, I think.
December 19, 2022
Irv Koons and the Art of Packaging: A New Digital Collection
During a nearly fifty-year career, Irv Koons (1922-2017) earned a reputation as one of the most innovative and influential designers in the packaging industry, with awards in nearly every major packaging competition.
December 19, 2022
Catalyst Collection Opens to Researchers
The Hagley Library is celebrating the much-anticipated opening of a recent major acquisition—the Catalyst Inc. Collection. Founded in 1962 by feminist author and advocate Felice N. Schwartz (1925-1996), Catalyst is a global nonprofit committed to advancing women in the workplace.  
December 19, 2022
Let it Show, Let it Show, Let it Show! American Retail Show Windows
An early holiday gift arrived in the way of a reader’s response to my November post on the design technique of pouncing.
November 22, 2022
The New Yorker Special: A film about Luthier James "Jimmy" D'Aquisto (1985)
Rock artist Joan Jett once said, “My guitar is not a thing. It is an extension of myself. It is who I am.”
November 22, 2022
Charting the Future: DuPont’s Post War Planning Division and Statistical Graphics
In the early 1940s, while the world was still deeply embroiled in WWII, DuPont established a Post War Planning Division that sought to prepare the company for the war’s eventual conclusion. Peacetime would inevitably alter the landscape of industrial production in the U.S.
November 22, 2022
Finding Laminated Documents in Archives (Part II)
This is the second of two articles on laminated artifact preservation. To read the first installment, follow this link.
November 21, 2022
Connecting the Dots: What Two Books on Design Tell Us about "Pouncing"
Imagine working as a walldog in 1940s America.

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