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Spine-Tingling

I’ve always had a soft spot for design made by non-designers. When I tell people this, they usually think I’m talking about punk flyers, or the kind of sweetly naive drawings of fruit that one might find in a church cookbook. While I do lov...

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Felt Fandom

Today we have a guest issue from Romain Boujo, an independent creative director working at the intersection of strategy, design and writing (in other words, a true kindred spirit!) Alongside client work, he also publishes his own newsletter...

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Old School New School

I’m often asked how my work as a designer, writer, archivist, and educator fit together. Unfortunately, I have a lousy answer: they mostly don’t. Sure, these pursuits feed off each other at times—for example, past Casual Archivist issues on...

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Going Postal

Despite enjoying the look of stamps, I’ve avoided becoming a philatelist for the same reason I’ve avoided getting too into record collecting: I really do not need a reason to be buying more stuff, especially old stuff. However, I will reluc...

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Poetic Justice

I was very literally stopped in my tracks by these Ottoman-era data visualizations from Cerîde-i Adliyye, “The Justice Gazette,” a Ministry of Justice publication printed in Türkiye in the mid-1920s (discovered thanks to chart-maker and -en...

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    Elizabeth Goodspeed is an independent designer, art director, and writer in Providence, RI. Her design practice focuses on branding and editorial design, while her writing explores visual culture, design history, and aesthetic trends.

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    Moodboards, references and design notes from a French creative director.

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