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11.07.11: Elle Luna
Report from a Japanese Maid CaféGlobetrotting IDEO designer Elle Luna writes of her adventures among crazed anime addicts.
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04.25.11: Ernest Beck
Hard Times for Hard CopyWhy AIGA almost scuttled its most venerable design competition: 50 Books/50 Cover.
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04.01.11: Eva D. Blake
Design Observer Group Buys Huffington PostThis deal follows closely on the heels of the announcement in February that struggling AOL would buy Huffington, one of the most heavily visited news websites in the country.
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12.02.10: Edited by Julie Lasky
New Contexts/New Practices: Six Views of the AIGA Design Educators ConferencePerspectives on the 2010 AIGA Design Educators' Conference, "New Contexts/New Practices."
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