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The world's best-known portrait is … a work of graphic design… not a painting, nor a photograph — and yet most designers are unaware of the origins of this world famous image.
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Disaster with a D

The famous movie Star had twice failed to show up for the interview. On both occasions a hotel suite had been booked, film lights set up, microphones tested, food and drinks ordered. On both occasions we waited for over five hours for her to arrive. The crew passed the time by sending emails, making phone calls and gorging on the food. I paced.
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JOHN FOSTER Accidental Mysteries, 11.13.11 Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of visual curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age. READ MORE ADAM HARRISON LEVY Disaster with a D The famous movie Star had twice failed to show up for the interview. On both occasions a hotel suite had been booked, film lights set up, microphones tested, food and drinks ordered. On both occasions we waited for over five hours for her to arrive. The crew passed the time by sending emails, making phone calls and gorging on the food. I paced. READ MORE FROM OUR SPONSORS Go on, tempt the fates. Enter the show celebrating the best design ever printed on Mohawk paper. This year, you can even enter one-off books, too. Like Blurb's new on-demand proline books featuring Mohawk Superfine and Mohawk Prophoto paper. Check 'em out at blurb.com/proline. Click here to enter >> Two great MFA programs: The Interaction Design program, which explores the role of design in shaping everyday life and the Graduate Program for the Designer as Entrepreneur. Visit MFA Interaction Design >> The Designer as Entrepreneur Podcast >> SVA Website >> JOHN FOSTER Accidental Mysteries, 11.06.11 Accidental Mysteries, a weekly cabinet of visual curiosities curated by John Foster, highlights images of design, art, architecture and ephemera brought to light by the magic of the digital age. READ MORE		BECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK \| FOLLOW US ON TWITTER D-Crit: Design as subject matter. Criticism as literary genre. Learn at SVA >> Go on, tempt the fates. Enter the show celebrating the best design ever printed on Mohawk paper. Enter here >> The place to go for the latest an d most trusted information regarding sustainability in our industry. eQ from Sappi >> Learn About Degrees in Urban Design, Urban Policy, and Urban Studies in New York City. >> OBSERVATORY ARCHIVE 10 to Redesign Design Thinking? Baseball the Beautiful POEM OF THE WEEK "Design" (1995) "Design," a poem by Billy Collins. READ MORE RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED High Line: The Inside Story of New York City's Park in the Sky Joshua David & Robert Hammond Take a Line for a Walk: A Creativity Journal Robin Landa Bob Gill, So Far Bob Gill
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