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On the fiftieth anniversary of the Selectric typewriter, I was reminded not only of my first Selectric memory (green, my father's oak-panelled office on Long Island, circa 1975), but of the heavy nostalgia it wrought one summer day on the banks of the Mississippi when on a roadtrip, I stopped in the Quad Cities for lunch, and came across a typewriter repair shop in Davenport, Iowa (or was it Moline, Illinois?). The shop was packed with beautiful and obsolete machines of all vintages, but it was the mint condition taupe Selectric for $35 that found it's way to the trunk of my car for the long drive back home.
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FEATURED THIS WEEK : EUGENIA BELL Eliot Noyes On the fiftieth anniversary of the Selectric typewriter, I was reminded not only of my first Selectric memory (green, my father's oak-panelled office on Long Island, circa 1975), but of the heavy nostalgia it wrought one summer day on the banks of the Mississippi when on a roadtrip, I stopped in the Quad Cities for lunch, and came across a typewriter repair shop in Davenport, Iowa (or was it Moline, Illinois?). The shop was packed with beautiful and obsolete machines of all vintages, but it was the mint condition taupe Selectric for $35 that found it's way to the trunk of my car for the long drive back home. READ MORE
JOHN FOSTER Accidental Mysteries, 12.11.11 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 MARK LAMSTER AND ALEXANDRA LANGE Lunch With The Critics: Second-Annual Year-End Awards From Twitter to Apollo, Barbie to #OccupyEverywhere: The best and worst moments in design for 2011. READ MORE FROM OUR SPONSORS Being sustainable has never been so profitable. See how the country's most innovative companies are improving their bottom line by staying the course on sustainability. Look into Sappi's paper mills that are setting a new standard for environmental responsibility. Find out more about Sappi here >> Order a copy of eQ003 >> Download a PDF copy >> Learn to be a design critic through SVA's D-Crit program.Design as subject matter, criticism as a literary genre and the range of tools with which to practice design criticism. Watch videos of presentations by the Class of 2011 >> The D-Crit Program >> SVA Website >> JOHN FOSTER Accidental Mysteries, 12.04.11 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 Go on, tempt the fates. Enter the show celebrating the best design ever printed on Mohawk paper. Enter here >> The place to go for t he latest and most trusted information regarding sustainability in our industry. eQ from Sappi >> D-Crit: Design as subject matter. Criticism as literary genre. Learn at SVA >> Learn About Degrees in Urban Design, Urban Policy, and Urban Studies in New York City. >> OBSERVATORY ARCHIVE On Velvet Touch Lettering Oded Ezer & Typography Monocle POEM OF THE WEEK "Ode To My Toaster" Ode To My Toaster, a poem by Allan Chochinov. READ MORE RECENT BOOKS RECEIVED I Swear I Saw This: Drawings in Fieldwork Notebooks, Namely My Own Michael Taussig The Perfectly Imperfect Home: How to Decorate and Live Well Deborah Needleman DESIGNerd Kevin Finn, Steven Heller, Lita Talarico & Stefan Sagmeister
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