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2007/5/9
This year is the 50th anniversary of Helvetica , the sans-serif typeface which was designed by Swiss typographer Max Miedinger in 1957 and has since become ubiquitous, and synonymous with a very Swiss modernist aesthetic: clean,[...]2006/5/9
Huge, terrifying US retail chain Wal-Mart is now claiming a trademark on the smiley-face graphic ; you know, the round yellow one which was created in the 1960s by one of three people and used as[...]2003/5/9
The story of Stagolee (also known as Stagger Lee or Stack Lee), the 19th-century black pimp from St. Louis (real name: Lee Shelton), who became a legend and inspired every American musical genre from folk to[...]