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2013-04-04

2000s, letraset, poetry, print.

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visual-poetry:

letraset drawing by kelly mark

2013-03-31

1960s, book, Hebrew, print, punched card.

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From the hebrew version of the book Computers and How They Work (1967). This page explains the IBM punch card, it seems. Sent to us by Alma Alloro, thanks!

It’s unclear why it says ‘hormo lotion’ on the master item card. (edit) As every burger points out every time, it says ESTROgen HORMOne LOTION.

2013-02-21

2010s, ascii, print, printer, tools.

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kfoui:

Clint Eastwood print on an old printer hacked by Arduino.

Picture is converted in ASCII and sent via USB to the Arduino board. The board control the two stepper motor of the old printer. A pen (Pentel) draw on paper…

Video here

2013-02-20

1980s, 1983, c64, cross-stitch, magazine, print, uk.

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Sometimes sprites feel like cross-stitch. Commodore Computing International magazine cover (1983).

2013-02-20

2010s, ascii, mexico, print.

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Otherness, zine by Chema Padilla.

2013-02-13

1930s, font, print, tools.

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The Hellschreiber teleprinter, used by the German military for telecommunications in the 1930s. Due to its pixel-based font, it performed better than the typewriter-based technologies at the time.

The strange machine photo is a receiver. You can see the “mechanical font memory” in action here. Also, listen to the transmission sounds here.

This system is still being used by some radio amateurs.

Pictures from here and here.

2013-01-25

2000s, 2009, japan, print.

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gurafiku:

Japanese Poster: OZC School. Kenji Maeda. 2009

2013-01-24

1960, 1960s, grid, japan, magazine, print.

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gurafiku:

Japanese Magazine Cover: Design, Vol. 2. Yusaku Kamekura. 1960

2013-01-15

1980s, 1985, mosaic, plotter, print.

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Plotter drawing by Günther Schulz, 1985, via..

2012-12-30

2010s, 2011, norway, print.

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Poster for Pushwagner, a Norwegian documentary from 2011.

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