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2014Vintage New York Standard Watch Co. Open Face Pocket Watch, Size 18, Pendant Wind &Set (14738869416)
2014
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2015Vintage Elgin Hunter Case Pocket Watch, Size 16s, Pendant Set, 7 Jewels, Made In USA, Circa 1913 (15868065832)
2015
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2014Vintage American Watch Company Pocket Watch, Hunting Case, Key Wound, Coin Silver (8670112168)
2014
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2015Vintage Pulsar Calculator Watch, The First Calculator Watch In The World, Case Made In Switzerland, Electronics Module Made In USA By Time Computer Inc., Circa 1975 (15709660516)
2015
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Made In USA, Circa 1974 (38828606241)
2018
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2018Vintage Hudson-Harris Men's Quantum Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Hughes Module, Marked U.S.A., Circa 1975 (38408043604)
2018
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2014Vintage American Waltham Watch Co. Pocket Watch, Model 1908, Size 16s, 15 Jewels, Circa 1908 (14039314535)
2014
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2018Vintage Mercury Digital Quartz Watch In Original Display Case, Red LED Display, Yellow Gold Color, Original Band, Watch Case Made In Hong Kong, Mercury Time New York, Circa 1976 (41699672121)
2018
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2014Vintage American Waltham Watch Co. Pocket Watch, Size 18s, 15 Jewels, Model 1883, Hunting Case, Circa 1899 (14034878515)
2014
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2018Vintage Mintron Digital Quartz Watch, Time & Calendar, Red LED Display, By Mintronix Incorporated, Sunnyvale, California, USA Case, Original Mintron Band Made In Korea, Inside Of Watch Date Stamped 19
2018
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2018Vintage Pulsar Women's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch With Red LED Display, 14k Goldfilled Case, Module 101, Made In USA, Circa 1970s (28784623223)
2018
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2018Vintage Microsonic 5 Function Solid State Digital Men's Wrist Watch, Red LED Display, Made In USA, Purchased At Sears In April 1976 (24601547796)
2018
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2018Vintage Microsonic Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Made In USA, Circa 1970s (32945559001)
2018
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2015Vintage Hampden Pocket Watch, Hunter Case, 17 Jewels, Lever Set, Made In USA, Circa 1914 (17125015035)
2015
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2014Vintage New York Standard Watch Co. Open Face Pocket Watch, Size 18, Pendant Wind & Set (14758115041)
2014
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2015Vintage Elgin Pocket Watch, Hunter Case, Size 18s, 15 Jewels, Lever Set, Model 2, Grade 316, Made In USA, Circa 1916 (16504324023)
2015
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2015Vintage Elgin Pocket Watch, Hunter Case, Size 18s, 15 Jewels, Lever Set, Model 2, Grade 316, Made In USA, Circa 1916 (16936978770)
2015
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2016David Hockney reveals what life is like in his Los Angeles studio
2016
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2015Essentials: A beginner's guide to Andy Warhol's legendary New York studio, The Factory
2015
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2015Vintage Helbros LED Electronic Quartz Digital Men's Watch, Made In USA, Circa 1970s (20712138390)
2015
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2014Vintage American Waltham Watch Co. Pocket Watch, Model 1899, Size 16s, 17 Jewels, Grade Royal, Open Face Case, Circa 1906 (14013754666)
2014
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2018Vintage Megatron Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Swiss Case With USA Module, Circa 1970s (35023132020)
2018
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2013Explore these mind-blowing photographs of a tunnel being built beneath New York City
2013
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2018Vintage Bowmar Electronic Digital Watch, Red LED Display, Original Band, Assembled In Canada, Circa 1970s (39376235954)
2018
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Model 402, Red LED Display, Made In USA, 1970s Vintage (38824393782)
2018
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2020Joshua Kissi documents African American high school marching bands in New Orleans’ Mardi Gras parade
2020
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2020Based between Toronto and Beijing, Meat Studio creates work that bridges cultures
2020
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Series 500 Electronic Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Made In USA, Circa 1976 (26006579568)
2018
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2015Vintage Men's Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Marked USA, Manufacturer Unknown, Circa 1970s (18467392594)
2015
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2017Costa Rican illustrator Adrian Mangel draws the modern American landscape
2017
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2014Vintage American Watch Company Pocket Watch, Hunting Case, Key Wound, Coin Silver (8669023053)
2014
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2014Vintage New York Standard Watch Co. Open Face Pocket Watch, Size 18, Pendant Wind & Set (14575209129)
2014
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2014Vintage Microsonic 5-Function Solid State Digital LED Quartz Watch (Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Month & Date), Made In USA, Circa 1970s (14355646450)
2014
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2014Art: Canadian artist Dominique Pétrin creates some seriously trippy interiors
2014
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2018A visual "skate" through New York in the golden hour, with photographer Quentin de Briey
2018
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2015American specimen book of type styles - complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies, 1912 (1912) (14780751575)
2015
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Electronic Digital Watch, Model TI-502-7, Red LED Display, Made In USA, Circa 1976 (23645610579)
2018
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2015Vintage Elgin Hunter Case Pocket Watch, Size 16s, Pendant Set, 7 Jewels, Made In USA, Circa 1913 (15868058902)
2015
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2015Vintage Litronix Men's Red LED Wrist Watch, Case Made In USA, Original Band, Silvertone Finish, Circa 1970s (16961405920)
2015
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2018Civilization by Richard Turley is a "half newspaper, half support group" about New York City
2018
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2017Barcelona studio Nice Shit animates Interpol’s Daniel Kessler’s music memories in this short
2017
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2016Cait Oppermann captures the primping and preening at a New York dog show
2016
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2018Vintage Men's Goldtone Electronic Digital Watch With Red LED Display, No Markings on Case Or Band, Optel USA Module, Circa 1970s (42215188951)
2018
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2017Chicago-based studio Nonporous creates mag about the subculture of trucking
2017
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2018Vintage Hudson-Harris Men's Quantum Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Hughes Module, Marked U.S.A., Circa 1975 (40412929634)
2018
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2015Young American illustrator Jenny Zych has a great visual sensibility
2015
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2015Vintage Elgin Pocket Watch, Hunter Case, Size 18s, 15 Jewels, Lever Set, Model 2, Grade 316, Made In USA, Circa 1916 (17122906832)
2015
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Series 500 Men's Digital Quartz Watch, Red LED Display, Original Band, Made In USA, Circa 1970s (32105401646)
2018
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2021Saul Bromberger has spent decades using photography to understand the American way of life
2021
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2015Arthur Drooker's photographs of an American mermaid convention, Merfest
2015
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2018Vintage Men's Electronic LED Silvertone Watch, Not Marked, Made In USA, Circa 1970s (15048004132)
2018
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Model 102, Red LED Display, Made In USA (West German Case), Circa 1974 (36434827051)
2018
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2018Vintage Texas Instruments Men's Digital Quartz Wrist Watch, Model 102, Red LED Display, Made In USA (West German Case), Circa 1974 (36555817601)
2018
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2026A 50-year goldmine of design: AIGA New York unveils its poster archive to the public
2026
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2014Photographs taken inside the Soviet cosmonaut training centre, Star City
2014
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2019Andrew Kung’s photography series challenges the stereotypes of Asian American men
2019
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2011CANADA: Tu Aire Sensato
2011
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2015Painter Jessica Brilli breathes life into dream-like Hollywood landscapes
2015
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2015Prolific iPhone photographer David Luraschi takes to the streets of New York
2015
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2014Introducing: Barcelona-based studio Querida tell us about their working day
2014
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2018Friday Mixtape: photographer Molly Matalon's mix for wandering around New York in fall
2018
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2022Graphic Design on Screen: Inside Once Upon a Time in Hollywood with Tina Charad
2022
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2015Design of the Times: Design director of The New York Times Magazine, Gail Bichler, tells us her story
2015
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2015Enormous, illustrative works by American painter Jonas Wood
2015
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2017From New York to Springfield, it's Best of the Web
2017
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2016Zhang Liang's cartoons sum up American pop culture
2016
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2014Sophia Martineck's sophisticated pencil drawings of New York and an A-Z of professions
2014
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2012Super colourful new furniture set from Barcelona's lagranja design
2012
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2017Photographer Louis De Belle’s unconventional portraits of New York commuters
2017
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2012Montreal's Gabrielle Lamontagne gives us sweet, silly illustration we can't resist
2012
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2018A tribute to the repurposed churches of the Soviet Union
2018
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2017Exclusive interview with New York Times Magazine editor-in-chief on its comic strip New York issue
2017
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2021We talk to Atelier Éditions about its new Illustrated Catalog of American Fruits & Nuts
2021
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2017João Fazenda’s playful portfolio of New York Times and New Yorker illustrations
2017
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2015The Ugliest Thing I Love: Artist Eric Yahnker celebrates the chaotic beauty of American politics
2015
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2017New One in New York: Simón Sepúlveda's six month design diary
2017
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2017Alex Blouin shoots petrolheads at Canada’s biggest car show
2017
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2014What are those? Oh, just paintings of American presidents with boob faces
2014
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2018Timothy Sean O'Connell photographs Ireland through the eyes of a first generation Irish American
2018
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2012First Look 2012: What's On New York
2012
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2018Crystal Zapata's work joins the dots between radical Italian design and Chicago house
2018
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2019Jimmy Simpson illustrates the winding mazes of New York's bodegas
2019
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2017Juan Giraldo captures the beautiful mundane in a Chicago warehouse
2017
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2014Marc Morro swaps Barcelona for London as part of Timberland campaign
2014
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2012Toronto newspaper digitises the work of 20-year-old reporter Ernest Hemingway
2012
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2012We're blown away by unerring brilliance of Vancouver studio Post Projects
2012
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2015Less Gucci More Gefilte: A guide to Montreal from the perspective of its creative community
2015
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2022Breathtaking and arresting, Livien Yin’s series Paper Suns explores the “desires, uncertainties and pleasures” of Chinese American immigrants
2022
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2014Intriguing-as-ever updates from brilliant New York based artist Alex Roulette
2014
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2018The Red Road Project is a celebration of Native American cultures
2018
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2011Sophy Hollington: New York Times commission
2011
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2012Tremendous graphic design portfolio from Sara Cwynar of The New York Times
2012
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2007Holy Consumption of Chicago
2007
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2019Richard Wade photographs the parallels between professional wrestling and American politics
2019
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2022Photographer Alex Nazari explores Armenian history through its ubiquitous Soviet-era car, the Lada
2022
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2019As a response to the world around him, Christopher Anderson photographs the cops of New York City
2019
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2012Four studios rebrand the USA as part of SFMOMA project on the country's future
2012
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2013Art: American Drury Brennan fuses jazz and calligraphy in extraordinary new work
2013
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2015Specimens in the printing office of Francis Hart and Co., New York (1877) (14780520064)
2015
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2015American specimen book of type styles - complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies, 1912 (1912) (14592749868)
2015
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2013Introducing: The very nice David Biskup on illustration and American comedy
2013
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2013Podcast: A second batch of interviews asking creatives Why New York?
2013
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2016Photographer Dan Burn-Forti's melancholic American road trip
2016
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2016New York-based Axel Peemöller’s design work is clean, bold and confident
2016
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2012Impressive topographical renderings of the American West by Dan Holdsworth
2012
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2014Spectacular new collection from Montreal-based designer Josh Reim
2014
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2016Julia Autz documents Transnistria, a country steeped in Soviet nostalgia
2016
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2012When the lights went out – Shadows explores a haunting New York City
2012
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2015A Day at Pentagram New York: an insight into the partners, politics and personalities
2015
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2021Jessica Chou on capturing the subtle moments within contemporary American culture
2021
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2015Toronto's Tung Studio produce gorgeous abstract maps of their home city
2015
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2016Tobias Faisst and Maximilian Virgili take a photographic “blind date” in Canada
2016
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2013Podcast: Why New York? speaks to Milton Glaser and Michael Bierut
2013
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2015Annie Collinge dresses up New York strangers like old dolls
2015
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2011Canada: Ice Cream
2011
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2014Photography: Tales of a 60s American dream through the eyes of photographer Matt Henry
2014
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2019Alice Schoolcraft documents getting to know her distant American family
2019
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2015Grand dame of American abstraction Agnes Martin comes to Tate Modern
2015
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2022From illustrating to music and working with The New York Times; we learn what it takes to create an impactful piece of work
2022
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2017Russian photographer Turkina Faso on the “post-Soviet aesthetic”
2017
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2020Gloria Wong’s photography explores identity, the family unit and Canada’s Asian diasporas
2020
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2011New York Times: One in 8 Million
2011
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2015New York mag Gayletter feels celebratory and looks bloody great
2015
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2015New York Times designs imagine yesterday's stars using social media
2015
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2014Super beautiful work from Los Angeles-based painter Seth Armstrong
2014
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2019Creativity for good: What we learned at Wix and It’s Nice That’s New York event
2019
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2018Portrait of a psyche in flux: photographer Shane Rocheleau on white American masculinity
2018
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2024Ever wondered about the history of your city’s Chinatown? Yunfei Ren explores San Francisco’s
2024
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2013Polish born, Barcelona-based photographer Asia Chmielewska is a real talent
2013
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2015New York's Meatpacking district rebranded by Base Design to highlight area’s “contrasts”
2015
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2015New York studio Eric Wrenn’s distinctive, refined design and art direction
2015
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2020Andrea Orejarena and Caleb Stein capture the “memory and legacy” of the Vietnam-American war
2020
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2012Find out why illustrator Emiliano Ponzi is so respected at The New York Times
2012
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2012Soviet bus stops captured by worldly photographer Christopher Herwig
2012
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2018Photographer Daniel Weiss tells the story of the New York he grew up with
2018
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2021Ceramic artist Nehal Aamir decorates her work with the visuals of Pakistani trucks and Islamic art
2021
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2012Woo! Pencil mountains! Crisp graphic design here by Barcelona's very own Roseta y Oihana
2012
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2019Québec-based studio GRDN on its contemporary redesign of Montréal's football team
2019
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2015The Midlands folk who celebrate all-things American, shot beautifully by Tom Martin
2015
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2012Beautifully tessellated stools from Spanish designers Alvaro Catalan de Ocon
2012
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2018Meet the multi-talented New York-based art director, artist and web developer Ezra Miller
2018
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2012New York's W/–––Projects launch their first set of artist editions
2012
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2014Mixtape: A fun Friday mix from cool New York design studio Mogollon
2014
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2011Vintage American Illustration
2011
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2018Blok rethinks the design of cannabis after its legalisation in Canada
2018
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2017Graphic design gems: Chicago gang business cards from the 1970s and 80s
2017
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2014Photography: Thomas Alleman's striking shots of American Apparel ads in LA
2014
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2014Wide angle, Kodachrome shots of Hollywood by photographer Matt Sweeney
2014
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2018"It looks just the same as when I was a kid": Kristen Dobbin's oddly-timeless images of a Canadian-Estonian summer camp
2018
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2014Happy graphic design from New York's Javas Lehn Studio
2014
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2012The mad, modern American dream captured in Eric Yahnker's new show
2012
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2013CANADA, Aries Moross, Random International and more added to line-up for Here 2013, our creative symposium!
2013
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2023Explore LABASAD Barcelona School of Arts and Design’s exceptional graphic design masters, taught entirely online
2023
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2016Robin de Puy's distinctive take on the American photographic road trip
2016
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2025“The opportunity for invention”: Pentagram New York welcomes its first product design partner, Piotr Woronkowicz
2025
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2013Check out these cheeky plaster hands grifting on the streets of Barcelona
2013
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2008New York Times Fold-ins
2008
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2019Learning to trust journalistic and humanistic instinct with New York magazine's Jody Quon
2019
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2013Photography: 1970s American teenagers captured by Joe Maloney
2013
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2015Great new work for The New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek from Oscar Bolton Green
2015
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2019Canada Modern is an archive of modernist graphic design from 1960 to 1985
2019
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2012Exclusive: Tomas Leach explains the effort behind his new documentary about New York street photographer Saul Leiter
2012
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2012Spot-on Apple spoof from Wieden + Kennedy for American gum brand
2012
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2018The history of the hotel Venets: a 22-storey metaphor for Soviet utopia
2018
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2013Ultra-polished satire from Swiss-American design studio Avalanche
2013
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2015The USA's all-cash marijuana shops as photographed by Morgan Levy
2015
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2016New York-based Blake Lewis’ neat and considered portfolio exudes simplicity
2016
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2014We interview Dave Glass, who has shot San Francisco since the 1960s
2014
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2015American specimen book of type styles - complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies, 1912 (1912) (14593742618)
2015
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2020Montréal-based studio Wedge is sensitive to details in its brand identities
2020
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2018Michelle Maguire teams up with Kelsey McClellan for a visual homage to her Italian American grandfather
2018
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2015American specimen book of type styles - complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies, 1912 (1912) (14780351032)
2015
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2019Religion, race and queerness collide in Vancouver-based photographer Rydel Cerezo's portfolio
2019
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2019Pablo Amargo on his simple and humorous illustrations for The New York Times
2019
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2013It's Nice That: It's Nice That are off to New York! Recommendations welcome...
2013
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2014Advertising: Canadian studio Vallée-Duhamel produce super-fun series of shorts built around bouncy balls
2014
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2011Jean Tinguely: Homage to New York
2011
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2014Photography: Your favourite American celebrities photographed by Emily Shur
2014
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2013Graphic Design: Richard Turley unleashes 45 artists on the American Illustration cover
2013
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2020Feel the liberal eclecticism in Dominic Taylor’s photographic love letter to San Francisco
2020
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2013New site for New York studio Common Name demonstrates uncommon talents
2013
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2013Photography: The whole of New York on their mobiles in Where Are You?
2013
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2020Andrew Kung on continuing his mission to “normalise Asian American beauty, belonging, and individuality”
2020
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2017Christie Hemm Klok photographs San Francisco’s female firefighters: “they are here now and they’re kicking ass”
2017
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2013Photography: Jose Porroche finds undiscovered gems on the beaches and streets of Barcelona
2013
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2016In time for the Oscars, we take a look at Jeremy Liebman's shots of Hollywood stars
2016
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2013Lee Mawdsley shoots Qatar for CBQ and make us want to emigrate, fast.
2013
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2013Miscellaneous: Yay! Beautiful examples of American Eggnog packaging
2013
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2019Mike Osborne’s images of Washington DC are a darkly comedic glimpse at American power
2019
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2014Miscellaneous: This blog flags up the best and worst places to cry in New York
2014
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2012Beautiful and cleanly designed pamphlets from Barcelona-based studio Hey
2012
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2010The Death and Life of Great American Cities
2010
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2012Deutsche Börse Photography prize 2012: Lights, wastelands, the Cold War, and golden-era Hollywood
2012
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2020American artist Amy Sherald paints Breonna Taylor for Vanity Fair’s September issue
2020
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2024Jiaqi Wang’s game channels the eccentricity of New York street style
2024
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2020Diedrick Brackens’ tapestries are loaded with symbolism harking back to the artist’s roots in the American South
2020
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2012Check out Neighborhood Studio's ultra-American graphic design
2012
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2014Studio Audience: The Guardian, New York Times' redesign and Thames swimming
2014
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2012Topsy-turvy urban American landscape captured by Enrico Natali
2012
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2011Randy Hage: New York Storefronts
2011
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2020Gabi Lamontagne celebrates New York’s bodegas through vivid watercolour illustrations
2020
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2015American specimen book of type styles - complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies, 1912 (1912) (14594097187)
2015
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2014Photography: Janna Ireland's unexpectedly spooky shots of Hollywood
2014
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2012Ann Hamilton encourages swinging in New York, with spectacular results
2012
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2015American specimen book of type styles - complete catalogue of printing machinery and printing supplies, 1912 (1912) (14592673280)
2015
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2014Check out hyper cool French Canadian design collective, Charmant & Courtois
2014
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2023AI, play and starting over: We uncover what really makes creatives tick at June’s Nicer Tuesdays in New York
2023
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2011The New York Times: The 6th Floor Blog
2011
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2017Photographer Trent Davis Bailey documents rural American community The North Fork
2017
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2012How and why the New York Times mag plays with its contents page
2012
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2020Move over Katy Perry, it’s all about the burkinis on top in Maria Mahfooz’s Pakistani Gurls
2020
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2023Ramie Ahmed on documenting his Black trans and queer chosen family in New York City
2023
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2013New York studio Dark Igloo reimagine their online contact page as an 80s style game
2013
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2015Janet Delaney photographs the quiet moments in 1980s New York City
2015
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2018“A desire for the forbidden would be equal to treason”: Photographer Nikolay Bakharev on life in the USSR (NSFW)
2018
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2013Illustration: Jillian Tamaki's arresting work goes large across The New York Times
2013
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2015Beautiful women and buildings from American illustrator Gigi Rose Gray
2015
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2024Rebrand of Murray’s Cheese ages New York cheese seller for the better
2024
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2015We meet Popolo Press, Montreal's specialist music printers
2015
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2019Francois Prost turns his lens on the strip clubs of the American South
2019
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2014A look at the state of art and design education in the USA
2014
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2016Ilona Szwarc’s wonderful series of all-American rodeo girls
2016
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2016Michael Jang's snaps of Hollywood parties he gatecrashed in the 1970s
2016
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2014We chat to the designers re-issuing New York City's design bible
2014
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2021Lanna Apisukh documents the rise and near-fall of an iconic New York City barbershop
2021
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2007Daniel Eskils / I'm From Barcelona
2007
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2016New York loft-life in the 70s, acid and abstraction: Mary Heilmann comes to east London
2016
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2014Photography: Andrew Miksys' photographs of the discos in Soviet era buildings
2014
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2014Miscellaneous: We explored Barcelona's creative scene and it was bloody brilliant
2014
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2014Events: Virgin Atlantic flies the flag for the New York leg of the Big Egg hunt
2014
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2015Naughty neons and dusky illustrations from New York creative Shawna X
2015
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2012Major graphic design show set to open in New York featuring the best work of the millennium
2012
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2014Brilliant, vibrant paintings of models in adverts by American artist James Rieck
2014
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2012Stunning timelapse of Patrick Vale drawing the New York skyline
2012
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2017Standards Manual return with catalogue of 400 objects relating to New York City Transit
2017
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2021“A past that embraced slavery and racism”: One designer’s goal to redesign the American flag
2021
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2013Photography: Dolly Faibyshev reimagines the American dream in Palm Springs
2013
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2012Icelandic/Danish architects KRADS complete the American inspired Stöðin panaromic drive-in
2012
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2015Steve Powers' New York street signs offer an alternative perspective
2015
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2023Meet Sob Story, the airbrush artist tapping in to Los Angeles’ underground rave culture
2023