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Monday, August 30, 2010
Speaking of blanks
A segue from the spines to your blank spines to...a blank and decaying billboard in Orange, NJ.
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When I worked for Beth at BTDnyc we would kibbitz every morning over coffee about design.
We missed the exchange so much we're continuing the conversation here. Wanna eavesdrop?
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Janet Malcolm
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Jets
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philosophy
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Photolettering
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