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This New Design Language is Helping Refugees in the Best Way

By Tracy Tonnu Since last October, many citizens have been lending their time and resources to help the camps set up for the refugees arriving from places like Syria and Romania in various cities throughout Europe. As Erwin Bauer, founder of the Vienna-based design studio buero bauer, put it: “Civil society started to act.” Bauer

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Space Tourism is the Next Frontier and Here are NASA’s Posters

By Jake Kilroy The tourism posters of yore had a daydreamy inevitable quality to them. They weren’t the cheap pitch of an online banner. They resonated with you. You saw island shores, blustery cliffs, indefinite jungles, intriguing deserts, bold coastlines, charming farmlands, surreal horizons, and blistering highways, and you thought, yes, I have to go

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The New Threat to Your Officers and Directors: Cyber

The top brass at companies are increasingly being held accountable by partners and shareholders for cyber attacks that occur under their watch, putting their directors’ and officers’ personal assets at risk when lawsuits ensue. While actions by officers and directors have always been held under scrutiny, the cyber threat expands their potential liability significantly, according

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5 Great Tarot Designs by Contemporary Creatives

How tarot is “essentially the greatest comic ever made” By Madeleine Morley Tarot is often associated with divination and mysticism. But historically, picture card packs had a variety of uses and styles, including storytelling: the combination of these pursuits is what makes contemporary creatives keep coming back to tarot design centuries later. In the 14th century, wealthy families

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Countdown to New Overtime Exemption Rules

If you have not yet done so, now is the time to start preparing all of your accounting and payroll systems for the onset of the Department of Labor’s new overtime exemption rules. The final regulation changes the salary level that must be met before an employee can be exempt from overtime if they satisfy

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Apple’s new MacBook Pro ‘coming in October’

By Susie Ochs New MacBook Pro concept image with current model behind by Martin Hajek Now that Apple’s next event is officially on the books as of September 7, speculation can build about what won’t be announced, and when Apple might get around to updating those things: namely Macs, but also the iPad Pro. Bloomberg

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How to Promote Printing Without Talking About Printing?

by Margie Dana   Many printers face the dilemma of being labeled as “just printers.” I get it.   I struggle with this. I have been thinking about it for a long time in fact. The general public associates “printing” with a desktop laser or inkjet printer. They’re clueless about commercial printing. This is not

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Your 80s alt-rock heroes become comic book villians

By Dom Carter Some of the biggest post-punk music icons become a supervillain squad in this stunning set of posters.   For the anarchic artist Butcher Billy, pop culture mash-ups appear to be his subject matter of choice. Having already created pop art prints that blended Charles Bukowski quotes with the distinctive stylings of Roy

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Your 80s alt-rock heroes become comic book villians

By Dom Carter Some of the biggest post-punk music icons become a supervillain squad in this stunning set of posters.   For the anarchic artist Butcher Billy, pop culture mash-ups appear to be his subject matter of choice. Having already created pop art prints that blended Charles Bukowski quotes with the distinctive stylings of Roy

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