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Vexillology is the study of the design, history, and purpose of flags. Although many flags seem very simple in design, there are several key principles recognizable flags follow, such that flags with simple designs may be more recognizable than flags with more complex designs. Flags should also not have specific Read more…

A couple weeks ago, I came across a really intriguing design account on Twitter called @aletiune, and I was led to an art collective known as Eighth Plane. Eighth Plane is a visual and music art group that hosts a wide array of visual designers and musicians who each display Read more…

Samantha Yates is a stained glass artist based in Shipley, West Yorkshire, and is recognized for her long-stemmed botanicals and flowers. She uses her background in environmental science and horticulture to design, create, and curate stained glass flower bouquets that evoke moods similar to those of fresh flowers. Her arrangements Read more…

Carrie Mae Weems is a featured artist in this fifty-five-minute Artis21 documentary that explores conscience and reconciliation with the past and present while exposing injustice and expressing tolerance for others. Her art in this film expresses a modern interpretation of the role of black subjects in photography through the appropriation Read more…

The Nutshell Studies of Unexplained Death are a series of twenty miniature dollhouse dioramas made by the pioneering forensic scientist Frances Glessner Lee in the nineteen-forties. These studies were created with the intention to be used as training tools for Harvard’s legal medicine students and therefore based on real-life crime Read more…

Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl has recently released and with it has come graphics updates for every single character, location, and Pokémon. Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl are remakes of the original Diamond and Pearl from 2006. Although Nintendo is selling effectively the same game, the appeal of a Read more…

One key factor of communication through written or electronic media is font choices. An easy-to-read font is more likely to keep the readers’ attention and convey the message in the media. Many accessible fonts, such as Times New Roman, Helvetica, and Arial share several common characteristics, like being clear and Read more…

Next Year’s Snow is a music label branded as an art collective founded in 2017 which houses some of the most experimental and esoteric artists working in music today. Their sound, which covers a huge range of genres but largely focuses on different forms of electronic, sound collage, and ambient, Read more…

Every year, Black Friday is a spectacle in the United States and across the globe. As consumers are bombarded with huge discounts, they purchase goods to seemingly no end. However, many reports find that Americans are purchasing too much for our own good; overconsumption is already an issue, and the Read more…