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June 24, 2013
Paul Lukas
ALL-CAPS TYPOGRAPHY IS DOOMED
The Navy has formally abandoned all-caps communiques. You probably have, too.
June 18, 2013
Paul Lukas
Why No One Saves Ticket Stubs Any More
(Hint: It's because there are no more ticket stubs.)
June 13, 2013
Paul Lukas
PRISM: Scary Program, Unlikely Logo
What the NSA owes Pink Floyd
June 3, 2013
Paul Lukas
New Airline Uniforms: Just as Boring as the Old Ones
Prosaic flight attendant outfits and the decline of the uniformed service class
May 28, 2013
Paul Lukas
The Mysteries of the Cereal Box
The complicated history of how a cereal box closes
May 20, 2013
Paul Lukas
Little Debbie Gets a (Very Minor) Fashion Update
But the snack food company wants you to know her "innocence and purity" are still intact
May 13, 2013
Paul Lukas
Cracker Jack's "Extreme" Reboot
It's extremely awful!
May 6, 2013
Paul Lukas
Smart Quotes are Killing the Apostrophe
How a software innovation doomed the inverted comma
April 29, 2013
Paul Lukas
The New $100 Bill is Less Dignified than Monopoly Money
The aesthetic cost of counterfeit-proofing
April 22, 2013
Paul Lukas
The New Budweiser Can is About Impressing Millennials, Not Improving Ergonomics
April 19, 2013
Paul Lukas
The Vocabulary of Flesh
Chewing over the meat industry's redefinition of chops and steaks
April 9, 2013
Paul Lukas
The Internet's Most Niche Website Is Also One of Its Most Brilliant
March 28, 2013
Paul Lukas
Pepsi Has a New Look. Again.
Unlike Coke, Pepsi's design has to change with the times. Assessing the new bottle's youth appeal.
March 25, 2013
Paul Lukas
Kosher-for-Passover Coke: It's Not Just for Jews Anymore
An Unscientific Taste Test
March 18, 2013
Paul Lukas
Basketball Uniforms are Getting Sleeves
Assessing a sports sartorial shift
March 11, 2013
Paul Lukas
Would You Buy a $70 Flannel Shirt from John Fogerty?
March 4, 2013
Paul Lukas
It's Time for a New President—on Our Coins
February 25, 2013
Paul Lukas
Assessing Monopoly’s New Cat Token
February 18, 2013
Paul Lukas
We've Got Stripes
Stripes are having a cultural moment. Our critic takes a look.
February 11, 2013
Paul Lukas
TD Ameritrade Visits Big Rock Candy Mountain

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