created in 1931, this russian erotic alphabet was, in fact, created to combat illiteracy; i wonder whether it actually worked…
thanks to ‘pepijn rooijens’ for the link
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the flames of truth, knowledge & service
you never know when this could come in handy to explain a recent project: design jargon bullshit
update: must be something in the air this week… the ‘vpro’ are also playing dutch design bullshitbingo this week…
mystery of the world’s most-kissed woman
…some time in the late 19th Century, the drowned body of a young woman was recovered from the River Seine. As was customary in those days, her body was put on display at the Paris mortuary, in the hope that someone would recognise and identify her. The pathologist on duty became so entranced by the face of the girl with the enigmatic half-smile that he asked a moulder to take a plaster cast of her face…
the story of the model behind one of the most-kissed models on earth: resusci anne and l’inconnue
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from the obvious to the clever: an entertaining visual similarities tumblr collection
(via mister ‘uwe’)