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Emigre 57, Lost Formats Preservation Society, December 2001

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Guest editors and art directors: Experimental Jetset (Erwin Brinkers, Danny van den Dungen and Marieke Stolk).

Content Includes:
Jeff Rian, Zero (essay).
Andreas Angelidakis, The Beginning of a Manifesto for a One-Click Architecture (essay).
Miltos Manetas, Save As . . . (essay).
Ian Sevonius, Why the Gospel Yeh-Yeh – Downsizing in Rock-n-Roll and the Gospel Dialectic (essay).
The Emigre Product Catalog, (including The Readers Respond).
Delaware, We Love the New York Times (visual project).

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  • Format: Magazine
  • Designer/s: Experimental Jetset
  • Year: 2001
  • Client/Publisher: Rudy VanderLans
  • Size: 210mm x 275mm

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Emigre 57, December 2000 designed by Experimental Jetset
Emigre 57, December 2000 designed by Experimental Jetset

Emigre 57, Lost Formats Preservation Society, December 2001
Emigre 57, Lost Formats Preservation Society, December 2001

 

Emigre 57, Lost Formats Preservation Society, December 2001
Emigre 57, Lost Formats Preservation Society, December 2001

 

Emigre 57, Lost Formats Preservation Society, December 2001
Emigre 57, Lost Formats Preservation Society, December 2001
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