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Txtreader Videogame Reader

TXTreader is a platform for errant thoughts, dumb jokes, and approximated projects by a range of contributors. This edition of the reader is devoted to video games, the worlds they create, and how we process them.

banal looking domestic structures

Hardcore Architecture

Hardcore Architecture explores the relationship between the architecture of living spaces and the history of American hardcore bands in the 1980s. ... Band addresses in this booklet were discovered using contact listings found in demo tape and record reviews published from 1982-89 in the magazine Maximum RocknRoll. Google Street View was used to capture photos of the homes.

animal skull and cross bones

Artaud-Mania: The Diary of a Fan

Rare 1997 punk fanzine, described as "The high art fanzine that borrows from and mocks the confessional self-absorption that many Riot Grrrl zines had become.”

author standing in front of poster of David Bowie

At the Center of It All : Reflecting on David Bowie's impact on my life

Most of the drawings are based on photographs by the following people (listed alphabetically), whom I thank for the inspiration: Brian Duffy, Geoff MacCormack, Terry O'Neill, Mick Rock, Steve Schapiro, and Masayoshi Sukita

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Chingozine

Chingozine is a collection of works by Latin@ artists that includes drawings of faces, food, animals and comics among others. They discuss topics like the English and Spanish languages, finger puppets, animals and Mexican wrestling. The authors also host a Tumblr at chingozine.tumblr.com.

concentric lines surrounding the words Mexico 68

Mid-century Modern Crush Volume 3 : Mexico 68 : design, politics, and sport in Latin America

In 1966 a young graphic designer flew to Mexico City for a chance to lead the graphic design for the 1968 olympics there. He realized that the olympic rings could be worked into the 68, which shaped the typeface and logo that he designed, which won him a contract and spurred the creation of the one of the most iconic graphic design programs in olympic and graphic design history.


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