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I received this book while attending a talk about mass incarceration. One of the groups that spoke was the Free Minds Book Club, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C. that hosts poetry writing workshops for incarcerated men. This book is an anthology of…

This is a page from Volume I of Gibbon's unabridged Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. It's a dry book, and the type mirrors that. This version uses a typical, serifed font with notes in the margins, rather than as footnotes or in an appendix. The…

This is a page from the Technician 100th anniversary book highlighting headlines in the newspaper’s history which make readers do a double take, either because they’re funny, intriguing or just exceptionally blunt. This is an interesting feature…

This is a picture of the tag attached to a snake plant from Lowe's. This side of the tag is the first thing that customers see, while the other side contains the price and more specific information on care. I find this tag particularly interesting…

I received this bag when I bought my textbooks from the NC State Bookstore. The front and back of the bag spell out the title "Wolfpack Outfitters" with the word "Outfitters" highlighted in red and designed with white letterings to emphasize the type…

I bought this candle from World Market because of it's amazing scent, but also because the aesthetic of it's appearance. The word apothecary at the top indicates that it was curated by someone who understands herbology, toxicology, and natural…

This is the Minecraft game main image. The title is designed so simple yet portrays exactly what the game is about. The title itself “Minecraft” is quite literally the point of the game: you mine and craft stuff. The font of the title is very simple,…

This is a picture of a font designed for a musical organization called "Soots" (pronounced like "suits"). The organization is dedicated to the preservation of certain musical traditions of the South. The name is a kind of amalgamation of the words…

This is a historic edition of The Washington Post, especially given the importance and relative rarity of presidential impeachment. The conclusory headline, "Trump impeached," is underscored by relating this step to the next - the senate trial. It’s…

A receipt from a CVS trip last week. I'm always going in there for random things, in this case it was mascara and some facial razors.