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This image came from a box of slides that were left in a house where the owner had died. Nothing is known about these images.

These images are of Vilem Flusser’s English edition of Does Writing Have a Future? Flusser’s book raises many different implications about this post-books transformation that Drucker’s “The Virtual Codex fromFrom Page Space to E-Space” also raises.…

This is the masthead for the online news site, Vox. This site was started in 2014 as a means to explain breaking news stories for readers. Their signature colors are neon yellow, gray and white. The aesthetic of the site is very modern and "hip",…

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…

The item I chose to analyze for this week is a small candle from World Market. The reason I found this object interesting is that, compared to many other companies, World Market generally makes their candles seem less flashy or colorful in…

The website uses red, black and white as its primary colors. The colors are the same colors that are used in the logo that can be found in the top left corner of the website. In the top left there is a search bar for any viewer that wants to find a…

The Xerox Star is a pioneering personal workstation that combined previous work on such technologies as the mouse and a visual interface, and refined it to create the first fully realized graphical interface for a commercial computer. This example…

This untitled photograph by Zac Strum depicts a lone tree in a field at sunset from a shelter, half of the picture reflected in a puddle of water. I see this image as a subtle embodiment of ostranenie, or making strange, on several levels…

This is an untitled painting by Polish surrealist Zdzislaw Beksinski, who is notorious for his fantastic and often disturbing work. In Helmers' article, she outlined different ways that viewers participate in meaning construction, often…

This fountain is a depiction of the youthfulness of the city of Charlotte while also acting as an inviting piece of art for the plaza. Wells Fargo's long history and museum in Charlotte may have inspired them to create an artistic piece that captures…