Elizabeth Goodspeed's occasional newsletter collects found imagery and ephemera, from mid-century sports cards to 1990s Wired layouts and amateur handmade signage. Each issue offers a personal, witty essay on what makes everyday design visually striking and historically revealing.
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A woodworker and author writes personal essays and historical pieces on folk furniture, vernacular chairs, craft, and running a woodworking business, plus a weekly archive excerpt called Earlywood. Posts mix memoir, research into ethnographic and design history, and irreverent commentary on craft culture.
An art historian and Eames archivist writes illustrated newsletters on modern art and design history, including an alphabetical Dictionary of Modern Art series, interviews and home tours. Readers get biographical profiles of well-known and underappreciated artists with historical context and quotes.
A graphic designer shares design history, vintage and analog methods, and behind-the-scenes accounts of her client projects. It also includes a monthly advice column for designers and a monthly design prompt for practice.
A fashion and design historian writes long-form essays on overlooked designers, such as the 1970s artisan accessories maker Nigel Lofthouse, alongside exhibition reviews and reports from conferences on communal and countercultural dress. Readers get archival research, object photos and close looks at the history behind clothing and craft.
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