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“Toys are intriguing… they represent one way that society socializes its...
And, as Greg Daugherty explains, that process was accelerated in the second half of the last century… World War II gave rise to countless innovations that would change American life for decades to...
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“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us”*…
Ted Kaczynski’s cabin in the woods of Lincoln, Mont.– where he wrote his manifesto and fabricated his bombs Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski— the Unabomber– died yesterday in a federal prison. It’s an...
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“We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.”*
A nearly gutted department store escalator in Owings Mills Mall in Owings Mills, Maryland Through the second half of the 20th century, the mall became more than a fixture of American life; it became a...
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“To a real child anything will serve as a toy”*…
The story of a toy that both confirms and contradicts that sentiment, Mr. Potato Head… Mr. Potato Head is an American toy brand consisting of a plastic model of a potato “head” to which a variety of...
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“Start with something simple and small, then expand over time. If people call...
The Etch A Sketch Animator 2000 answers the question, “What would a laptop look like if it only had a touchpad?”– wildly ahead-of-its-time design for 1988. From the always-illuminating Ernie Smith, a...
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