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Maps of home heating in the United States

FlowingData

The Midwest is dominated by natural gas and, in rural areas, propane. Tags: fuel , heating , Washington Post In the South, thanks to government funding from almost a century ago and mild climates, many rely on electricity to stay warm. In the Northeast, despite high prices and inconvenience, fuel oil still heats many homes.

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Bruce Kennett X Type@Cooper: an ode to type designer, painter & philosopher Roger Excoffon

Type room

Roger Excoffon , Type designer , typefaces , fonts , Cooper Union , Type@Cooper , Bruce Kennett , Air France , advertisements. Bruce Kennett, author of W. A Dwiggins: A Life in Design and a previous Lubalin lecturer, returns to Type@Cooper on the 16th of October for a tour of typeface designer and artist Roger Excoffon's joyful and passionate work.

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#ThePrintSwap Is Back with a New Exhibition in Berlin

Feature Shoot

The Print Swap will be opening up again for submissions in the coming weeks, with a brand-new exhibition opportunity, so feel free to tag your photos #theprintswap for consideration and visit our website and Instagram for updates. An RV parked on a field in rural Saskatchewan under the northern lights. ©

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Telsón Tequila — a bold tequila brand with aspirational swagger

Abduzeedo

There was a dichotomy of ornate architecture and decorative design elements found in larger Mexican cities was contrast by a more casual, hand-crafted aesthetic found in rural areas. Strategy We started by immersing ourselves in research on both Mexico and tequila, and a few themes bubbled to the surface.

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Carrier pigeon vs. internet upload speeds

FlowingData

In some rural areas, upload speeds are crawlingly slow, which can make it difficult to send things on the internet. At certain data volumes and distances, the pigeon is a quicker option for large swaths of rural America, where internet speeds can lag far behind the national average. In some cases, a carrier pigeon might even be faster.

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Cross-Cultural Design

A List Apart

Being African, I’m well aware of the way my continent is portrayed in Western media—a dirt-poor, rural monoculture with little in the way of technology, education, or urbanization. On MyFonts, the Neuland typeface is tagged with “Africa”, “jungle fever”, and “primitive”, perpetuating an old and irrelevant typographic stereotype ( [link] ).

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Jupe Health’s Mobile Recovery Units Aim to Treat COVID-19 Anywhere

Azure Magazine

We are also developing the world’s first mobile off-grid/micro-grid capable ICU if COVID-19 hits rural [areas].”. Unlike big cities, where the mass mobilization of resources is easier to pull off, rural areas present numerous cost and logistical challenges when it comes to addressing outbreaks. A container for shipping Jupe units.