design
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North Korea’s New Airport Has A Chocolate Fountain And A Dark History
Kim Jong-un showed off North Korea’s modern international airport this week, which includes a rich cornucopia of duty-free goods, “espresso-based drinks” and other luxuries. But the story behind the airport’s design is unmistakably tyrannical.
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Every Preschool Should Be Designed To Create Huge Puddles
Kids need to play. It’s simply how they learn — more and more, scientists who study early childhood development say that preschools and kindergartens are focusing on academics when they should be letting kids simply play. Not at this preschool in Japan.
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How The Star Wars Logo Got Confused With Nazi Typography
The history of the Star Wars logo has long been controversial for its purported connection to fascist or even Nazi typography. After all, the Star Wars saga is an apparent analogy for World War II, where the Empire is the Third Reich and Darth Vader represents Adolf Hitler.
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Abandoned Shipyard Halls Look Magical After Heavy Rain
The abandoned halls of the Ganz Danubius Shipyard and Crane Factory in Budapest are the haunting remains of a once-flourishing industry established more than an hundred years ago in the Austro-Hungarian empire.