Plastic Arts

Guilty pleas in theft of Ripken sculpture

Published: Nov. 7, 2009 at 2:04 PM BALTIMORE, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- Three more young men have pleaded guilty in Baltimore to charges they helped steal a statue dedicated to former Orioles baseball star Cal Ripken Jr. Gary Parker, 20,...

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Tufte's Invisible Yet Ubiquitous Influence (at BusinessWeek)

"I think that's been an enormously successful strategy." "[Tufte] has made it clear that in a cluttered Information Age we need methods of cutting through the brush," says Steven Heller, a design educator and critic who has...

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Beyond Seattle: Washington State Destinations

Whidbey Island is about two hours - and a world away - from Seattle. While Seattle has plenty of big-city attractions and unique destinations, the Puget Sound islands offer a different, but equally enticing, view of the...

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Montgomerys' 'Extreme Makeover' home is 'so like us'

PHILO – Nathan Montgomery admits his ultra-modern, colorful master bedroom was "a point of controversy." The rest of the main floor of the new house in Philo is much more traditional in style and color.

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Chip off the ol' block: William Lieb continues artisan tradition in Iowa Great Lakes

WORTHINGTON, Nov 07, 2009 (The Daily Globe - As a kid growing up in Spirit Lake, Iowa, William "Bill" Lieb enjoyed spending time in his father's cabinet-making shop. "I think I built the first sailboat I ever sailed on," Bill...

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Ah, College

Scenes from Campus, #562: A trio of dancers were practicing on the patio outside the performing arts center yesterday afternoon as I was leaving design. I didn't stay to watch them, but as I sneaked past them they were doing...

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The Palin Persuasion: A case for the new populism

If Sarah Palin visits Nashville on her book tour, she really ought to stop by the Hermitage. Andrew Jackson's plantation is a lot more than a beautifully restored example of Greek Revival architecture and design. It's also a...

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Graphic Designer Wanted to design the cover of my wedding thank-you cards

Hi, I'm looking for a graphic designer to design the cover of my wedding thank you cards. You don't need to print the cards; I just need the jpeg image from you. I will send you 4 or 5 high-resolution images and I would like...

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Apple Store Opens First Retail Store in France

Paris, which has been my home since mid-2007, has pretty much everything anyone could want in a world-class city: outstanding restaurants, famous museums, striking architecture, fantastic public transportation, and a rich...

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Jane commented on VT Lotus's blog post 'Day Eight (early morning)...... UGGH!, crashed, trying to...

Yesterday was a fantastic day; words I've not used often in the last several years.... or lifetime. I lay down to rest as soon as they left, and also got some food into me, but I felt the all too common feeling of spiraling...

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