http://www.magnetstudio.com/words Good ideas are a dime a dozen... it's execution that counts Mon, 02 Aug 2010 15:14:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/feltron-letterpress-annual-report http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/feltron-letterpress-annual-report#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 12:20:19 +0000 Jon Black http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/?p=2398 Letterpress version of Feltron’s 2009 Annual Report printed by Swayspace in New York, designed by Nicholas Felton. The 8″ x 10″, 4-color, 16 page annual report is printed on 80 lbs. French Durotone cover stock.]]> http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/feltron-letterpress-annual-report/feed 0 http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/stamps http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/stamps#comments Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:52:45 +0000 Jon Black http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/?p=1764 A stamp design includes several elements required for it to accomplish its purpose satisfactorily. Most important is the denomination indicating its monetary value, while international agreements require a country name on almost all types of stamps. The second required element, at least for stamps intended to be used on international mail, is the name of [...]]]> http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/stamps/feed 0 http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/mafia-photos-charts http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/mafia-photos-charts#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 01:19:03 +0000 Jon Black http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/?p=1647 These are some of the more interesting images from a huge collection of mafia research that I used to create gangrule.com. They include the charts that were used in the nationally televised Kefauver hearings in 1950, the very same charts that were mimicked in the Godfather 2 film.]]> http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2010/mafia-photos-charts/feed 1 http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2009/maps http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2009/maps#comments Mon, 21 Sep 2009 18:41:10 +0000 Jon Black http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/?p=1303 Cartography, or map-making is the study, and practice of crafting representations of the Earth upon a flat surface. Road maps are perhaps the most widely used maps today, and form a subset of navigational maps, which also include aeronautical and nautical charts, railroad network maps, and hiking and bicycling maps. In terms of quantity, the largest number [...]]]> http://www.magnetstudio.com/words/2009/maps/feed 0