Design

January 17, 2025

USPS 2025 Stamp Lineup Celebrates Pop Culture Icons, Heritage, and Wildlife

The 2025 stamp lineup from the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) includes fun new additions, updates to ongoing series, and some beloved fan favorites. Some new stamps for the new year spotlight legendary pop culture icons, including Keith Haring, an American artist best known for his graffiti-style artwork that contributed to the Pop Art movement. Titled Love, the stamp features two of Haring's iconic dancing figures supporting a heart, taken from his 1985 drawing Untitled.

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January 14, 2025

CES 2025: Futuristic Machine From Video Game ‘Horizon Zero Dawn’ Is Brought to Life

In 2017, Sony released the critically acclaimed video game Horizon Zero Dawn for PlayStation 4. Through the eyes of the young hunter Aloy, players explore the overgrown ruins of a long-lost civilization and encounter the colossal machines that now roam the world. Given its technological conceit, it’s only fitting that someone attended CES 2025 cosplaying as one of these animatronic creatures.

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January 3, 2025

Artist Creates Vibrant Pop Culture Posters Using Bauhaus Aesthetics

For the 20th-century artist Paul Klee, a “drawing is simply a line going for a walk.” It was a sentiment he promoted while teaching at the Bauhaus for 10 years and one that defined the movement’s preference for simple and straightforward design. Through Bauhaus Your Haus, an innovative artist is taking Bauhaus graphics out for a walk once again. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Elisha Pilcer creates posters inspired by the iconic art and design movement.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.