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On this day in 1963, Philips introduced the compact cassette at the Berlin Radio Exhibition. It was originally designed for recording speech.
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Earlier tape recorders used loose reels that had to be threaded by hand. Philips put both reels inside one pocket-sized plastic case. The company later licensed the format without royalties, helping it become a global standard.
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A format designed for dictation ended up giving us mixtapes and portable music, as well as the Walkman.
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On this day in 1997, Netflix was founded. The website wouldn't launch until the following April, and the first DVD it mailed was Beetlejuice.
Photo via USPS

ALT Photo via USPS

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Before autoplay, original programming and the red "N," Netflix was a website for ordering physical DVDs through the mail.
Netflix DVD queue interface, 2007 via BuzzFeed

ALT Netflix DVD queue interface, 2007 via BuzzFeed

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More than five billion red envelopes were shipped before the DVD service ended.
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G8 Creative Industries Festival's new identity treats the entire event like a food court! Its 20+ creative disciplines become items on a menu, unfolded takeaway boxes form the graphic system, and a custom typeface shifts between three different proportions. designed by odd works
G8 2026 identity by odd works. Images courtesy of the studio.

ALT G8 2026 identity by odd works. Images courtesy of the studio.

G8 2026 identity by odd works. Images courtesy of the studio.

ALT G8 2026 identity by odd works. Images courtesy of the studio.

G8 2026 identity by odd works. Images courtesy of the studio.

ALT G8 2026 identity by odd works. Images courtesy of the studio.

G8 2026 identity by odd works. Images courtesy of the studio.

ALT G8 2026 identity by odd works. Images courtesy of the studio.

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one camera is currently being passed between more than 80 photographers across 20+ countries. each person gets it for about a week before emailing it to the next. the photographs will gradually form one shared camera roll and map as it travels. NomadCam by Focal Point
images courtesy of Focal Point / NomadCam

ALT images courtesy of Focal Point / NomadCam

images courtesy of Focal Point / NomadCam

ALT images courtesy of Focal Point / NomadCam

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finally, a physical monument to everything i was definitely going to read😅
Daniel Belfort ⊙
@danielbelfortAug 19
Introducing Offprint™ The physical magazine made from everything you "save for later" but never actually go back to read. Find online, read offline. Print media is back!
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The earliest exposures took between three and fifteen minutes. Having your portrait taken involved sitting in direct light without moving - or blinking - for several minutes.
Louis-Auguste Bisson, Dog, 1841–49. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain.

ALT Louis-Auguste Bisson, Dog, 1841–49. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain.

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Two months later, Robert Cornelius built a camera from a box and a lens taken from an opera glass. The self portrait he made is now believed to be the earliest surviving photographic portrait made in America. Arguably also the first selfie ;)
Robert Cornelius, self-portrait, 1839. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

ALT Robert Cornelius, self-portrait, 1839. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.

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A daguerrotype was a highly detailed image formed directly on a sheet of silver-plated copper. (this is different from prints that come from negatives!)
Unknown American photographer, Seated Young Man Resting Arm on Table Beside Daguerreotype Case, 1840s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

ALT Unknown American photographer, Seated Young Man Resting Arm on Table Beside Daguerreotype Case, 1840s. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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📸Why is World Photography Day on August 19? 🌐 On this day in 1839, the daguerrotype process was explained publicly in Paris. So many people came that the crowd spilled into the courtyard...
Susse Frères daguerreotype camera, 1839. Photograph by Liudmila & Nelson. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

ALT Susse Frères daguerreotype camera, 1839. Photograph by Liudmila & Nelson. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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Objects from Art of Noise at Cooper Hewitt 🪩 An exhibition tracing 100 years of design for music; from radios and record players to psychedelic concert posters, the Sony Walkman, Apple iPod, and teenage engineering’s choir of singing wooden sculptures.
A white radio-phonograph with a transparent lid, control panel and ash-wood sides. SK 55 Radio-Phonograph, 1963; designed by Dieter Rams and Hans Gugelot; manufactured by Braun AG. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor, 1986-99-6. Photo: Matt Flynn.

ALT A white radio-phonograph with a transparent lid, control panel and ash-wood sides. SK 55 Radio-Phonograph, 1963; designed by Dieter Rams and Hans Gugelot; manufactured by Braun AG. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; gift of Barry Friedman and Patricia Pastor, 1986-99-6. Photo: Matt Flynn.

Eight wooden, human-like sonic sculptures arranged together against a black background. Each sculpture has its own shape, speaker and vocal range. teenage engineering, Choir, 2022. © teenage engineering.

ALT Eight wooden, human-like sonic sculptures arranged together against a black background. Each sculpture has its own shape, speaker and vocal range. teenage engineering, Choir, 2022. © teenage engineering.

A handmade stereo constructed from concrete, with two black speakers, exposed red electronics and a metal handle. Tom Sachs, Model Thirty-Six, 2014. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase through a gift of the FOG Forum. © Tom Sachs.

ALT A handmade stereo constructed from concrete, with two black speakers, exposed red electronics and a metal handle. Tom Sachs, Model Thirty-Six, 2014. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, purchase through a gift of the FOG Forum. © Tom Sachs.

A black silhouette of Bob Dylan in profile, with brightly coloured, curling strands of hair in red, blue, green, pink, orange and white. Milton Glaser, Dylan Poster, 1967. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Milton Glaser, permission of the Estate of Milton Glaser; photo by Tenari Tuatagaloa.

ALT A black silhouette of Bob Dylan in profile, with brightly coloured, curling strands of hair in red, blue, green, pink, orange and white. Milton Glaser, Dylan Poster, 1967. San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; © Milton Glaser, permission of the Estate of Milton Glaser; photo by Tenari Tuatagaloa.

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Images via Cooper Hewitt’s Art of Noise exhibition archive. Individual object credits and descriptions are included in the image alt text. More about the exhibition: cooperhewitt.org/channel/art…

Art of Noise | Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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The most famous logo in American design history was scribbled on a ripped envelope in the back of a taxi in 1976. Before it was a logo being pitched, it was Milton Glaser's private note to himself.
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Glaser never charged for the design. No royalties, ever, even after it became one of the most licensed images on earth. He said he made it as a gift to the city during a bad year.
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Still in MoMA's permanent collection today, filed under 'a piece of trash that became a piece of history.' - sources + full archive: moma.org/collection/works/12…

Milton Glaser. I ♥ NY concept sketch. 1976 | MoMA

Milton Glaser. I ♥ NY concept sketch. 1976. Ink and tape on paper envelope. 2 7/8 x 3 5/8" (7.3 x 9.2 cm). Gift of the designer. 388.2009. Architecture and Design

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