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the curves of a gleaming black car fender

one image per house

as well as showcasing a sprawling collection of rarely seen drawings

and fables

Simon Popper

NASA Graphics Standards Manual water school the curves of a gleamingBeyond a simple fascination for NASA, the manual is of interest for several reasons: It is an exhaustive presentation of visual identity from letterheads to the markings on the space shuttle Discovery and thus allows the reader to apprehend the different formal, political and technical scales of the use of signs. The clarity of its texts which guided the personnel responsible for producing new documents contrasts sharply with the mainstream vocabulary