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Design Legend David Carson Brings Marshall McLuhan’s “Probes” to Life
Design Legend David Carson Brings Marshall McLuhan’s “Probes” to Life

One of today’s greatest graphic designers reframes yesteryear’s greatest media prophet.

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Marshall McLuhan on New Forms and Old Assumptions (1960)
Marshall McLuhan on New Forms and Old Assumptions (1960)

What the golden age of television has to do with human nature and today’s Internet intellectuals.

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The Medium is the Massage: Shepard Fairey + Marshall McLuhan
The Medium is the Massage: Shepard Fairey + Marshall McLuhan

Presaging the digital revolution by a half century, or what Telstar has to do with global wisdom.

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Douglas Coupland on Marshall McLuhan’s Prophecy
Douglas Coupland on Marshall McLuhan’s Prophecy

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How McLuhan, Agel, and Fiore Created a New Visual Vernacular for the Information Age
How McLuhan, Agel, and Fiore Created a New Visual Vernacular for the Information Age

The rise of the experimental paperback and how ‘typophotography’ paved the information superhighway.

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Tom Wolfe on Marshall McLuhan for His 100th Would-Be Birthday
Tom Wolfe on Marshall McLuhan for His 100th Would-Be Birthday

How the man who coined the global village became the first seer of cyberspace and digital empowerment.

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7 Must-Read Books on the Future of Information and the Internet
7 Must-Read Books on the Future of Information and the Internet

From retrofuturist media prophecies to the cognitive consequences of mobile-everything.

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