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  2. Matchbook - Wikipedia

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    Matchbook cover, World War II, Uncle Sam. A "matchcover", or "matchbook cover", is a thin cardboard covering that folds over match sticks in a "book" or "pack" of matches. Covers have been used as a form of advertising since 1894, two years after they were patented, and since then, have attracted people who enjoy the hobby of collecting.

  3. House for an Art Lover - Wikipedia

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    House for an Art Lover. The House for an Art Lover is an arts and cultural centre in Glasgow, Scotland. The building was constructed between 1989 and 1996 based on a 1901 Art Nouveau house design by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife, Margaret MacDonald. The house is situated in Glasgow's Bellahouston Park and sits east of the site of the ...

  4. Bauhaus - Wikipedia

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    The Bauhaus emblem, designed by Oskar Schlemmer, was adopted in 1921. Typography by Herbert Bayer above the entrance to the workshop block of the Bauhaus Dessau, 2005. The Staatliches Bauhaus (German: [ˈʃtaːtlɪçəs ˈbaʊˌhaʊs] ⓘ), commonly known as the Bauhaus (German for 'building house'), was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined crafts and the fine arts. [1]

  5. Modern Style (British Art Nouveau style) - Wikipedia

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    The Modern Style is a style of architecture, art, and design that first emerged in the United Kingdom in the mid-1880s. It was the first Art Nouveau style worldwide, and it represents the evolution of the Arts and Crafts movement which was native to Great Britain. The Modern Style provided the base and intellectual background for the Art ...

  6. Cover art - Wikipedia

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    The book cover design is usually designed by a graphic designer or book designer, working in-house at a publisher or freelance. Once the front cover art has been approved, they will then continue to design the layout of the spine (including the book title, author name and publisher imprint logo) and the back cover (usually including a book blurb and sometimes the barcode and publisher logo ).

  7. The Little Match Girl - Wikipedia

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    The cover art for chapter 43 (vol. 3) of Komi-san wa, Komyushou Desu. features Komi-san dressed up as the little match girl in a snowy street holding a lit match. One Piece cover story from chapter 247 shows former king Wapol, at that point a beggar, selling matches in a snowy street with the subtitles "I'm the little match girl".

  8. Contemporary architecture - Wikipedia

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    Contemporary architecture is the architecture of the 21st century. No single style is dominant. [1] Contemporary architects work in several different styles, from postmodernism, high-tech architecture and new references and interpretations of traditional architecture [2] [3] to highly conceptual forms and designs, resembling sculpture on an ...

  9. Category:Books with cover art by Paul Bacon - Wikipedia

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    Books with cover art/design by Paul Bacon (designer). Pages in category "Books with cover art by Paul Bacon" The following 37 pages are in this category, out of 37 total.