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metropolis feature
february/march 1998


world history


Ettore Sottsass



A building in New Orleans today shares common elements with the original building of 160 years ago.

(photo: ©1994, Robert S. Brantley)


new orleans building 1857



New Orleans building, c.1857

(courtesy of New Orleans Not arial Archives)


FDR speech




The draft of FDR's famous Pearl Harbor speech reveals the words that did not become part of the history books.
(photo:©1994, Robert S. Brantley)


Valentine typewriter



Photoshop 4.0 "layers" lets users or designers draw "on top" of previous versions, without altering them. And by turning layers off or on, different "states" of a work can be seen and worked on.



valentine typewriter




In Microsoft Word 6.0 turning the "revisions made" on reveals what has been changed and, in some cases, who has changed it.

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