Postcards

Postcards Made By Famous Contemporary Artists (PHOTOS)

Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Art Postcards, University of Chicago Press, Jeremy Cooper, Video, Postcards, Artist Postcards: A Compendium, Spike Island, Artists Postcards, Slidepollajax, Arts News

As increasingly less people send greetings through the post office, it's good to know that mail art is being celebrated in a new exhibition of postcar...

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Design Thursday

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Pratt Institute, Villard House, Video, Design Thursday, Postcards, Parsons School of Design, Parsons the New School for Design, Hoot Magazine, Selexyz, Design Thursday Huff Post, Arts News

This week we thought about how postcards can become art and how a bookstore can be a sanctuary. We also wished an architectural icon Happy Birthday an...

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The Postcard as Literary Magazine and Unbound Art Book

Pamela Poole | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Art Books, Matthew-Rose, Postcards, Art Installations, Mobile Apps, Literary Magazines, Hoot, Arts News

In an era when the way we communicate has become so very virtual (e-mail, social media), and our attention spans are ever shorter, it's the perfect time for the postcard to experience a revival.

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Would You Rather Have A Long-Distance Friendship Or Relationship?

Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Long-Distance Love, Video, Pen Pals, Digital Postcards, Postcards, Long-Distance Friendship, Ldr, Long Distance Relationships, Keeping in Touch, Living Apart, Menage a Twang, Women News

You love your job in New York, but you're in love with someone who lives in San Fransisco -- and he feels the same way about his job and city. Which o...

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Exploring One Of the World's Biggest Postcard Collections

Andrew Burmon | Posted 02.08.2012

Read More: Bibliothek-Eh, Adolf Feller, Switzerland, Postcards, France, New Zealand, Italy, Spain, Japan, Travel News

By the standards of the late 19th century, Adolf Feller was a very well traveled man. By the late 1890's the Swiss salesman, who would later help mode...

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iPhone Experiment: Postcards

John Paul Caponigro | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: Photoforge, Iphone, Postcards, iPhone Apps, Snapseed, Exposure, Arts News

Photographing postcards in scenes adds new dimensions to this line of inquiry.

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Artist Will Mail You A Postcard.. For Free!

The Huffington Post | Kia Makarechi | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Rufus Lusk Video Artist, Postcard Art, Digital Photography, Vhs, Fine Art, Postcards, Stephen Hutchison Postcards, Stephen Hutchison, Arts News

As a 24-year-old artist based in Los Angeles, Stephen Hutchison was not surprisingly having a hard time getting his work noticed. "I've been makin...

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Gift Guide: Purposeful Purchases

Catherine Moellering | Posted 02.18.2012

Read More: Mary Kay, Gift Guide, Holidays, Philanthropy, Postcards, Charity, Bottomless Closet, John Bartlett, Hats, Christmas Gifts, Puppies, Beanies, Holiday Gift Guide, Gifts, Holiday Gifts, Africa, Home Decor, Wines, Slippers, Dogs, Style News

These purchases aren't just great gifts, they support worthy causes ranging from rescuing puppies to building schools in Nepal. It gives the phrase "it's the thought that counts" a whole new meaning.

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EXCLUSIVE: New Revelations From PostSecret

Frank Warren | Posted 11.14.2011

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I started PostSecret six years ago in Washington DC by passing out postcards to strangers and inviting them to illustrate a secret and mail it to me. Here are some exclusive secrets, only for Huffington Post readers.

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Postcard From Paradise

Kevin Richberg | Posted 08.06.2011

Read More: The Philippines, Luxury, Paradise, Islands, Scuba Diving, Surfing, Beaches, Postcards, Boracay, Watersports, Travel News

Is it possible to keep 'Paradise' a secret? Evidently not, since I'm writing about Boracay Island in this post, and since tourists have starting flocking there by the thousands.

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Postcards from Kolkata

Kevin Richberg | Posted 05.28.2011

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WATCH: Incredible Views Of Seattle

Posted 11.30.2011

Read More: The Emerald City, Video, Postcards, Travel Video, Seattle-Washington, Seattle, The Emerald City Video, Travel News

Joel and Jessie Edwards put together this visual postcard as an ode to a city they must hold dear. While Seattle may get a bad rap for being dreary an...

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11 Postcards From Around the World

Kevin Richberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tourism, Postcards, Travel, World Travel, Morocco, Moldova, Maldives, Iceland, Sweden, Ecotourism, Slidepollajax, Travel News

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PHOTOS: Incredible Vintage Postcards From Europe

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Old Postcards, Postcards, Virtual-Vintage-Postcards, Travel News

The romantic in us wishes that snail mail would come back in fashion. There's something so much more personal about a handwritten note: scribbles, cr...

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Israel Complains Over 'Antisemitic' Postcards From Spanish Children

Guardian | Giles Tremlett | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Israel, Spain Postcards, Postcards, Madrid, Spain, World News

Israel has complained to the Spanish authorities after its embassy in Madrid received postcards from nine-year-old schoolchildren accusing it of killi...

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Staycations Are Here to Stay

Johanna Smith | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Staycation, Postcards, Soup Kitchen, Service, Bbq, Vacation, Kiosk, Relaxation, Happiness, Healthy Living News

The most common mistake that people make while staying home during vacation is treating the time as though it were an elongated weekend. Step outside of your weekend routine.

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Postcards to the Next President

Sheryl Oring | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: College Students, The Next President, Postcards, College, Economy, Iraq, Health Care, Appeal to the Next President of the United States, Politics News

295 people have already participted in my traveling public art project "I Wish to Say," in which I set up an office -- complete with a manual typewriter -- and invite passersby to dictate postcards to the next president.

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