Don’t be fooled by fake images and videos online

Don’t be fooled by fake images and videos online

Nope, not a real news report from Hurricane Irma. Snopes Hany Farid, Dartmouth College One month before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, an “Access Hollywood” recording of Donald Trump was released in which he was heard lewdly talking about women. The...
Forging a photo is easy, but how do you spot a fake?

Forging a photo is easy, but how do you spot a fake?

I can tell this has been ‘shopped, on account of the pixels. Mmxx, CC BY-SA Stuart Gibson, University of Kent Faking photographs is not a new phenomenon. The Cottingley Fairies seemed convincing to some in 1917, just as the images recently broadcast on Russian...
The forgotten legacy of gay photographer George Platt Lynes

The forgotten legacy of gay photographer George Platt Lynes

A self-portrait of George Platt Lynes from 1952. Gelatin silver print, 7-5/8 × 9 in. From the Collections of the Kinsey Institute, Indiana University. © Estate of George Platt Lynes. Rebecca Fasman, Indiana University From the late 1920s until his death in 1955,...
French business school logos: What are they telling us?

French business school logos: What are they telling us?

Be inspired! Adobe Stock, FAL Franck Celhay, Montpellier Business School – UGEI Over the course of 2018, several major French business schools changed their logos. What were the changes exactly and, more importantly, what do these changes mean? Logos are visual signs...
Curious Kids: who came up with the first letters?

Curious Kids: who came up with the first letters?

Writing wasn’t just invented once by a single person. Many different ancient societies invented writing at different times and places. www.shutterstock.com This article is a peek into the background of how alphabet came about. So, graphic designers studying typography...