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2011

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2016

2025

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Magazine Layout, Ladri di lamette (Thieves Strip), from IL, No. 29

This is a Magazine layout. It was designed by Francesco Franchi. It is dated April 2011. Its medium is digital print.

Franchi is an art director of magazine IL (Ideas and Lifestyles), a supplement to Italy’s leading economics newspaper, Il Sole 24 Ore. Throughout IL, Franchi tells stories through long-form information graphics combining data, text, and illustration. In this groundbreaking layout, Franchi’s mixes crisp, iconic images with factual details about world events.

This object was donated by Francesco Franchi. It is credited Courtesy of Francesco Franchi.

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Its dimensions are

H x W: 57.9 × 94 cm (22 13/16 in. × 37 in.)

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Beauty—Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial.

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