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In conjunction with my look at the present design era, the author of the blog I'm following has written a "10-year design review" looking at the trends that have influenced magazines. An interesting thing Black finds in his study, is that there "has been no trend [in magazines]." Black writes about the influence of David Carson and the use of distressed type in magazines like Entertainment weekly and GQ. Black calls 1998 "The Year of Design" as consumers began to favor stores like Target and Ikea. Below is an example of the David Carson influenced GQ.



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