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03.06.07
Michael Bierut
| Essays
Jean Baudrillard Dies
"The very definition of the real becomes: that of which it is possible to give an equivalent reproduction. The real is not only what can be reproduced, but that which is always already reproduced."
Jean Baudrillard
dies at 77. [MB]
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Michael Bierut
studied graphic design at the University of Cincinnati, and has been a partner in the New York office of
Pentagram
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