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The Local Design | You're Just My Type: Palm Springs Fonts
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The Local Design | You're Just My Type: Palm Springs Fonts

There are few places where a house number can make you smile.

Palm Springs is one of them.

Because in Palm Springs even the house numbers were designed.

That sounds like a minor thing until you start noticing it — the tall, geometric address numerals on a Krisel home, the crisp lettering on a vintage motel marquee, the careful typography on a mid-century storefront.

These weren't afterthoughts.

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The Local Landscape | The Fault Isn’t in the Stars. It’s Under our Feet
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The Local Landscape | The Fault Isn’t in the Stars. It’s Under our Feet

How colliding continents created the Coachella Valley, our famous springs—and the earthquake we're all politely pretending isn't coming.

Some cities were built beside rivers.

Some grew around natural harbors.

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