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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Pioneering designer Deborah Sussman Dies

    Deborah Sussman, a pioneer in environmental graphic design, died yesterday at age 83. Sussman started her career 50 years ago in the offices of Charles and Ray Eames, the modernist architects and designers. She went on to create work all over Los Angeles, including on the landscape for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Aug 20, 2014 • 1 min read

    Deborah Sussman, a pioneer in environmental graphic design, died yesterday at age 83. Sussman started her career 50 years ago in the offices of Charles and Ray Eames, the modernist architects and designers. She went on to create work all over Los Angeles, including on the landscape for the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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    ISIS Executes James Foley, “Bad Feminist,” and B.K.S. Iyengar
    1. 0:00Journalist James Foley Killed by ISIS
    2. 8:22The ISIS Europe Connection
    3. 14:27Social Media and Terrorism
    4. 22:25'Bad Feminist'
    5. 38:15Father of Modern Yoga Dies
    6. 46:18Pioneering designer Deborah Sussman DiesYou’re reading this
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