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you’ve got to find some way to get through the work day that doesn’t involve actual work, and when you’re a returns processor who is obnoxiously “into design”, that means collecting weird glyphs from cardboard boxes. call it a meditation on the mundane, or maybe zen and the art of seasonal employment.

culled from more than 8,000 boxes, these selections serve as a pretty comprehensive survey of U.S. retail shipping box design circa 2024/ 2025. from registration marks and warnings to color bars and edge crush test seals, these symbols mean... something, but to me they’re just another brief hyperfixation that called for a zine.

3.5" x 3.5", 20 pages color on laser printer.