NORMALLY, this is a good time to look back at postcards from the past year, but it seems only appropriate to present postcards from the future.
Set amid rolling pastures between two wooded ridges, it presents a postcard-worthy vista from a distance, though it's definitely not ready for its close-up in House and Garden.
The booklet consists of illustrated messages presented on postcard-sized laminated cards that are joined by a ring.
Taken together, the postcards present a red, white and blue world of personal boosterism and, increasingly, unsparing attacks.
On three sides it presents a Manhattan postcard that's perfect for an out-of-towner or an in-towner wanting to make like one.
In 15 randomized, controlled trials, people in need of social services either encountered the standard application process or received a psychological nudge, in which the information was presented slightly differently a postcard reminded them of deadlines, for example, or one choice was made easier than another.
If the postcard presents a city, street or other view that can be matched to photos of a certain time, that can help to date the postcard.
If you have means to do so, one clever way of creating a present is a video postcard for someone.
Diller and Scofidio designed three postcards to present to the committee.
The postcards presented before every song which have often been used to show the host country's nature, culture and social life, were changed to show the typical everyday life of each individual artist in their home countries scattered around Europe.
