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An employee plays the video game Pac-Man (1980) during an exhibition preview featuring 14 video games acquired by The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York, March 1, 2013. The MoMA acquired 14 video games entering its collection as part of an ongoing research on interaction design. AFP PHOTO/EMMANUEL DUNAND (Photo credit should read EMMANUEL DUNAND/AFP via Getty Images)

design

Pac-Man at 40: The eating icon that changed gaming history

Jacopo Prisco, CNN

$PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA - SEPTEMBER 11, 2018: A view of the Ryugyong Hotel, a 105-story, 330-metre-tall pyramid-shaped skyscraper, in the city of Pyongyang. Alexander Demianchuk/TASS (Photo by Alexander Demianchuk\TASS via Getty Images)$

architecture

Ryugyong Hotel: The story of North Korea's 'Hotel of Doom'

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 20: (EDITORS NOTE : This image has been processed with digital filters) Kendell Jenner attends the '120 Beats Per Minute (120 Battements Par Minute)' screening during the 70th annual Cannes Film Festival at on May 20, 2017 in Cannes, France. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

fashion

Greek tragedy and railways: An unexpected history of the red carpet

design

The color purple: The discovery that changed fashion

architecture

Pushing our buttons: How the elevator shaped the city

NEW YORK, NY - DECEMBER 05: A man walks past a subway stop in Manhattan two days after a man was pushed to his death in front of a train on December 5, 2012 in New York City. The incident was caught by a photographer and has since raised questions as to why someone didn't help the man before the train struck him. The New York City subway system, with 468 stations in operation, is the most extensive public transportation system in the world. It is also one of the world's oldest public transit systems, with the first underground line of the subway opening on October 27, 1904. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

design

Helvetica: The game-changing typeface made to go unnoticed

Air & Road

FILE PHOTO: An inflight overview of the B-2 Bomber on its fifth test flight. The flight lasted one hour and seventeen minutes. Northrop Chief Test Pilot Bruce Hinds and Air Force Lt. Col. John Small of the B-2 Combined Test Force were at the controls. The first five test flights were designed to expand the flight envelope, demonstrate the handling qualities of the aircraft while flying in the air refueling position and validate the proper function of the aircraft's subsystems. (Photo by USAF)

design

B-2 Spirit: The $2 billion flying wing

SR-71b ''Blackbird'' aerial reconnaisance aircraft in head-on view during a training mission February 2, 1997.

design

SR-71 Blackbird: The Cold War spy plane

design

Grumman X-29: The impossible fighter jet with inverted wings

People standing near a Russian Tu-144 watch fighter jets perfoming tricks during the MAKS 2009 international aerospace show outside Moscow in Zhukovsky on August 20, 2009. The MAKS international aerospace show is being held for the 9th time. AFP PHOTO / DMITRY KOSTYUKOV (Photo credit should read DMITRY KOSTYUKOV/AFP/Getty Images)

design

Concordski: Why the Soviets' spectacular to Concorde never took off

Air Force One carrying the President of the United States, Donald Trump and First Lady, Melania Trump touches down at Glasgow Prestwick Airport on July 13, 2018 in Glasgow, Scotland. Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images

design

Out of the blue: A look back at Air Force One's classic design

autos

DMC DeLorean: The troubled past of the car that went back to the future

Shapes & Symbols

arts

Panthéon de la Guerre: The colossal war painting that time forgot

fashion

Refined, rebellious and not just for girls: A history of pink

The Prince and Princess of Wales return to Buckingham Palace by carriage after their wedding, 29th July 1981. She wears a wedding dress by David and Elizabeth Emmanuel and the Spencer family tiara. (Photo by Princess Diana Archive/Getty Images)

fashion

Why so many brides wear white on their wedding day

fashion

From Mesopotamia to West London, a 4,000-year history of the turban