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New in shop: Monthly Energy Review: 1975
Substation-red silkscreen ink on heavyweight cream speckletone paper made with hydroelectric energy
Limited run of 15 ⚡
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#art #design #print #typography #vintage #silkscreen
Substation-red silkscreen ink on heavyweight cream speckletone paper made with hydroelectric energy
Limited run of 15 ⚡
tomatolab.org/market/feder...
#art #design #print #typography #vintage #silkscreen
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
New in shop: Monthly Energy Review: 1975
Substation-red silkscreen ink on heavyweight cream speckletone paper made with hydroelectric energy
Limited run of 15 ⚡
tomatolab.org/market/feder...
#art #design #print #typography #vintage #silkscreen
Substation-red silkscreen ink on heavyweight cream speckletone paper made with hydroelectric energy
Limited run of 15 ⚡
tomatolab.org/market/feder...
#art #design #print #typography #vintage #silkscreen
Process photos: pink silkscreen ink and vintage government report covers 🦩⚡️🌎
Available in the Gift Shop next week.
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#art #design #government #history #typography
Available in the Gift Shop next week.
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#art #design #government #history #typography
December 11, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Process photos: pink silkscreen ink and vintage government report covers 🦩⚡️🌎
Available in the Gift Shop next week.
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#art #design #government #history #typography
Available in the Gift Shop next week.
tomatolab.org/market
#art #design #government #history #typography
New poster in the Gift Shop: Fire Coral 🪸
- Hand-mixed fluorescent fire coral silkscreen ink
- Heavyweight acid-free speckletone stock (recycled and produced using hydropower)
- Non-AI, crafted by human hands in NYC
- Limited edition run of 20, signed & numbered
tomatolab.org/market/fire-...
- Hand-mixed fluorescent fire coral silkscreen ink
- Heavyweight acid-free speckletone stock (recycled and produced using hydropower)
- Non-AI, crafted by human hands in NYC
- Limited edition run of 20, signed & numbered
tomatolab.org/market/fire-...
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
New poster in the Gift Shop: Fire Coral 🪸
- Hand-mixed fluorescent fire coral silkscreen ink
- Heavyweight acid-free speckletone stock (recycled and produced using hydropower)
- Non-AI, crafted by human hands in NYC
- Limited edition run of 20, signed & numbered
tomatolab.org/market/fire-...
- Hand-mixed fluorescent fire coral silkscreen ink
- Heavyweight acid-free speckletone stock (recycled and produced using hydropower)
- Non-AI, crafted by human hands in NYC
- Limited edition run of 20, signed & numbered
tomatolab.org/market/fire-...
UPDATE: We have reopened. Our accountant, Bill, successfully located additional funds—dividends from the proprietary glow-in-the-dark fish species whose intellectual property rights we previously sold to an unnamed Middle Eastern petrostate. These funds will carry us through the end of the year.
November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
UPDATE: We have reopened. Our accountant, Bill, successfully located additional funds—dividends from the proprietary glow-in-the-dark fish species whose intellectual property rights we previously sold to an unnamed Middle Eastern petrostate. These funds will carry us through the end of the year.
REVIEWED: NOAA Weather Radio Pamphlet, 1985
EXPLAINED:
What is "The Voice of the National Weather Service"?
Who is Owlie Skywarn?
Why did the Government Printing Office outsource an offset lithography job to Japan in the mid 1980's?
Read here 🦉⛈️📻 → www.departmentofinformation.org/noaa-weather...
EXPLAINED:
What is "The Voice of the National Weather Service"?
Who is Owlie Skywarn?
Why did the Government Printing Office outsource an offset lithography job to Japan in the mid 1980's?
Read here 🦉⛈️📻 → www.departmentofinformation.org/noaa-weather...
September 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
REVIEWED: NOAA Weather Radio Pamphlet, 1985
EXPLAINED:
What is "The Voice of the National Weather Service"?
Who is Owlie Skywarn?
Why did the Government Printing Office outsource an offset lithography job to Japan in the mid 1980's?
Read here 🦉⛈️📻 → www.departmentofinformation.org/noaa-weather...
EXPLAINED:
What is "The Voice of the National Weather Service"?
Who is Owlie Skywarn?
Why did the Government Printing Office outsource an offset lithography job to Japan in the mid 1980's?
Read here 🦉⛈️📻 → www.departmentofinformation.org/noaa-weather...
REMINDER: Campus will be closed Monday for Labor Day (except for mission-critical lab facilities and the South Lawn pool). Yesterday was the last summer Friday of the season. The fall calendar will take effect this week. Thank you.
August 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
REMINDER: Campus will be closed Monday for Labor Day (except for mission-critical lab facilities and the South Lawn pool). Yesterday was the last summer Friday of the season. The fall calendar will take effect this week. Thank you.
For the Summer Solstice, we are soft-launching Beach Sounds, the follow-up to Pond Sounds from the Office of Public Awareness.
💦🌞🦩
Beach Sounds was recorded on location, deep in the backwaters of South Florida and coastal New York using field recorders.
Stream or buy now exclusively on Bandcamp
💦🌞🦩
Beach Sounds was recorded on location, deep in the backwaters of South Florida and coastal New York using field recorders.
Stream or buy now exclusively on Bandcamp
June 21, 2025 at 3:01 AM
For the Summer Solstice, we are soft-launching Beach Sounds, the follow-up to Pond Sounds from the Office of Public Awareness.
💦🌞🦩
Beach Sounds was recorded on location, deep in the backwaters of South Florida and coastal New York using field recorders.
Stream or buy now exclusively on Bandcamp
💦🌞🦩
Beach Sounds was recorded on location, deep in the backwaters of South Florida and coastal New York using field recorders.
Stream or buy now exclusively on Bandcamp
In honor of Earth Day, we have begun rewilding some offices on the main campus. If you work in Building A and have not received a bee box—but would like one for your cubicle or workstation—please let your manager know.
Happy Earth Day! #earthdayeveryday 🌎
Happy Earth Day! #earthdayeveryday 🌎
April 22, 2025 at 7:42 PM
In honor of Earth Day, we have begun rewilding some offices on the main campus. If you work in Building A and have not received a bee box—but would like one for your cubicle or workstation—please let your manager know.
Happy Earth Day! #earthdayeveryday 🌎
Happy Earth Day! #earthdayeveryday 🌎
Our Information Hotline is no longer in service due to the inside of the telephone lines being haunted. If you need to contact us please use email or write to us. Thank you.
March 29, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Our Information Hotline is no longer in service due to the inside of the telephone lines being haunted. If you need to contact us please use email or write to us. Thank you.
We recently discovered a stash of loose vintage U.S. Forest Service pamphlets under the sofa mattress in the basement office of our Information Ambassador, Pokey the Pigeon.
March 8, 2025 at 8:17 AM
We recently discovered a stash of loose vintage U.S. Forest Service pamphlets under the sofa mattress in the basement office of our Information Ambassador, Pokey the Pigeon.
Some clarity on our style guide.
February 14, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Some clarity on our style guide.
We have greatly improved our Groundhog Simulator™ since last year. Its an ethical, non-harmful alternative to using real animals for forecasts. Some people even say it is more accurate. Our Groundhog used Computer Vision to see their shadow so it looks like we are in for another six weeks of winter.
February 4, 2025 at 4:51 AM
We have greatly improved our Groundhog Simulator™ since last year. Its an ethical, non-harmful alternative to using real animals for forecasts. Some people even say it is more accurate. Our Groundhog used Computer Vision to see their shadow so it looks like we are in for another six weeks of winter.
1/2) Screen print by René Castro "I Am Ashamed, MLK". 1992. via Smithsonian
3) Photo by Grey Villet "MLK Trial Montgomery Alabama Integration". 1958, Montgomery, AL
4) Letterpress by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. "I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house. - MLK". 2005
#MLK
3) Photo by Grey Villet "MLK Trial Montgomery Alabama Integration". 1958, Montgomery, AL
4) Letterpress by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. "I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house. - MLK". 2005
#MLK
January 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
1/2) Screen print by René Castro "I Am Ashamed, MLK". 1992. via Smithsonian
3) Photo by Grey Villet "MLK Trial Montgomery Alabama Integration". 1958, Montgomery, AL
4) Letterpress by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. "I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house. - MLK". 2005
#MLK
3) Photo by Grey Villet "MLK Trial Montgomery Alabama Integration". 1958, Montgomery, AL
4) Letterpress by Amos Paul Kennedy Jr. "I fear I am integrating my people into a burning house. - MLK". 2005
#MLK
One of our unpaid interns found this pamphlet from 1978 underneath the office kitchen fridge while cleaning the drip pan after they spilled a tray of coffee all over the floor. In exchange for class credit and redemption we had them sterilize and photograph it for our consumer review series.
January 16, 2025 at 3:56 AM
One of our unpaid interns found this pamphlet from 1978 underneath the office kitchen fridge while cleaning the drip pan after they spilled a tray of coffee all over the floor. In exchange for class credit and redemption we had them sterilize and photograph it for our consumer review series.
Reminder that our main campus, including the taco truck in the parking lot, the Xerox Climate Lab, and the library are all closed until January 1st, 2025.
Please do not report to work or you will be escorted away on a golf cart by Herald, the security guard.
#holidays #christmas #newyear
Please do not report to work or you will be escorted away on a golf cart by Herald, the security guard.
#holidays #christmas #newyear
December 26, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Reminder that our main campus, including the taco truck in the parking lot, the Xerox Climate Lab, and the library are all closed until January 1st, 2025.
Please do not report to work or you will be escorted away on a golf cart by Herald, the security guard.
#holidays #christmas #newyear
Please do not report to work or you will be escorted away on a golf cart by Herald, the security guard.
#holidays #christmas #newyear
Have you seen strange lights in the night sky above New Jersey or the Tri-state area?
Call our tip line to leave us a voice message of what you saw. Our Information Scientists will use the anonymous data in future experiments and consumer products.
1-844-DOI-9003
[email protected]
Call our tip line to leave us a voice message of what you saw. Our Information Scientists will use the anonymous data in future experiments and consumer products.
1-844-DOI-9003
[email protected]
December 20, 2024 at 4:11 AM
Have you seen strange lights in the night sky above New Jersey or the Tri-state area?
Call our tip line to leave us a voice message of what you saw. Our Information Scientists will use the anonymous data in future experiments and consumer products.
1-844-DOI-9003
[email protected]
Call our tip line to leave us a voice message of what you saw. Our Information Scientists will use the anonymous data in future experiments and consumer products.
1-844-DOI-9003
[email protected]
October 20, 2024 at 11:28 PM
It’s campfire season & whether you’re burning barrels full of confidential documents or old office furniture it’s important to practice fire safety. We've collected some of the best vintage Smokey Bear posters to kick off the season.
www.departmentofinformation.org/smokey-bear/
#design #nature
www.departmentofinformation.org/smokey-bear/
#design #nature
October 18, 2024 at 12:46 AM
It’s campfire season & whether you’re burning barrels full of confidential documents or old office furniture it’s important to practice fire safety. We've collected some of the best vintage Smokey Bear posters to kick off the season.
www.departmentofinformation.org/smokey-bear/
#design #nature
www.departmentofinformation.org/smokey-bear/
#design #nature
New 1972 LA USDA Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Prices Zine
- 5.5’’x8.5’’ saddle stitched, ~38 pages
- Silkscreened cover
- Speckletone paper recycled and made with hydroelectric power from French Paper Co in Michigan
- Plantable tomato seed paper
tomatolab.org/market
🍅 🥑 📗 #art #design #food
- 5.5’’x8.5’’ saddle stitched, ~38 pages
- Silkscreened cover
- Speckletone paper recycled and made with hydroelectric power from French Paper Co in Michigan
- Plantable tomato seed paper
tomatolab.org/market
🍅 🥑 📗 #art #design #food
September 19, 2024 at 6:16 PM
New 1972 LA USDA Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Prices Zine
- 5.5’’x8.5’’ saddle stitched, ~38 pages
- Silkscreened cover
- Speckletone paper recycled and made with hydroelectric power from French Paper Co in Michigan
- Plantable tomato seed paper
tomatolab.org/market
🍅 🥑 📗 #art #design #food
- 5.5’’x8.5’’ saddle stitched, ~38 pages
- Silkscreened cover
- Speckletone paper recycled and made with hydroelectric power from French Paper Co in Michigan
- Plantable tomato seed paper
tomatolab.org/market
🍅 🥑 📗 #art #design #food
To soft launch our new Information Ambassador, Pokey the Pigeon, we sent him to UN General Assembly Week.
He doesn't have a UN ground pass so he will be on the sidewalk or across the street at the Ambassador Grill Bar.
Please do not throw bread at him, there is an unpaid intern inside.
#UNGA79 🇺🇳
He doesn't have a UN ground pass so he will be on the sidewalk or across the street at the Ambassador Grill Bar.
Please do not throw bread at him, there is an unpaid intern inside.
#UNGA79 🇺🇳
September 16, 2024 at 5:05 PM
To soft launch our new Information Ambassador, Pokey the Pigeon, we sent him to UN General Assembly Week.
He doesn't have a UN ground pass so he will be on the sidewalk or across the street at the Ambassador Grill Bar.
Please do not throw bread at him, there is an unpaid intern inside.
#UNGA79 🇺🇳
He doesn't have a UN ground pass so he will be on the sidewalk or across the street at the Ambassador Grill Bar.
Please do not throw bread at him, there is an unpaid intern inside.
#UNGA79 🇺🇳
The first in a series of USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market Prices Report reproductions #art #design #farming #nyc www.departmentofinformation.org/1969-usda-nyc/
August 11, 2024 at 3:01 AM
The first in a series of USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Wholesale Market Prices Report reproductions #art #design #farming #nyc www.departmentofinformation.org/1969-usda-nyc/
The Absolute Best USDA Fruit and Vegetable Market News Reports Published Between 1954 and 1994 www.departmentofinformation.org/2024/07/the-...
July 14, 2024 at 12:04 PM
The Absolute Best USDA Fruit and Vegetable Market News Reports Published Between 1954 and 1994 www.departmentofinformation.org/2024/07/the-...
To celebrate International Day of Forests we are releasing 20 minutes of forest footage from the Office of Public Awareness Division of Film, Radio, Television, and Books Rare Media Archives.
Watch the entire clip at departmentofinformation.org/natural-earth
#IntlForestDay 🌲
Watch the entire clip at departmentofinformation.org/natural-earth
#IntlForestDay 🌲
March 22, 2024 at 1:08 AM
To celebrate International Day of Forests we are releasing 20 minutes of forest footage from the Office of Public Awareness Division of Film, Radio, Television, and Books Rare Media Archives.
Watch the entire clip at departmentofinformation.org/natural-earth
#IntlForestDay 🌲
Watch the entire clip at departmentofinformation.org/natural-earth
#IntlForestDay 🌲
Happy Lunar New Year! While cleaning out one of our supply closets this week, an unpaid intern found a box of old Time and Space Encyclopedias from the early 1990s. These are not for sale but if you want one try checking local used bookstores, libraries, or school dumpsters. #dragon #lunarnewyear
February 10, 2024 at 6:34 AM
Happy Lunar New Year! While cleaning out one of our supply closets this week, an unpaid intern found a box of old Time and Space Encyclopedias from the early 1990s. These are not for sale but if you want one try checking local used bookstores, libraries, or school dumpsters. #dragon #lunarnewyear
Natural Earth Field Recordings Volume Two: Upstate New York and the Hudson Valley is now available to purchase in a very limited run of 12-inch clear vinyl with an accompanying foldout map & guide. 🌲🍁🌍
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January 18, 2024 at 4:49 AM
Natural Earth Field Recordings Volume Two: Upstate New York and the Hudson Valley is now available to purchase in a very limited run of 12-inch clear vinyl with an accompanying foldout map & guide. 🌲🍁🌍
tomatolab.org/Natural-Eart...
tomatolab.org/Natural-Eart...