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When “Complex” and “Complicated” Meet (1938)

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This image caught my attention immediately–there were so many lines and so many acute angles that it seemed to be a if-it-bleeds-it-leads data display. The information is definitely there, but it all needs to be reformatted, like straightening out a bowl of angel hair pasta:

Pop Mech 1938 aviation instrument panel_0001

Source: Popular Mechanics, September, 1938, p. 326.  

I’d say that when “complicated” and “complex” (that sounds like a hair color) meet, they really collide, except that the collision is very orderly.  

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