This case study highlights the digital nature of the “Coins of All Nations” cards and exaggerates those qualities to investigate the readability and legibility of the stereotypes in a digital environment. The pixelation is an intentional glitch, an act of deformance that signals the effects of digitization. Hovering over the pixelated image will reveal a magnified version of the cigarette card, enlarged to a degree that more pixelation and imperfection is evident.
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