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Atlas Obscura had an article about it in 2018: “Le Corbusier’s Special Measuring Tape is Making a Comeback” https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/le-corbusiers-modulor-rule Best, Ellen Chapman On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 8:24 AM González Palacios, Mar < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear collective wisdom, > > I am hoping that someone will be familiar with a Modulor tape measure that > I have been unable to identify. > > We have two different tapes, one of which was published by Princeton > Architectural Press and Fondation Le Corbusier > <https://papress.com/products/le-corbusier-modulor-rule-an-innovative-tape-measure-from-the-master-of-modern-architecture?_pos=1&_sid=6d27164c6&_ss=r> in > 1994. The second may be older and comes in a taller tin wrapped with Kraft > paper. You can see an image here: > > https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PFeC2ZjmNMHe3thcgg_Lx3wOoJ5dOAjW/view?usp=sharing > > Does anyone know anything about it? > > Thank you, > Mar > > Mar González Palacios > Associate Director, Special Collections > Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library <http://web.library.yale.edu/arts> | Yale University > Library <https://library.yale.edu/> > T: 203.432.4439 > > @YaleHaasArtsLib > Instagram | Twitter | Facebook > > COVID-19 Yale University Library Reopening FAQ > <https://web.library.yale.edu/covid-19-update-library-reopening-faq> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining > ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send > administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to > [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy > Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~