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You Just Don't Understand

SURF-CHWCONTEMP2026V1R0057·Book cover·1990·United States

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Alt text: You Just Don't Understand. Book cover, 1990, United States, Carin Goldberg (Designer); Deborah Tannen (Author); Ballantine Books (Publisher). — from catalogue fields, for readers and machines; not an interpretive caption.

03Catalogue metadata

Designer / studioCarin Goldberg (Designer); Deborah Tannen (Author); Ballantine Books (Publisher)

Date1990

Year1990

PlaceUnited States

Object typeBook cover

ThemeMidcentury modern graphic communication

MovementNot recorded

05Source · Citation · Provenance

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Source institution: Cooper Hewitt Collection GraphQL API
Original record: You Just Don't Understand Open
Access: Captured 2026-07-31 · frozen snapshot at acquisition

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Modern Graphic Design Archive. “You Just Don't Understand”, Carin Goldberg (Designer); Deborah Tannen (Author); Ballantine Books (Publisher), 1990. United States. Book cover. Record SURF-CHWCONTEMP2026V1R0057. https://mgdarchive.com/surfaces/SURF-CHWCONTEMP2026V1R0057

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Record status: Public record
Release: v49 — current public release (sealed)
Source verification: Verified source
Last verified: 2026, with the v49 freeze

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