Reads tagged with “books”

Celebrating Cassandre: Gorgeous Vintage Posters by One of History’s Greatest Graphic Designers

“He translated the essence of a thing — like a train, a ship, or a person — to the most ‘graphic’ expression.”

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Popular Lies About Graphic Design

Debunking the misconceptions, half-truths, and dangerous mythology of creativity.

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This Explains Everything: 192 Thinkers on the Most Elegant Theory of How the World Works

“The greatest pleasure in science comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of simple principles in a surprising way.”

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How Lantern Slides Revolutionized Education: A Protein Story

When an old entertainment technology brought the world to the lecture hall, bridging science and art.

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David Byrne’s Hand-Drawn Pencil Diagrams of the Human Condition

“Science’s job is to map our ignorance.”

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Penn Jillette on Why Every Day is a Holiday

“For atheists, everything in the world is enough and every day is holy.”

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Life in Five Seconds: Minimalist Pictogram Summaries of Pop Culture and Historical Events

From The Matrix to Marie Antoinette’s execution, irreverent visual synopses of pop culture staples.

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Vladimir Nabokov on What Makes a Good Reader

“A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader.”

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Vladimir Nabokov on Literature and Life: A Rare 1969 BBC Interview

“The arrows of adverse criticism cannot scratch, let alone pierce, the shield of what disappointed archers call my ‘self-assurance.'”

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Bob Dylan’s 1974 Classic “Forever Young,” Illustrated

“May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true… May you stay forever young.”

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Reads tagged with “books”

“He translated the essence of a thing — like a train, a ship, or a person — to the most ‘graphic’ expression.”

Debunking the misconceptions, half-truths, and dangerous mythology of creativity.

“The greatest pleasure in science comes from theories that derive the solution to some deep puzzle from a small set of simple principles in a surprising way.”

When an old entertainment technology brought the world to the lecture hall, bridging science and art.

“Science’s job is to map our ignorance.”

“For atheists, everything in the world is enough and every day is holy.”

From The Matrix to Marie Antoinette’s execution, irreverent visual synopses of pop culture staples.

“A good reader, a major reader, an active and creative reader is a rereader.”

“The arrows of adverse criticism cannot scratch, let alone pierce, the shield of what disappointed archers call my ‘self-assurance.'”

“May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true… May you stay forever young.”

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