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Steve Jobs and NeXT: Rare PBS Documentary circa 1986
Steve Jobs and NeXT: Rare PBS Documentary circa 1986

A startup sentiment sandwich from the master chef, or why “reality distortion” helps sales but hurts design.

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Choosing to Die: Sir Terry Pratchett Comes to Terms with His Death
Choosing to Die: Sir Terry Pratchett Comes to Terms with His Death

Befriending the Grim Reaper, or what Swiss sunshine has to do with the ultimate personal freedom.

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Gerhard Richter: Tate Modern Celebrates One of the Greatest Artists Alive
Gerhard Richter: Tate Modern Celebrates One of the Greatest Artists Alive

An ambitious retrospective on one of the most influential and prolific artists alive today.

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Stefanie Posavec on Her Obsessive Analog Data Visualization
Stefanie Posavec on Her Obsessive Analog Data Visualization

Inside the brain of one of today’s most creative information patternists.

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Mesmerizing Footage of Picasso Painting on Glass
Mesmerizing Footage of Picasso Painting on Glass

A voyeuristic peek at the master making magic.

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Jerry’s Map: 2,000 Panels of Cartographic Imagination
Jerry’s Map: 2,000 Panels of Cartographic Imagination

Inside the mind of a musser, or what crude maps of the imagination have to do with the seven of diamonds.

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Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors: The Physical Underbelly of the Internet
Bundled, Buried & Behind Closed Doors: The Physical Underbelly of the Internet

An anatomical tour of the Internet by way of 60 Hudson Street, a nondescript epicenter of global data traffic.

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What Is Motion Design?
What Is Motion Design?

From the dawn of cinema to Saul Bass to Digital Hollywood in 600 seconds.

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National Geographic: Inside the Milky Way
National Geographic: Inside the Milky Way

From super-massive black holes to Carl Sagan, or how to center yourself in the universe the CGI way.

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BBC’s Volatile History of Chemistry
BBC’s Volatile History of Chemistry

How the elements came to be, or what alchemy and urine have to do with the God particle.

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