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Reads tagged with “illustration”

An Illustrated Guide to Cockroaches
An Illustrated Guide to Cockroaches

What superhuman sprinting has to do with democracy, the power of design and your kitchen sink drain.

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Radioactive: Marie Curie’s Radical and Revolutionary Life, in Lyrical Cyanotype Illustrations
Radioactive: Marie Curie’s Radical and Revolutionary Life, in Lyrical Cyanotype Illustrations

What the periodic table has to do with obscure photographic techniques and Italian erotic séances.

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<em>LE GUN 1,2,3</em>: Bleeding-Edge Illustration from Around the Globe
LE GUN 1,2,3: Bleeding-Edge Illustration from Around the Globe

What flying to Paris has to do with creative entrepreneurship and global provocations.

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DrawHappy: Ongoing Global Art Project on Happiness
DrawHappy: Ongoing Global Art Project on Happiness

What pie, cats and giant cheese have to do with life’s most elusive aspiration.

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Christoph Niemann: How the World Works
Christoph Niemann: How the World Works

Creative fuel for the inquisitive mind, or what trucks and lions have in common.

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Drawing Nature: Learning to See the World by Learning to Draw It
Drawing Nature: Learning to See the World by Learning to Draw It

From pine needles to zen in 192 pages.

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Live Now: Existential Affirmation by Design
Live Now: Existential Affirmation by Design

Publishing’s most positive tear sheets, or how a placemat can change your whole outlook on the day.

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In The Wilds: Illustrating the Charm of the Countryside
In The Wilds: Illustrating the Charm of the Countryside

An antidote to urbanity by way of bails of hay, or what Irish quasi-postmen have to do with art.

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Writers’ Houses Illustrated
Writers’ Houses Illustrated

Minimalist illustrations of iconic writers’ abodes, from Twain to Dickinson to Poe.

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Notations 21: Musicians Visualize Sheet Music in Imaginative Ways Inspired by John Cage
Notations 21: Musicians Visualize Sheet Music in Imaginative Ways Inspired by John Cage

What the color wheel has to do with Beethoven and supporting arts education.

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