Reads tagged with “vintage”

Own a Warhol for $5: Warhol’s Obscure 1959 Children’s Book

Priceless art at a petty price, or what spades have to do with the secret nooks of the art world.

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7 (More) Little-Known Children’s Books by Celebrated Authors of Literature for Grownups

What a magical car engine has to do with social justice, a parrot named Arturo and the history of jazz.

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7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

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From Old Books: Heaven for the Visual Bibliophile

Making good use of geocentric models of the universe, or how to brush up on 18th-century British slang.

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Polymorphic Computing, Explained in Vintage Stop-Motion (1959)

What wooden boxes and stick figures have to do with predicting the future of the social web.

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Ethnic Diversity in Russia 100 Year Ago, Restored in Color

From peasants to emirs, or nomads have to do with the political cornerstones of world history.

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How Alex Steinweiss Invented the Album Cover

A brief history of music for the eyes, or how to go from brown paper to design revolution in 7 pounds.

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A Brief Visual History of Vintage Typographic Scripts

From Victorian letters to modernist lettering, or what Venice has to do with children’s penmanship.

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Albertus Seba’s Amazing Cabinet of Natural Curiosities

Getting a private viewing of the King Bird of Paradise, or how to set the exchange rate for flying squid.

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The Dawn of Computer Music: A PBS Segment from 1986

A brief history of MIDI, or what the dawn of digital sampling has to do with air pressure.

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Reads tagged with “vintage”

Priceless art at a petty price, or what spades have to do with the secret nooks of the art world.

What a magical car engine has to do with social justice, a parrot named Arturo and the history of jazz.

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

Making good use of geocentric models of the universe, or how to brush up on 18th-century British slang.

What wooden boxes and stick figures have to do with predicting the future of the social web.

From peasants to emirs, or nomads have to do with the political cornerstones of world history.

A brief history of music for the eyes, or how to go from brown paper to design revolution in 7 pounds.

From Victorian letters to modernist lettering, or what Venice has to do with children’s penmanship.

Getting a private viewing of the King Bird of Paradise, or how to set the exchange rate for flying squid.

A brief history of MIDI, or what the dawn of digital sampling has to do with air pressure.

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