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Symbol Signs: Helvetica Man and Beyond
Symbol Signs: Helvetica Man and Beyond

A man and a woman walk into a sign, or what Helvetica has to do with slipping on ice.

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The Ancient Book of Sex and Science
The Ancient Book of Sex and Science

The alchemy of erotica, or what’s making Walt Disney blush in his grave.

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Retrospective on Futurism: N55
Retrospective on Futurism: N55

What snail shells and walking houses have to do with 13 years of art-science.

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Writing Without Words: Visualizing Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road”
Writing Without Words: Visualizing Jack Kerouac’s “On the Road”

Literature as a canvas, a book as a living organism, and rhythm as a texture.

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Hungry Planet: How The World Eats, or Doesn’t
Hungry Planet: How The World Eats, or Doesn’t

What $376.45 and $1.23 have in common, or why we should be embarrassed to even worry about “the recession.”

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Fun For Good: The Indie Rock Coloring Book
Fun For Good: The Indie Rock Coloring Book

Staying outside the lines, or what Rilo Kiley’s latest haircuts have to do with charity.

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Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life
Charley Harper: An Illustrated Life

Birds, insects, monkeys, and 12.6 pounds of design genius.

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Focus on Focus: Rapt
Focus on Focus: Rapt

Happiness, ADD, and why multitasking doesn’t work but denial might.

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Pure Process: Picking the Creative Brain
Pure Process: Picking the Creative Brain

What coffee, ironing and crying newborns have to do with the birth of an idea.

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Art of The Cover: Book Cover Design Inspiration
Art of The Cover: Book Cover Design Inspiration

Shepard Fairey on George Orwell, where we live, 8 decades of iconic cover designs, and what Banksy and a tranny have in common. Oh my!

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