Reads tagged with “culture”

Al Jaffee’s Iconic MAD Fold-Ins: The Definitive Collection, 1964-2010

Half a century of clever visual satire from pop culture to politics, or what Warhol had to do with Whitewater.

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An Emergency in Slow Motion: A “Psychobiography” of Diane Arbus

From dwarfs to giants, or what therapy has to do with the pinnacle of postmodern photography.

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People: A Meditation on Human Duality by Illustrator Blexbolex

The difference between a dictator and a conductor, or why a biologist is the opposite of an astronomer.

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Analog Books to Die For: Five Fantastic Die-Cut Books

What cutting-edge digital culture has to do with an unmakeable book, lasers, and Sherlock Holmes.

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The Ghost Map: Hard Lessons in Epidemiology from Victorian London

What an ill Victorian infant has to do with the power of maps and the future of modern cities.

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Visual Complexity: Mapping Patterns for the Information Age

What the basis of Buddhism has to do with Jack Kerouac, poverty in Italy and Alice in Wonderland.

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Major Movements in Philosophy as Minimalist Geometric Graphics

From relativism to absolutism, or what the geometry of knowledge has to do with negative space.

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Happy Birthday, John Locke: The Essential Locke in 3 Minutes

What the Founding Fathers have to do with remix culture and the centerpiece of consciousness.

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Video Portraits of Resilience from Sri Lanka

Three beautiful short films about ingenuity in the face of scarcity and hardship.

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Andrew Zuckerman: Curiosity and Rigor are the Secret to Creativity

Getting past the myth of “inspiration,” or why the fear of failure might be a good thing.

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Reads tagged with “culture”

Half a century of clever visual satire from pop culture to politics, or what Warhol had to do with Whitewater.

From dwarfs to giants, or what therapy has to do with the pinnacle of postmodern photography.

The difference between a dictator and a conductor, or why a biologist is the opposite of an astronomer.

What cutting-edge digital culture has to do with an unmakeable book, lasers, and Sherlock Holmes.

What an ill Victorian infant has to do with the power of maps and the future of modern cities.

What the basis of Buddhism has to do with Jack Kerouac, poverty in Italy and Alice in Wonderland.

From relativism to absolutism, or what the geometry of knowledge has to do with negative space.

What the Founding Fathers have to do with remix culture and the centerpiece of consciousness.

Three beautiful short films about ingenuity in the face of scarcity and hardship.

Getting past the myth of “inspiration,” or why the fear of failure might be a good thing.

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