Reads tagged with “design”
A Vintage Illustrated Love Letter to Books and How They’re Made
“There is a reason for nearly everything.”
The Best Art, Design, and Photography Books of 2014
The world’s oldest living things, how to overcome creative block, meals from beloved books, the unusual stories behind people’s tattoos, and more.
Leonardo’s Brain: What a Posthumous “Brain Scan” Six Centuries Later Reveals about the Source of Da Vinci’s Creativity
How the most creative human who ever lived was able to access a different state of consciousness.
Showroom vs. Sanctuary: Rebecca Solnit on What Our Dream Homes Reveal about Our Interior Lives
“The dream of a house can be the eternally postponed preliminary step to taking up the lives we wish we were living.”
Man Meets Woman: Minimalist Pictogram Commentary on Gender Norms
From breakups to bonuses to bathroom breaks, infographic distillation of the truths and fictions behind stereotypes.
Maurice Sendak’s Weird and Wondrous Illustrations for “The Nutcracker”
“It is rare and genuine and does justice to the private world of children. One can, after all, count on the instincts of a genius.”
Our Fraught Relationship with Time, in Clever Minimalist Illustrations
A witty visual meditation on our comical control strategies, the predictability of modern life, and our constant tussle with productivity and presence.
Ah-Ha to Zig-Zag: Maira Kalman’s Sweet Design-History Alphabet Book about Embracing Uncertainty and Imperfection
“Life is not a straight line. Life is a zig-zag.”
Butterflies and Iron Bolts: What Virginia Woolf Teaches Us About Great Design and the Value of the Ungoogleable
Celebrating the significance of small things and the iron bolts that hold butterfly wings together.
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