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Reads tagged with “design”

Tom Gauld’s Both: If Edward Gorey Did Contemporary Quirk-Comics
Tom Gauld’s Both: If Edward Gorey Did Contemporary Quirk-Comics

What a morally outraged sweetcorn kernel has to do with some not-so-bright astronauts and Mexican wrestlers.

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Typography in 7 Minutes: A PBS Micro-Documentary
Typography in 7 Minutes: A PBS Micro-Documentary

Visibility, invisibility, and what the spirit of letters has to do with the meaning of text.

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Life of Pi: Croatian Illustrator Takes on a Modern Classic
Life of Pi: Croatian Illustrator Takes on a Modern Classic

What perseverance in the face of rejection has to do with tigers and the quest for belonging.

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Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity
Networked Knowledge and Combinatorial Creativity

Why creativity is like LEGO, or what Richard Dawkins has to do with Susan Sontag and Gandhi.

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Circles of Influence: Visualizing Creative Debt Throughout History
Circles of Influence: Visualizing Creative Debt Throughout History

What 48 hours of sleeplessness have to do with Kafka’s influence on Lemony Snicket.

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New McSweeney’s Children’s Book Uses Thermal Ink for Secret Images
New McSweeney’s Children’s Book Uses Thermal Ink for Secret Images

Old-school storytelling gets new-school tools, or how heat-sensitive ink is giving the iPad a run for its money.

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Seasons: A Meditation on Change by French Illustrator Blexbolex
Seasons: A Meditation on Change by French Illustrator Blexbolex

What spring fever has to do with stillness, surprise and the charisma of a passion project.

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Colour Mania: A Global Spectrum of Unitone Design
Colour Mania: A Global Spectrum of Unitone Design

A global ethnography by way of design, or what chocolate packaging has to do with indie music.

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10 Essential Books on Typography
10 Essential Books on Typography

What Arab culture has to do with industrial ideals, midcentury design and Victorian hand-lettering.

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