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Little Red Riding Hood, Reimagined in Unusual Die-Cut Illustrations
Little Red Riding Hood, Reimagined in Unusual Die-Cut Illustrations

“What big eyes you have!”

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Illustrators and Visual Storytellers Map the World
Illustrators and Visual Storytellers Map the World

“Cartography can be an incredible form of escapism, as maps act as proxies for experiences.”

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Studio on Fire: Iron Beasts Make Great Beauty
Studio on Fire: Iron Beasts Make Great Beauty

Labors of Victorian love, or how to make typography with spare bicycle parts.

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The Modernist: Graphic Design’s Mid-Century Muse
The Modernist: Graphic Design’s Mid-Century Muse

Celebrating the hot-and-heavy love affair between classical modern and contemporary graphics.

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Papercraft 2: Analog Creativity for the Digital Age
Papercraft 2: Analog Creativity for the Digital Age

Retrostalgic craft, or what analog art has to do with digital design.

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If the Web Preceded Print: The New Golden Age of Book Design and Creativity on Paper
If the Web Preceded Print: The New Golden Age of Book Design and Creativity on Paper

“This is an important and wonderful time to be a writer, a storyteller, a designer, a reader.”

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Little Big Books: The Secrets of Great Children’s Book Illustration
Little Big Books: The Secrets of Great Children’s Book Illustration

“The picture book serves as a personal, private art gallery, held in the hand, to be revisited over and over again.”

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Visual Storytelling: New Language for the Information Age
Visual Storytelling: New Language for the Information Age

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Happy Birthday, Dieter Rams: Revisiting Less & More
Happy Birthday, Dieter Rams: Revisiting Less & More

What your favorite coffeemaker has to do with the cultural value of the unspectacular.

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Bompas & Parr, Jelly Architects
Bompas & Parr, Jelly Architects

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