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A Rare Look at Japan: Hand-Colored Images from the 1920s
A Rare Look at Japan: Hand-Colored Images from the 1920s

What Geisha parlors have to do with arranged marriages, Buddhist priests and earthquake recovery.

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Analog Infoviz: Handmade Visualization Toolkit
Analog Infoviz: Handmade Visualization Toolkit

What 99 red balloons have to do with the spam economy and Lady Gaga.

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Edward Burtynsky’s Oil
Edward Burtynsky’s Oil

What vintage airplanes have to do with Chinese bridges and tire retirement.

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Quakebook: Twitter-Sourced Anthology for and by Japan
Quakebook: Twitter-Sourced Anthology for and by Japan

What Yoko Ono, William Gibson and Kings of Leon have in common.

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A Rare Look at Antarctica, 1911-1914
A Rare Look at Antarctica, 1911-1914

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Before Muybridge: Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Motion Photography by French Scientist Étienne-Jules Marey
Before Muybridge: Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Motion Photography by French Scientist Étienne-Jules Marey

What biking in the nude has to do with bird flight and the dawn of cinema.

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7 Brilliant Book Trailers
7 Brilliant Book Trailers

How to connect haberdashery to Zach Galifianakis in under three minutes.

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Symmetry: A Wordless Split-Screen Meditation on Duality
Symmetry: A Wordless Split-Screen Meditation on Duality

What the origin of the universe has to do with gender identity, binary parallels and anatomy.

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Jonathan Harris: The Storytelling of Life
Jonathan Harris: The Storytelling of Life

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Bent Objects: The Secret Life of Everyday Things
Bent Objects: The Secret Life of Everyday Things

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