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Need to Want Less: Modern Philosophy via Graphic Design
Need to Want Less: Modern Philosophy via Graphic Design

What Facebook and the food pyramid have to do with our deep desire for self-acceptance.

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How To Be Alone
How To Be Alone

Dancing with yourself, how to talk to statues, and what squirrels have to do with love.

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HAPPY: A Documentary
HAPPY: A Documentary

From swamps to slums and why owning nothing can mean having everything.

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ThoughtBubbler: Visual Storytelling for What Matters
ThoughtBubbler: Visual Storytelling for What Matters

What a pig that can’t walk has to do with mental pollution and the DNA of kindness.

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On Words
On Words

A modern-day Helen Keller moment, or why the currency of communication is more complex than we think.

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Razzle Dazzle: The Fabrication of Fame
Razzle Dazzle: The Fabrication of Fame

Parasites, heroes, and what our primal desires have to do with Frank Sinatra.

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