Reads from 2013

Stephen King on Gun Control and Violence

“Assault weapons will remain readily available to crazy people until the powerful pro-gun forces … accept responsibility, recognizing that responsibility is not the same as culpability.”

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Dorion Sagan on the First Ejaculation in Earth’s History

“When we hook up with another, in sex or love (or, more rarely, both) we prove that our isolation is not permanent. In the fullness of time, we may all be linked.”

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Celebrating Cassandre: Gorgeous Vintage Posters by One of History’s Greatest Graphic Designers

“He translated the essence of a thing — like a train, a ship, or a person — to the most ‘graphic’ expression.”

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Penn Jillette on Why Every Day is a Holiday

“For atheists, everything in the world is enough and every day is holy.”

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Popular Lies About Graphic Design

Debunking the misconceptions, half-truths, and dangerous mythology of creativity.

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Virginia Woolf on the Creative Benefits of Keeping a Diary

“The habit of writing thus for my own eye only is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.”

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Happy Birthday, Robert Burns: Prince Charles Reads “My Heart’s in the Highlands”

“My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here…”

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The Dogs of NYC: An Interactive Watercolor Map of the City’s Canine Caucus

Visualizing the geography of common breeds and names.

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Gertrude Stein Reads from “The Making of Americans” in a Rare Recording from the 1930s

“More and more then every one comes to be clear to some one.”

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Life in Five Seconds: Minimalist Pictogram Summaries of Pop Culture and Historical Events

From The Matrix to Marie Antoinette’s execution, irreverent visual synopses of pop culture staples.

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Reads from 2013

“Assault weapons will remain readily available to crazy people until the powerful pro-gun forces … accept responsibility, recognizing that responsibility is not the same as culpability.”

“When we hook up with another, in sex or love (or, more rarely, both) we prove that our isolation is not permanent. In the fullness of time, we may all be linked.”

“He translated the essence of a thing — like a train, a ship, or a person — to the most ‘graphic’ expression.”

“For atheists, everything in the world is enough and every day is holy.”

Debunking the misconceptions, half-truths, and dangerous mythology of creativity.

“The habit of writing thus for my own eye only is good practice. It loosens the ligaments.”

“My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here…”

Visualizing the geography of common breeds and names.

“More and more then every one comes to be clear to some one.”

From The Matrix to Marie Antoinette’s execution, irreverent visual synopses of pop culture staples.

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