The Marginalian
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Reads tagged with “culture”

Data Flow, The Sequel
Data Flow, The Sequel

What seven years of eye candy have to do with the future of design in the age of data.

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Leonard Bernstein and the Anatomy of Music
Leonard Bernstein and the Anatomy of Music

Deconstructing Bach, or what Noam Chomsky has to do with the history of jazz.

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Photographer Jason Hawkes’ <em>London At Night</em>
Photographer Jason Hawkes’ London At Night

The view from cloudy skies, or why the financial district is blingier than you thought.

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Subway Etiquette Posters: New York, Toronto, Tokyo
Subway Etiquette Posters: New York, Toronto, Tokyo

Sardines, anthropomorphic luggage, and what the beach has to do with train doors.

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Earth Day the TED Way
Earth Day the TED Way

Oceans, omnivores, and what babies have to do with design manifestos.

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Robin of Shoreditch: The 100 Brands Project
Robin of Shoreditch: The 100 Brands Project

Robinhooding Subway, or how to make those doing well do good.

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The Brain Pickings 500
The Brain Pickings 500

What three years of blood, sweat and smiles have to do with sustainable fashion.

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See Better to Learn Better: Glasses Reinvented
See Better to Learn Better: Glasses Reinvented

49 colorful ways to boost education, or what design genius has to do with nixing social stigma.

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The Beauty of Maps: Seeing Art in Cartography
The Beauty of Maps: Seeing Art in Cartography

What 13th-century astronomy has to do with the shape of the internet and the British Library.

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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia
Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia

Prison storytelling, subcultural anthropology, and the allure of darkness.

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