Reads tagged with “design”
Mondrian Meets Euclid: An Eccentric Victorian Mathematician’s Masterwork of Art and Science
Math in primary colors and graphic design before there was graphic design.
Fritz Kahn: The Little-Known Godfather of Infographics
How a German gynecologist transformed science into visual poetry and laid the foundations of modern information graphics.
Self-Portrait as Your Traitor: A 21st-Century Illuminated Manuscript
“One must have a reason for reflection — an eye to admire variations.”
Before I Die: A Global Ethnography of Anonymous Aspirations in Chalk and Public Space
“Thinking about death clarifies your life.”
A Kid’s Guide to Graphic Design by Iconic Designer Chip Kidd
“Graphic design needs your willing mental participation, even if it’s subconscious.”
The Creative Pace of the 20th Century’s Greatest Authors, Visualized
A visual taxonomy of lives and literary greatness.
The Geography of Great Literature, in Hand-Lettered Typography
Twain, Didion, Thoreau, White, McCarthy, Eugenides.
Little Boy Brown: A Lovely Vintage Ode to the Loneliness of Childhood
A timeless story of humanity and belonging, wrapped in a charming time-capsule of a bygone era.
Beyond Pretty Pictures: Marian Bantjes on Serendipity, Success, and the Whimsy of Design
“If you have something of interest to say, it’s OK to make people work for it. … It makes them feel triumphant when they succeed.”
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