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5 Vintage Versions of Modern Social Media from Centuries Ago

From Voltaire’s status updates to Edison’s viral videos, or what Diderot has to do with data visualization.

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Doyald Young: The Self-Made Typography Icon in His Own Words

From high school dropout to design legend, or what the Oxford English Dictionary has to do with iconic logos.

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7 Essential Books on Street Art

What Japan’s manhole covers have to do with Brazil’s favelas and the timeless tradition of Arabic calligraphy.

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Where Children Sleep: James Mollison’s Poignant Photographs

What the Amazon rainforest has to do with the Kaisut Desert and Fifth Avenue luxury.

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Life of Pi: Croatian Illustrator Takes on a Modern Classic

What perseverance in the face of rejection has to do with tigers and the quest for belonging.

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Culture: Leading Scientists Explore Societies, Art, Power & Technology

What 14th-century cathedrals have to do with Google, Darwin and the purpose of art’s existence.

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Illustrated Three-Line Novels by the One-Man Twitter of 1906 France

What an early 20th-century Parisian dandy had to do with political theater and the rise of micro-nonfiction.

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Digital Humanities Spotlight: 7 Important Digitization Projects

From Darwin’s marginalia to Voltaire’s correspondence, or what Dalí’s controversial World’s Fair pavilion has to do with digital myopia.

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Seasons: A Meditation on Change by French Illustrator Blexbolex

What spring fever has to do with stillness, surprise and the charisma of a passion project.

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10 Essential Books on Typography

What Arab culture has to do with industrial ideals, midcentury design and Victorian hand-lettering.

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Search results for “letters”

From Voltaire’s status updates to Edison’s viral videos, or what Diderot has to do with data visualization.

From high school dropout to design legend, or what the Oxford English Dictionary has to do with iconic logos.

What Japan’s manhole covers have to do with Brazil’s favelas and the timeless tradition of Arabic calligraphy.

What the Amazon rainforest has to do with the Kaisut Desert and Fifth Avenue luxury.

What perseverance in the face of rejection has to do with tigers and the quest for belonging.

What 14th-century cathedrals have to do with Google, Darwin and the purpose of art’s existence.

What an early 20th-century Parisian dandy had to do with political theater and the rise of micro-nonfiction.

From Darwin’s marginalia to Voltaire’s correspondence, or what Dalí’s controversial World’s Fair pavilion has to do with digital myopia.

What spring fever has to do with stillness, surprise and the charisma of a passion project.

What Arab culture has to do with industrial ideals, midcentury design and Victorian hand-lettering.

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