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Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers On Their Art
Photography Speaks: 150 Photographers On Their Art

What cubism and Lewis Carroll have to do with the foundations of modern photojournalism.

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The Lost Thing: A Whimsical Story about Belonging by Shaun Tan
The Lost Thing: A Whimsical Story about Belonging by Shaun Tan

What a bizarre, fantastical creature can teach us about human nature and social concerns.

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A Tribute to René: Haunting Motion-Graphics Homage to René Magritte
A Tribute to René: Haunting Motion-Graphics Homage to René Magritte

What a non-pipe has to do with transfixing time and tracing the roots of modern advertising.

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Shapes for Sounds: A Visual History of the Alphabet
Shapes for Sounds: A Visual History of the Alphabet

What the anatomy of your tongue has to do with ship flags and the evolution of human communication.

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Obsessive Consumption: Life in a Material World, Illustrated
Obsessive Consumption: Life in a Material World, Illustrated

How a visual record of consumerism is paving the way for mindful consumption.

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7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature
7 Obscure Children’s Books by Authors of Grown-Up Literature

What a moral cat has to do with a lost boy, a happy prince and the rules for little girls.

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Before Walt Disney: 5 Animations by Early Cinema Pioneers
Before Walt Disney: 5 Animations by Early Cinema Pioneers

What a shape-shifting egg has to do with racehorses and the science of facial expressions.

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Nabokov’s Legacy: Bequeathing Butterfly Theory
Nabokov’s Legacy: Bequeathing Butterfly Theory

Getting schooled in the arts and sciences, or what literature has to do with lepidoptery.

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A Peek Inside the Notebooks of Great Creators, from Architecture to Advertising to Street Art
A Peek Inside the Notebooks of Great Creators, from Architecture to Advertising to Street Art

What Brazil’s favelas have to do with field science and Milton Glaser’s creative process.

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As Little Design as Possible: The Work of Dieter Rams
As Little Design as Possible: The Work of Dieter Rams

What vintage radio appliances have to do with Apple and our civilization’s responsibility.

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