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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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Rare Book Feast: Celebrating the Timeless Character of Books
Rare Book Feast: Celebrating the Timeless Character of Books

What vintage design and half a million dollars has to do with Earth’s future.

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The Perfect City: What Does “Community” Mean to You?
The Perfect City: What Does “Community” Mean to You?

What borrowing sugar has to do with robust public life.

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American Look: A Technicolor Homage to Mid-Century Design
American Look: A Technicolor Homage to Mid-Century Design

Can you identify these 49 classic pieces of mid-century design?

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The Sorcerers & Their Apprentices: The Untold Story of MIT Media Lab
The Sorcerers & Their Apprentices: The Untold Story of MIT Media Lab

What jazz-playing robots have to do with intelligent cars, the future of reading and augmented intuition.

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Words To Live By: 5 Timeless Commencement Addresses
Words To Live By: 5 Timeless Commencement Addresses

Gifts vs. choices, the benefits of failure, and what calligraphy has to do with Apple’s success.

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Power: Platon’s Portraits of World Leaders
Power: Platon’s Portraits of World Leaders

A geopolitical time capsule, or how to get Mahmoud Abbas and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad an inch apart.

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The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels: A Brief History of the Bike
The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels: A Brief History of the Bike

What British artisans have to do with geometry, women’s liberation and the local economy.

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The Ascent of Money: A PBS Financial History of the World
The Ascent of Money: A PBS Financial History of the World

Renaissance royalty, Oriental math, and why financial history is the essential backstory behind all history.

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5 Must-Read Books by TED Global 2011 Speakers
5 Must-Read Books by TED Global 2011 Speakers

What the pursuit of pleasure has to do with lie-detection, the history of money and the sorrows of work.

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