Reads tagged with “design”

10½ Favorite Reads from TED Bookstore 2013

A full-brain reading list of cross-disciplinary stimulation.

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Anaïs Nin on Real Love, Illustrated by Debbie Millman

“Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.”

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Our Friend the Atom: Disney’s 1956 Illustrated Propaganda for Nuclear Energy

“Atomic science began as positive, creative thought.”

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How Cinelli Revolutionized the Art and Design of the Bicycle

A visual history of how Italian designer Cino Cinelli shaped the standards for modern cycling.

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Celebrating Cassandre: Gorgeous Vintage Posters by One of History’s Greatest Graphic Designers

“He translated the essence of a thing — like a train, a ship, or a person — to the most ‘graphic’ expression.”

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Roberto de Vicq de Cumptich on Art vs. Design and the Joy of Losing Yourself in Purposeful Work

“Art pushes the limit of human experience and language for its own sake, while Design might do this but only to humanize and integrate people’s lives in the context of an economy.”

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Famous Graphic Designers Offer Advice on Design and Life to the Young

“Work your ass off + Don’t be an asshole”

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High Times: An Illustrated History of Aviation

From Icarus to the Wright Brothers, by way of hot air balloons and dirigibles.

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My Brother’s Book: Maurice Sendak’s Posthumous Love Letter to the World

“Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.”

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Popular Lies About Graphic Design

Debunking the misconceptions, half-truths, and dangerous mythology of creativity.

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Reads tagged with “design”

A full-brain reading list of cross-disciplinary stimulation.

“Where the myth fails, human love begins. Then we love a human being, not our dream, but a human being with flaws.”

“Atomic science began as positive, creative thought.”

A visual history of how Italian designer Cino Cinelli shaped the standards for modern cycling.

“He translated the essence of a thing — like a train, a ship, or a person — to the most ‘graphic’ expression.”

“Art pushes the limit of human experience and language for its own sake, while Design might do this but only to humanize and integrate people’s lives in the context of an economy.”

“Work your ass off + Don’t be an asshole”

From Icarus to the Wright Brothers, by way of hot air balloons and dirigibles.

“Because love is so enormous, the only thing you can think of doing is swallowing the person that you love entirely.”

Debunking the misconceptions, half-truths, and dangerous mythology of creativity.

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