Reads tagged with “design”

Vintage Holiday Cover Designs for Radio Times Magazine

Vibrant visual mementos of cultural obsolescence.

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Illustrated Alphabetic Drop Cap Covers of Literary Classics by Jessica Hische

Austen, Brönte, Cather, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert.

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The Little Golden Book of Words: A Rare Illustrated Gem from 1948

Places to go, things to do, people to meet, and other illustrated essentials of daily living.

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Song Reader: Beck Revives the Romance of Sheet Music with 26 Illustrated Songs

“Each era finds something new to return to; things that seemed out of date have a way of coming back in new forms, and revealing aspects of themselves we might not have noticed before.”

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The Best Illustrated Children’s Books and Picture Books of 2012

From Indian folk art to neuroscience, by way of Saul Bass, James Joyce, and die-cut Cold War allegories.

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100 Diagrams That Changed the World

A visual history of human sensemaking, from cave paintings to the world wide web.

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All the 2012 Best-of Reading Lists, Together at Last

The year’s finest reading, organized by subject.

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The Fine Art of Italian Hand Gestures: A Vintage Visual Dictionary by Bruno Munari

A pocket guide to Neapolitan nonverbal communication.

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Little Big Books: The Secrets of Great Children’s Book Illustration

“The picture book serves as a personal, private art gallery, held in the hand, to be revisited over and over again.”

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Moleskine Detour: Inside Beloved Creative Icons’ Notebooks

Celebrating the iconic brand though the personal notebooks of creative icons.

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Reads tagged with “design”

Vibrant visual mementos of cultural obsolescence.

Austen, Brönte, Cather, Dickens, Eliot, Flaubert.

Places to go, things to do, people to meet, and other illustrated essentials of daily living.

“Each era finds something new to return to; things that seemed out of date have a way of coming back in new forms, and revealing aspects of themselves we might not have noticed before.”

From Indian folk art to neuroscience, by way of Saul Bass, James Joyce, and die-cut Cold War allegories.

A visual history of human sensemaking, from cave paintings to the world wide web.

The year’s finest reading, organized by subject.

A pocket guide to Neapolitan nonverbal communication.

“The picture book serves as a personal, private art gallery, held in the hand, to be revisited over and over again.”

Celebrating the iconic brand though the personal notebooks of creative icons.

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