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Reads tagged with “history”

The Beauty of Maps: Seeing Art in Cartography
The Beauty of Maps: Seeing Art in Cartography

What 13th-century astronomy has to do with the shape of the internet and the British Library.

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The Works Progress Administration: Timeless Lessons on Design and Government from the 1930s
The Works Progress Administration: Timeless Lessons on Design and Government from the 1930s

What the digging of ditches has to do with design history and the recession.

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Magazines: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
Magazines: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow

Robin-Hooding print, vintage infographics, and what organ music has to do with the iPad.

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Uncovered Gem: Marshall McLuhan’s Global Village
Uncovered Gem: Marshall McLuhan’s Global Village

Why tribal man is the future of communication, or what TED has to do with Playboy.

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Before OK Go: The History of Rube Goldberg Machines
Before OK Go: The History of Rube Goldberg Machines

Endless tipping points, or what today’s music hipsters can learn from 80s Swiss filmmakers.

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Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia
Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopedia

Prison storytelling, subcultural anthropology, and the allure of darkness.

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Retro Revival: Vintage Posters for Modern Movies
Retro Revival: Vintage Posters for Modern Movies

Helvetica, Hitchcock and what Saul Bass can teach J.J. Abrams about mystery.

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The Enchanted Drawing: Blackton’s Early Animation
The Enchanted Drawing: Blackton’s Early Animation

Lightning sketches, journalistic sycophancy, and what Thomas Edison as to do with Pixar.

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Popular Science, Digitized
Popular Science, Digitized

137 years of human curiosity, or what lawnmowers have to do with nuclear detectives in China.

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Duelity: Earth’s Story, Split Down the Middle
Duelity: Earth’s Story, Split Down the Middle

Darwin vs. the General Organization of Development labs, or why truth comes in pairs.

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