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Salvador Dalí Illustrates Alice in Wonderland, 1969
Salvador Dalí Illustrates Alice in Wonderland, 1969

What the Mad Hatter has to do with one of the most inspired collaborations in Western culture.

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The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions: Vintage Arsenal of Masonic Pranksters
The Extraordinary Catalog of Peculiar Inventions: Vintage Arsenal of Masonic Pranksters

What Elks, Moose, and Shriners have to do with a fake guillotine and a goat on wheels.

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From Freud’s Couch to Emily Dickinson’s Only Surviving Dress: Annie Leibovitz Catalogs Meta-Cultural Iconography
From Freud’s Couch to Emily Dickinson’s Only Surviving Dress: Annie Leibovitz Catalogs Meta-Cultural Iconography

What Virginia Woolf’s writing table has to do with Darwin’s countryside cottage and Freud’s final couch.

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Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design
Saul Bass: A Life in Film and Design

The much-awaited monumental monograph of the greatest graphic designer of all time.

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The Art of Pixar: Behind the Scenes of 25 Years of Beloved Animation
The Art of Pixar: Behind the Scenes of 25 Years of Beloved Animation

A peek inside the creative process of modern animation’s greatest gems, from sketchbook to screen.

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How Darwin’s Photographic Studies of Human Emotions Changed Visual Culture
How Darwin’s Photographic Studies of Human Emotions Changed Visual Culture

What disdain and devotion have to do with the dawn of photography, evolution, and Lewis Carroll.

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A Manifesto for the Spirit of Journalism circa 1940
A Manifesto for the Spirit of Journalism circa 1940

Recentering lessons in idealism for journalism 2.0 from the golden age of journalism 1.0.

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What Is Motion Design?
What Is Motion Design?

From the dawn of cinema to Saul Bass to Digital Hollywood in 600 seconds.

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The Table Comes First: Adam Gopnik on the Meaning of Food
The Table Comes First: Adam Gopnik on the Meaning of Food

A cultural history of our modern culinary obsession.

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From Philosophy to Art, 10 Essential Books on Protest
From Philosophy to Art, 10 Essential Books on Protest

What Billie Holiday has to do with Burma, growing your own marijuana, and the American Revolution.

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