Reads tagged with “history”

Iron Fists: A Design History of Totalitarian Regimes

What Mao’s poetry and Mussolini’s pulp fiction have to do with crimes against humanity.

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Everything is a Remix, Part 3: The Elements of Creativity

What Gutenberg has to do with Thomas Edison and the secret sauce of Apple.

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A Rare Look at Michelangelo’s Private Papers

The secret life of marginalia, or what private poetry has to do with humanity’s greatest public art.

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(Almost) Everything You Need to Know about Culture in 10 Books

What the limits of the universe have to do with the history of jazz and the secret of happiness.

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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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Shapes for Sounds: A Visual History of the Alphabet

What the anatomy of your tongue has to do with ship flags and the evolution of human communication.

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The Medium is the Massage: Shepard Fairey + Marshall McLuhan

Presaging the digital revolution by a half century, or what Telstar has to do with global wisdom.

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The Vowels: A Ken Burns Parody

What the secret quasi-history of vowels has to do with the Founding Fathers’ prankstership.

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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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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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Reads tagged with “history”

What Mao’s poetry and Mussolini’s pulp fiction have to do with crimes against humanity.

What Gutenberg has to do with Thomas Edison and the secret sauce of Apple.

The secret life of marginalia, or what private poetry has to do with humanity’s greatest public art.

What the limits of the universe have to do with the history of jazz and the secret of happiness.

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

What the anatomy of your tongue has to do with ship flags and the evolution of human communication.

Presaging the digital revolution by a half century, or what Telstar has to do with global wisdom.

What the secret quasi-history of vowels has to do with the Founding Fathers’ prankstership.

What vintage radio appliances have to do with Apple and our civilization’s responsibility.

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

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