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Reads tagged with “illustration”

I Want My Hat Back: A Darkly Delightful Masterpiece by Jon Klassen
I Want My Hat Back: A Darkly Delightful Masterpiece by Jon Klassen

“My hat is gone. Nobody has seen it.”

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The Astonishing Visual Lists of Autistic Savant Gregory Blackstock
The Astonishing Visual Lists of Autistic Savant Gregory Blackstock

From owls to lighthouses, or what a sixty-something retired pot washer can teach us about art and love.

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The 11 Best Art and Design Books of 2011
The 11 Best Art and Design Books of 2011

From the Periodic Table to Craigslist, or what the greatest graphic designer of all time has to do with Moby-Dick.

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A Book of Sleep: A Sweet Illustrated Lullaby
A Book of Sleep: A Sweet Illustrated Lullaby

“Some sleep with both eyes open, they don’t even blink!”

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Inside the Creative Process of Cut-Paper Storyteller Béatrice Coron
Inside the Creative Process of Cut-Paper Storyteller Béatrice Coron

Slicing the different layers we’re made of, or what an 18th-century French statesman has to do with the MTA.

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Maira Kalman + Daniel Handler Illustrate a Breakup Through Significant Objects
Maira Kalman + Daniel Handler Illustrate a Breakup Through Significant Objects

What sugar and a pinhole camera have to do with the ephemeral ephemera of impossible love.

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The Curious Sofa: Edward Gorey’s Vintage “Porno-graphic” Children’s Book for Adults
The Curious Sofa: Edward Gorey’s Vintage “Porno-graphic” Children’s Book for Adults

A naughty illustrated tale of mad mid-century matinees.

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Farm Anatomy: Julia Rothman’s Illustrated Guide to Country Life
Farm Anatomy: Julia Rothman’s Illustrated Guide to Country Life

What comb styles have to do with cow plumbing and mapping autumn frost.

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The 11 Best Illustrated Children’s and Picture Books of 2011
The 11 Best Illustrated Children’s and Picture Books of 2011

From evil stepmothers to Edward Gorey, or what Richard Dawkins has to do with Hindu deities.

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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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