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Reads tagged with “illustration”

The Lists, To-dos and Illustrated Inventories of Great Artists
The Lists, To-dos and Illustrated Inventories of Great Artists

What a 21-point scale of self-confidence has to do with Adolf Konrad’s carry-on and Picasso’s favorite artists.

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Albertus Seba’s Amazing Cabinet of Natural Curiosities
Albertus Seba’s Amazing Cabinet of Natural Curiosities

Getting a private viewing of the King Bird of Paradise, or how to set the exchange rate for flying squid.

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The Lost Thing: A Whimsical Story about Belonging by Shaun Tan
The Lost Thing: A Whimsical Story about Belonging by Shaun Tan

What a bizarre, fantastical creature can teach us about human nature and social concerns.

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The Open Day Book: Perpetual Calendar by 365 Leading Artists
The Open Day Book: Perpetual Calendar by 365 Leading Artists

How to fill your days with art and your art with days.

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Drawn In: A Peek Inside Favorite Artists’ Private Sketchbooks
Drawn In: A Peek Inside Favorite Artists’ Private Sketchbooks

What the myth of the muse has to do with the discipline of refinement, visual poetry and Shel Silverstein.

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The Influencing Machine: A Brief Visual History of the Media
The Influencing Machine: A Brief Visual History of the Media

What a statue of Saddam has to do with cognitive bias, or how to think critically about improving information.

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Of Lamb: A Children’s Classic Retold for Contrarians
Of Lamb: A Children’s Classic Retold for Contrarians

What baseball player Manny Ramirez has to do with the fourth-best-selling poetry book in America.

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Renata Salecl: How Limitless Choice Limits Social Change
Renata Salecl: How Limitless Choice Limits Social Change

Why having more options makes us more critical of ourselves and more politically passive.

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Obsessive Consumption: Life in a Material World, Illustrated
Obsessive Consumption: Life in a Material World, Illustrated

How a visual record of consumerism is paving the way for mindful consumption.

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Christoph Niemann on Happiness, Work and Creativity
Christoph Niemann on Happiness, Work and Creativity

How yoga is killing kerning, or what chasing butterflies has to do with divine inspiration.

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