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Graphic USA: Miniguides to 25 Top Cities by 25 Top Designers
Graphic USA: Miniguides to 25 Top Cities by 25 Top Designers

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The Man Who Invented the Future: Stunning Vintage Illustrations of Jules Verne’s Visionary Imaginings
The Man Who Invented the Future: Stunning Vintage Illustrations of Jules Verne’s Visionary Imaginings

From the surface of the moon to the bottom of the ocean, a visual tour of a visionary mind.

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The Strange Case of Edward Gorey
The Strange Case of Edward Gorey

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Voyeurism Spotlight: Where and How Creators Create
Voyeurism Spotlight: Where and How Creators Create

Happiness, messiness and what unstaged photos have to do with setting the stage for genius.

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Brain Pickings Redux 2010
Brain Pickings Redux 2010

A year’s worth of ideas, inspiration and innovation from culture’s collective brain.

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Soviet Artist and Mathematician Anatolii Fomenko’s Mathematical Impressions
Soviet Artist and Mathematician Anatolii Fomenko’s Mathematical Impressions

What Soviet science has to do with German Expressionism and the logic of intuition.

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All the Buildings in New York, Illustrated
All the Buildings in New York, Illustrated

What deli signage typography has to do with the connectedness of the universe.

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The Gashlycrumb Tinies: A Very Gorey Alphabet Book
The Gashlycrumb Tinies: A Very Gorey Alphabet Book

A delightfully dark vintage alphabet book from mid-century illustrator Edward Gorey, the Tim Burton of his day.

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Zentangle: Pattern-Drawing as Meditation
Zentangle: Pattern-Drawing as Meditation

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A is for Armageddon: An Illustrated Guide to the Apocalypse
A is for Armageddon: An Illustrated Guide to the Apocalypse

What rock-paper-scissors has to do with nuclear energy and the primordial soup.

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