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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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Bibliographic: The 100 Best Design Books of the Past 100 Years
Bibliographic: The 100 Best Design Books of the Past 100 Years

What James Bond title sequences have to do with the secret of happiness and the evolution of public signage.

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Drawing Nature: Learning to See the World by Learning to Draw It
Drawing Nature: Learning to See the World by Learning to Draw It

From pine needles to zen in 192 pages.

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Live Now: Existential Affirmation by Design
Live Now: Existential Affirmation by Design

Publishing’s most positive tear sheets, or how a placemat can change your whole outlook on the day.

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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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An Illustrated Guide to Cockroaches
An Illustrated Guide to Cockroaches

What superhuman sprinting has to do with democracy, the power of design and your kitchen sink drain.

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Radioactive: Marie Curie’s Radical and Revolutionary Life, in Lyrical Cyanotype Illustrations
Radioactive: Marie Curie’s Radical and Revolutionary Life, in Lyrical Cyanotype Illustrations

What the periodic table has to do with obscure photographic techniques and Italian erotic séances.

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<em>LE GUN 1,2,3</em>: Bleeding-Edge Illustration from Around the Globe
LE GUN 1,2,3: Bleeding-Edge Illustration from Around the Globe

What flying to Paris has to do with creative entrepreneurship and global provocations.

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