Reads tagged with “Princeton Architectural Press”

Dear Data: A Lyrical Illustrated Serenade to How Our Attention Shapes Our Reality
A celebration of the infinitesimal, incomplete, imperfect, yet marvelously human details through which we wrest meaning out of the incomprehensible vastness of all possible experience that is life.

The Brownstone: Trailblazing Graphic Designer Paula Scher’s Lovely Vintage Children’s Book About Living with Each Other’s Differences
Playful assurance that however vast our differences, there is always a mutually satisfying solution to be found.

Worn Stories: Playful and Poignant Tales of Clothes That Encode Life’s Most Meaningful Memories
Wearable emotional memories from John Hodgman, Marina Abramovic, Piper Kerman, Pat Mahoney, Debbie Millman, Paola Antonelli, Kenneth Goldsmith, Meghan O’Rourke, Rosanne Cash, and more.

A Love Letter to the City
How artist Steve Powers made sign painting the voice of the community and the shared narrative of urban life.

Sign Painters: What a Disappearing Art Teaches Us About Creative Purpose and Process
“It is at the moment o f a craft’s disappearance that its cultural value suddenly becomes plain to see.”

The Pancake King: A Lovely Vintage Children’s Book About How Success and Prestige Can Hijack Our Sense of Purpose
A sweet, subversive parable about the tradeoffs between creativity and commerce and the treacherous way in which prestige can hijack our sense of purpose.

More than Words: The Illustrated Love Letters, Thank-You Notes, and Travelogues of Great Artists, from Kahlo to Calder to Saint-Exupéry
“Letter writing is probably the most beautiful manifestation in human relations, in fact, it is its finest residue.”

The Public Library: A Photographic Love Letter to Humanity’s Greatest Sanctuary of Knowledge, Freedom, and Democracy
“When a library is open, no matter its size or shape, democracy is open, too.”

The Designer Says: The Collected Quips and Wisdom of Famous Graphic Designers
“Everything hangs on something else.”

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