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The Modernist: Graphic Design’s Mid-Century Muse
The Modernist: Graphic Design’s Mid-Century Muse

Celebrating the hot-and-heavy love affair between classical modern and contemporary graphics.

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Egypt in the Early 1900s: Rare Vintage Lantern Slides
Egypt in the Early 1900s: Rare Vintage Lantern Slides

What sunset on the Nile has to do with landmark innovation in photographic imaging.

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Happy Birthday, Frank Capra: 5 Essential Films
Happy Birthday, Frank Capra: 5 Essential Films

What war propaganda has to do with vintage Hollywood romance and the American political process.

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Sam + Friends: Vintage Muppets Explore Visual Thinking
Sam + Friends: Vintage Muppets Explore Visual Thinking

What vintage Muppets have to do with synesthesia and visual thinking.

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Mapping the Human Condition
Mapping the Human Condition

What the empire of love has to do with the intellect forest and the bay of agoraphobia.

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Geometry of Circles: Philip Glass + Sesame Street (1979)
Geometry of Circles: Philip Glass + Sesame Street (1979)

What the greatest composer alive has to do with The Muppets and the foundations of visual thinking.

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Vintage Ballet: Rare Photos of Dancers from the 1930s-1950s
Vintage Ballet: Rare Photos of Dancers from the 1930s-1950s

Drama, glamor and elegance converge in amazing archival images of ballet dancers from the early 20th century.

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Before Muybridge: Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Motion Photography by French Scientist Étienne-Jules Marey
Before Muybridge: Pioneering Nineteenth-Century Motion Photography by French Scientist Étienne-Jules Marey

What biking in the nude has to do with bird flight and the dawn of cinema.

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Railway Maps of the World
Railway Maps of the World

What the evolution of standardized time zones has to do with train travel in Zimbabwe.

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Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald
Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald

Five ways to celebrate The First Lady of Song, from illustration to rare concert footage.

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