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Far Out: The Real Space Odyssey

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Anthology of remarkable astronomy images, curated from observatories around the world and in space

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100 places to remember Before they disappear

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100 photographs of 100 environmentally endangered places around the world, taken by 100 great photographers

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The Bookshelf Rethought: 5 Innovative Designs

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Five brilliantly innovative bookshelf designs that put a twist on the home library with quirk and ingenuity

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Silhouettes of Jazz: 3D sculptural shadow art

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Superb short film outlining the history of jazz in a walkthrough of a virtual animated 3D shadow art museum

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Thirty Conversations on Design

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30 of the world’s most inspired creatives answer two straightforward yet incredibly complex questions

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Braille-Inspired

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The Braille system is one of design's most ingenious feats. Today, designers are using it to bring more ease and joy into the lives of blind people in everything from mundanity to playtime.

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bigthink.com

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Yves Behar Glasses

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Industrial design prodigy Yves Behar partners with the Mexican government to design glasses for a free eyewear program.

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The Art of Money

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Five brilliant uses of paper currency as a design medium and art material

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Happy Birthday, WPA

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On the 75th anniversary of the Works Progress Administration, a look at what its design legacy can teach us about the politics of art and the art of politics

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Graffiti Love Letter

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Beautiful piece of urban poetry stretching across 50 building facades along 20 blocks

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Vintage Posters for Modern Movies

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Seven designers reimagine posters for famous contemporary films from a retro-revival angle.

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Beyond Burton

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Spotlighting three spectacular projects by artists, inspired by Alice In Wonderland – from photography to illustration to digital design

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HBO's 1983 Artisanal Model City

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The making of HBO's 1983 elaborate model city, considered the most precise model city ever built

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Creative derivatives of the London tube map

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The London tube map is an iconic design literacy meme – here are five brilliant derivatives inspired by it.

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Project Documerica

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In 1971, the EPA hired 81 freelance photographers to document the environmental issues and everyday life of the 70's.

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Miniature Condiment Landscapes

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Incredible photorealistic landscapes, made out of condiments and spices by artist Matthew Albanese

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The Corners Project

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3 years, 5 corners, 100\'s of candid photographs of strangers and passers-by – a brilliant portrait of NYC

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One cubic foot of life

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How much life can you fit into one cubic foot? Photographer David Liittschwager investigates across 5 fascinating and disparate habitats around the world

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ngm.nationalgeographic.com

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Capturing wisdom

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Photographer Andrew Zuckerman went wisdom-hunting among 50 of our time’s greatest thinkers and doers.

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Death by Design - minimise your mortal footprint

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3 designers' innovative and sustainable approaches to death and its rituals – not something we normally consider in a design framework

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Mobile Mobile

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Amazing giant interactive chandelier, made of old phones each wired to play a different note of a Christmas carol

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Moving Minimalism: Solitary Confinement

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Superb animation for BBC capturing in abstract form the 10 years Iraqi oil minister Hussain Al-Shahristani spent in solitary confinement

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10 curated gifts for kids & The eternal inner kid

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10 wonderful goodies for designers, architects and geeks bound to please your (inner) kid

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Q&A with Data Visualization Maestro Pedro Monteiro

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Pedro Monteiro, one of today's most exciting data viz designers, on the role of visualization in journalism

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The Alphabet Book Rethought & redesigned

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Three brilliantly designed & architectured innovations on the cultural staple that is the alphabet book

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We Feel Fine, the Book: A Visual Almanac of Human Emotion

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Ambitious, brilliant visualization of 12 million human emotions recorded across the social web over the past four years, from designer-storyteller Jonathan Harris

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Interview with Greek Illustrator Christina Tsevis

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An inside look at the unique style and inspired creative process of Greek illustrator Christina Tsevis, a.k.a. Crosti.

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Tim Burton at MoMA: Sneak Peek

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A MoMA retrospective of Burton's work opens on Nov. 22 – here is a sneak peek, including an incredible short film promoting the exhibition that Burton himself directed.

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Kubrick’s Napoleon: The Greatest Movie Never Made

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40 years later, a rare look at Kubrick's incredible work on the epic film that never happened in a gorgeously designed carved-out book

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Ed Emberley's Make a World: The Film

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Independent documentary about iconic illustrator Ed Emberley, whose 1972 book Make a World shaped the visual culture of an entire generation

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