Browsing: Omnibus

Bridging education and entertainment through experimental animation, or what Big Bird has to do with the dawn of computing.

From armadillos to zebras, or what championship chickens have to do with a giant octopus.

One of history’s greatest downfalls is its asymmetry of acclaim, catapulting some figures into legend status while making others, even those of great cultural contribution, mere footnotes.

What the second law of thermodynamics has to do with Saint Augustine, landscape art, and graphic novels.

Greenlighting mess-making, 101 ways to astonish yourself, and how to flowchart your way to happiness.

From Monet to Tiger Woods, or why creating rituals and breaking routines don’t have to opposites – insights on fear and creativity from 5 favorite books on the creative process.

Examining street art from a variety of angles, from the artistic to the sociocultural to the political, to glean holistic understanding of the important medium for public dialogue.

What Arab culture has to do with industrial ideals, midcentury design and Victorian hand-lettering.

Remarkable, deeply inspirational graduation addresses by Steve Jobs, J. K. Rowling, Jeff Bezos, Meryl Streep and Robert Krulwich.

An ambitious anthology exploring the use of Arabic script in urban context.