Browsing: Illustration

Gorgeously illustrated, witty and wise letters by one of the twentieth century’s greatest creators revealed to the world for the first time.

What an early 20th-century Parisian dandy had to do with political theater and the rise of micro-nonfiction.

Remembering the great Alex Steinweiss, who designed the first illustrated album cover in 1940 and changed the way records were sold.

What a 21-point scale of self-confidence has to do with Adolf Konrad’s carry-on and Picasso’s favorite artists.

Artist Lauren Redniss tells the remarkable story of Marie Curie using an early-20th-century cameraless photographic technique and vintage typography from the NYPL archive.

165 international musicians and composers visualize sheet music in a remarkable showcase of new-age notation.

Noma Bar’s brilliant negative space illustrations comment on pressing sociopolitical issues with provocative subtlety.

The incredible vintage illustrations of Soviet mathematician Anatolii Fomenko, exploring the intersection of mathematics and the myth of light geometry.

From the surface of the moon to the bottom of the ocean, a visual tour of a visionary mind.

A delightfully dark vintage alphabet book from mid-century illustrator Edward Gorey, the Tim Burton of his day.