Browsing: Knowledge

A brief history of jazz piano techniques from one of the most influential jazz musicians of all time.

Insights on identity and the aberrations of authority from the most notorious psychology experiment ever conducted.

A practical guide to creating data graphics that mean something, that captivate and illuminate and tell stories of what matters.

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

Over eight centuries of humanity’s evolving views of the universe, from ancient Buddhist cosmological maps to Galileo’s seminal work in astronomy to Persian celestial globes and more

A fascinating 2000 documentary about the life and legacy of the great Louis Armstrong

Fascinating 2005 BBC documentary exploring the birth of the individual in modern society.

Exploring why alphabets look like they do, what has happened to them since printing was invented, why they won’t ever change, and how it might have been.

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.

Celebrating iconic poet and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson’s 208th birthday with a free documentary and a fantastic new edition of his seminal essay, Self-Reliance.