In recognition of Smithsonian’s Earth Optimism Digital Summit (April 22 – 26, 2020), this week’s post features a work from the Design Library, focused on environmental issues. The artist’s book, House of Cods, published by Linda Smith and Picnic Press in 1996, presents an engaging use of the book as a form of artistic expression, here addressing the environmental impact of ...
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Written by Weixin Jin Peter and Wendy see the New York World’s Fair in Pop-up Action Pictures is a children’s book by Mary Pillsbury published in 1963 by Spertus Publishing Company. As an official 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair publication, this book extracts and highlights key attractions at the World’s Fair in five colorful, pop-up action pictures....
M25 Luncheon. (Image credit: The Back Room by Faye Toogood.) The London Design Festival has since passed (it was held September 14 – 23, 2012), but one trend has held my attention: the design and food pop-up. This is by no means a new phenomenon at international contemporary design festivals, but it continues to be...
