~openculture | Bookmarks (8)
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Free: Download the The Anarchist’s Tool Chest, The Anarchist’s Design Book, The Anarchist’s Workbench & Other Woodworking Texts
For Christopher Schwarz, American anarchism isn’t “about bombs and leather jackets; it’s about being an independent...
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The Fictional Brand Archives: Explore a Growing Collection of Iconic But Fake Brands Found in Movies & TV
Los Pollos Hermanos, Madrigal Electromotive, Mesa Verde Bank and Trust, Davis & Main: Attorneys at Law—all...
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Goethe’s Theory of Colors: The 1810 Treatise That Inspired Kandinsky & Early Abstract Painting
I doubt I need to list for you the many titles of the 18th century German...
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180,000 Years of Religion Charted on a “Histomap” in 1943
For many, even most of us moderns, the central religious choice is a simple one: adhere...
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The Cover of George Orwell’s 1984 Becomes Less Censored with Wear & Tear
In 2013, Penguin released in the UK a series of new covers for five works by...
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Can You Crack the Uncrackable Code in Kryptos, the CIA’s Work of Public Art?
It can be challenging to parse the meaning of many non-narrative artworks. Sometimes the title will...
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Watch a 106-Year-Old Wizard of Oz Book Get Magically Restored … By Cutting the Book’s Spine, Washing Pages & Recoloring Illustrations
Author, educator and book restoration expert Sophia Bogle is in a constant race against time. Her...
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My Neighbor Totoro Inspires a Line of Traditional Japanese Handicrafts
We suppose it’s conceivable that a gift of a wooden Totoro figurine, hand-carved from a single...