Design and Visual Communication by Bruno Munari

This book, published in Italian in 1968, is translated to English for the first time. A blend of lecture notes, class materials and letters invites designers and thinkers to reconsider how visual …
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This book, published in Italian in 1968, is translated to English for the first time. A blend of lecture notes, class materials and letters invites designers and thinkers to reconsider how visual …
Schott’s Significa, A Miscellany of Secret Languages, is the latest from CH friend Ben Schott, master of minutia, trivia, erudite history and wit. From a thorough vexillology of pride (flags) to a …

This witty title plays both on the brand’s watchmaking and on the conversations its founder, Benoît Mintiens, an industrial designer, has with his friends—many of them customers of Ressence—as they share their …

Julia Chaplin’s “Psychedelic Now” explores the current cross-cultural psychedelic renaissance through text and images. She looks at four different themes and how they have the potential to create a better world—Rainbow Utopists …

Kaikado was founded in Kyoto in 1875 by Kiyosuke Kaikado, who developed Japan’s first tinplate tea canisters (chazutsu), which offered a significant advantage over traditional earthenware, wood, or copper jars by providing …

Mycelium Wassonii, Brian Blomerth’s beautifully illustrated book, shares the story of R. Gordon and Valentina Wasson, the scientists who worked to popularize the benefits of psychedelic mushrooms. Their research and journeys explored …

With a debut print issue now on newsstands throughout NYC—at McNally Jackson locations, Casa Magazines, Iconic Magazines and a handful indie bookstores—The Bowery Review: New York’s Best and Only Humor Magazine features …

A shout out to CH Contributor Giulio Mazzoleni and his new book, Madonna Soundtrack. Having worked with the artist for years he was inspired to tell the stories behind her songs in …

For nineteen year’s Kurzweil’s The Singularity Is Near has been the standard bearer of the future of technology. Most of what he predicted then is now part of our daily lives. The …
Taschen's “The Book of Printed Fabrics” presents the incredible collection of the Musée de l'Impression sur étoffes in Mulhouse, France