Following his enthralling 2014 TED Talk, Marc Kushner of Architizer has crafted the latest addition to the TED Books library. To explore how media influences architecture around the world Kushner focuses on 100 high-concept structures, ranging from an inflatable concert hall to a smog-eating hospital. Ultimately the 176-page hardcover shows how an informed society has joined the conversation concerning how buildings can best serve the …
South African photographer Pieter Hugo has released “Kin,” a stunning book of images that are deeply personal; featuring photos of friends, family members and of himself in the backdrop of his native country—”a place defined by centuries of political, cultural, and racial tensions and contradictions.” Limited to 500 copies, this slip-cased edition gives the 164 pages of striking portraits a worthy home.
In Twitter engineer Angus Croll’s new book “If Hemingway Wrote JavaScript,” he imagines how well-known literary figures from James Joyce to J.D. Salinger to Tupac would write JavaScript code. It’s a fun, creative exercise that reminds programmers of the similarities between Javascript and natural language—and pushes them to be expressive and elegant in their own way.
